Just in case you don't know what that means, it means RPG Maker 2003.
If you don't know what RPG means, swallow something poisonous. Or sharp. Or both... be sure to take pictures too (send them to me if you're not dead yet).
Anyway, I downloaded it, and I have no idea how to use it whatsoever. But I'm going to learn, because it looks like it has a lot of potential to make a cookie-cutter SNES style RPG... I've always wanted to make one of those. It's got even more features than RPGmaker2000, like positive combat effects (haste, regen, etc.), and uhh... other stuff.
Since I have no clue how to use it yet, rather than jump right into making the game, I've started character development and plot development. I drew a few doodles on paper and created my main character. I'd scan it if I had a scanner, but I don't. I also created what will be the main villain. Or will it be? There's gonna be plot twists, baby. You're not gonna who who's really good or bad until something really good... or really bad happens. I've already thought up a basic plot also, and I would go into it, but it would take up a bunch of space to explain what I've thought up, but it's gonna be semi-unique. I'm not going to rip it directly from a Final Fantasy game, but there's probably gonna be Final Fantasy style stuff in it... I mean, that's where I get my influence from, it's hard to break off your influences.
Anyway, the style of the game is gonna be very Final Fantasy-ish. So much in fact, I'm probably going to intentionally put cliches in it, just to make fun of them. For the title of the game, I was thinking of Last Legend. Just to make fun of Final Fantasy... get it? Last... final... yeah.
I went in google to check if anybody had stolen my idea before I thought of it, and someody did. Sadly, the name is already being used by an unfunny webcomic that seems rarely updated. One that has almost nothing to do with Final Fantasy at that. So, I'm still gonna use the name. Fuck their copyright. If they can steal the picture from the FFX logo, then I can steal their name. Seems fair.
Chances are, this RPG I'm talking about will never get made, but if I figure out how to use this program, I'll definitely work on it... I need to get a scanner or access to a scanner so I can draw my own character/monster designs rather than use the built-in ones... Using somebody else's art is no fun.
Posted by at April 18, 2003 07:30 AM