Important Question

[ErikaFuzzbottom]

Those who have played my Slayers' Reign demo and enjoyed it. Did you like it because of the story, gameplay, and the game in general, or did you just like it because it was an impressive feat on a limited tool like RPGM1?

I'm at yet another dilemma, here. I was thinking about how I've been wanting to make the game on RPGM1 because an epic game like that would be an impressive feat, and I realized, maybe that's the bigger reason why people are liking it. Take away the fact that RPGM1 is a limited tool, for a moment. Is Slayers' Reign good on its own merits? If I used a tool that instead had virtually limitless power, and for the most part put Slayers' Reign on it as-is, would you like it as much?

I'm not trying to imply anything. I just want people to like Slayers' Reign more as a game than an impressive feat. If people only like it because you don't normally see dark rainy cutscenes on RPG Maker 1, then I have some serious reconsidering to do.

[Rodak]

Re: Important Question

Dang It!

One of these days I'll get a dex drive...

I've just been broke and avoiding ebay (and other online shopping sites)!

But I can say that if YOU enjoy making it on whatever system - Then that is the way to go!

I just think that if you try to tailor a game to the audience, it will fail.

Make it for yourself, from the heart!

The rest will follow.

Or not.

But either way, you will know that you made a game Your Way, and that is the whole point of any RPGMaker!

I think.

Maybe.

That said, you would reach a wider audience on another maker that does not require a dex drive to share the game!

[ErikaFuzzbottom]

Re: Important Question

Copy-pasted!

I'm definately making the game for myself, but part of my motivation is thinking about the praise it'll get. I'm sure most everyone here thinks highly of their games, too. I just think I'm setting myself up for disappointment. Especially if I move my project onto RMXP.

Here's the thing. While I'd like to think I'm a master at RPGM1 (except for battles), RMXP allows for more creativity than I likely have. There are probably plenty of puzzles I've thought up that could be done much better on RMXP, but I'm not sure if I can come up with the ideas to make them better. And there's also the graphics and music. Obviously, I'm not about to try writing my own music. And creating graphics would take too long, so all I'll wind up doing is taking what's there and maybe do a bit of sprite editing/recoloring. Except for the monsters. Those things look too wonky. Custom RGSS scripts? Not unless I get ambitious, or wind up swiping stuff from other sites.

So here's my question. Slayers' Reign as-is on RMXP with mostly default graphics, amateur gameplay, and very lacking in custom scripts. Would you still be as interested?

Actually, I'll probably do it anyway. The most important part of SR is the story, and I want to show the story to as many people as possible.