XP Game Submissions, doing things a bit differently now.

[Valkysas]

We will soon be hosting games and demos made with the legal english version of RPG Maker XP. We do have a way of checking if it was made with the pirated version, and if a game is, we'll delete it and ban you from the pavilion. we don't like people who steal from enterbrain. of course, this ID method can't distinguish from users of a patched japanese copy, so you'll likely be asked something about the software's package or manual to prove you own it. By the way, don't even try to submit 2K or 2K3 games.

First off, there will be no auto-submit system for the XP games. You upload it to somewhere like yousendit.com, and send a PM to me with the URL, and the game's information. I will then download your game and host it on the pavilion... as long as it's under 20 MB zipped. the size restriction may be relaxed in the future, but after the attack in early august, we're using a much smaller hard drive than we were before, and we have to make it last until the damaged equipment is replaced.

Also, demos will be removed from the site after 2 months. if you want your demo back up, re-submit it. I know this sucks, but with the huge file sizes of RPGMXP games, we can't afford to host demos of games that the creator ends up abandoning.

Our main focus has always been the console RPG Makers. our support of RPG Maker XP on this site is just on a trial basis to see if the pavilion can handle it with the current server hardware. if not, it will have to wait until the planned upgrade in 2006.

[DK]

Re: XP Game Submissions, doing things a bit differently now.

Make it so.

[ErikaFuzzbottom]

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I was wondering if you'd be using size restrictions. I can easily see some pretty big RMXP games.

What about other files? Is this place going to have sprites/tilesets or music/sound downloads available?

[The Toecutter]

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I'll wait and see how large my first game turns out to be. The graphics are going to be about on par with Tactics Ogre, but more detailed backgrounds and more realistically-proportioned characters. The basic depth will be about the same, as will the game length. No cinema scenes or anything like that are planned, but if they are made, they will be hand-drawn. All graphics will be custom.

I'm hoping it will be around 14-18 megs in size.

[Valkysas]

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XP games are huge. 20 MB games are going to be really rare, or really short. Legend of Pants is already at 11 MB, and it's not even 20 percent done.

[The Toecutter]

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I'm not going to be anywhere near as reliant on large maps and a huge amount of backgrounds and stuff. This will be a strategy RPG with about 150 or so unique battle maps, all of which will be sized about 350 square tiles on average. I'm sure your maps for your towns and such are much, much larger. Most of my game will probably be character graphics and text. The 'world map', displaying a fictional region somewhere in the midwestern United States, will be layed out like the map of Final Fantasy Tactics, only drawn out like a United States roadmap with interstates, instead of some medieval map written on papyrus.

But I'll wait and see. I doubt the game will be done before you have the site upgraded to handle larger files anyway. I still have to get a copy of XP when it comes out then learn how to use it before I can seriously start making this game.

[WilliamKirk]

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So you mean we're supposed to submit our demos to you again for RPGM2 (and 1)? If so, how should we do it (email you, make topic in RPGM2 demos, etc.)? When do you think they'll be put up again?

[Valkysas]

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huh? no. XP submissions will be unique like this, but the console RPG Maker game submission system will remain the same.

as long as I'm running the pavilion, we will NEVER go back to e-mail submissions for the console games. I like the auto-upload system because then even if the staff is busy and unable to update for days or even weeks, the games are still posted in the forums for people to access.

[WilliamKirk]

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[Jeroak Nelave]

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hey valk if i wanted to make a donation to the pav how would i do that?

[Valkysas]

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paypal, I guess. if you're serious about it, PM me for my paypal address.

however, we are in no need of money right now. the pavilion is running great, we arent going into extremely high bandwidth charges, we have plenty of room to spare on the server too. so really, money is not needed right now. when money is needed, you'll see google ads appear on the site. however if anyone seriously wants to donate money, thats fine. I'll just put it in my pavilion account at my bank. (seriously, I have an account just for the pavilion bills)

[Jeroak Nelave]

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[RPGD]

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Haha! A new realm for me to rule!

That is, if you consider a subforum a realm... I'm so bored.

Anyway, I'll be setting up a server in a few months or so, perhaps a bit later. If you need extra hosting, I'll gladly provide it free of charge.