congrats on making it to the end! i'm still getting caught up, but it's a very cool project. i think it's healthy for artists (maybe rpg devs especially) to take a break from the high-stakes megaprojects and get comfortable with putting out quick, unpolished work for its own sake
Thank you so much and I agree 100% with everything you said.
I think at heart what I really like doing is just tinkering with different concepts which if you look at my itch page that will back me up.
I used to start each new project rubbing my hands together with all the ideas I'd spent half the night mulling over and that I was on my first steps to realizing my magnum opus 40 hour playable mega RPG.
I'd spend hours messing around trying to reverse engineer RPG Maker to do something that nobody has thought of yet and I'd usually succeed in that.
Then I would forget that I would get bored making hundreds of maps, tapping out filler dialogue for scores of NPCs, trying to make gameplay engaging and the whole project would go in the trash because I was in over my head.
These little mini projects have allowed me to just wing ideas around and execute a finished project with something I had in mind. Sure a lot of them aren't great but I felt fulfilment that I'd actually accomplished something.
Sorry I didn't mean to bang on so long but I appreciate you get what I was going for here!
yeah i feel you for sure, i think we're in the same boat. i've got so many ideas i'm excited about that i couldn't make them all into full length games even if i devoted my whole life to it. making small games has made me realize that i don't need to make a 40-hour epic or even a 6-hour game to explore a concept to my satisfaction, spending a couple hours making a 20-minute game that gets the point across is often enough to content me, or make me go "oh i've actually done everything i wanted to do with this concept". i still want to make longer works too, but i'm growing more selective about which ideas actually get promoted to large projects :P
so it seems like we're on similar journeys here. nice to encounter a fellow traveler, i look forward to whatever you make next
Seems like we really are travelers treading the same path haha.
As for what I am doing next, I think I am going to take a pause on my own journey and take a look at what's around me - take a pause at the top of the hill and enjoy the view if we are to carry on with the journey metaphor.
What I would like to do now is try find likeminded and talented RPG Maker devs (such as your good self) and offer to contribute my services to larger projects. If you have any bigger projects in the pipeline and think I could be of help then please don't hesitate to reach out - I would love to be a part of someone else's vision for a change!
I am also getting my hand back into hosting game jams again here on itch since I did that last year and found it to be a very rewarding and inspiring experience albeit it only takes passive management and is not enough to fill my time properly.
i'm actually in a similar position there too, i'm sick of working alone and being responsible for the whole creative vision, so i've been looking for opportunities to play a supporting role and collaborate on friend's projects! i don't have anything too large in the pipeline right now, but it would be fun to do a weeklong jam or something later this summer.... if you're a discord kind of person you can add me there @ lizard
Sounds great, totally down for that. TBH I am not a discord person at all but since itch does not have a dev chat server of it's own for users to communicate then I don't have much choice and decided to try embrace that instead. I sent you a friend request over there :)
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Congrats on making to the end razuth.
Thanks and much appreciated!
Hey you're cheating this is not a game it's a dev log ;P
Challenge accepted.
I am looking forward to you doing a 29 game-a-day stint and surpassing me.
congrats on making it to the end! i'm still getting caught up, but it's a very cool project. i think it's healthy for artists (maybe rpg devs especially) to take a break from the high-stakes megaprojects and get comfortable with putting out quick, unpolished work for its own sake
Thank you so much and I agree 100% with everything you said.
I think at heart what I really like doing is just tinkering with different concepts which if you look at my itch page that will back me up.
I used to start each new project rubbing my hands together with all the ideas I'd spent half the night mulling over and that I was on my first steps to realizing my magnum opus 40 hour playable mega RPG.
I'd spend hours messing around trying to reverse engineer RPG Maker to do something that nobody has thought of yet and I'd usually succeed in that.
Then I would forget that I would get bored making hundreds of maps, tapping out filler dialogue for scores of NPCs, trying to make gameplay engaging and the whole project would go in the trash because I was in over my head.
These little mini projects have allowed me to just wing ideas around and execute a finished project with something I had in mind. Sure a lot of them aren't great but I felt fulfilment that I'd actually accomplished something.
Sorry I didn't mean to bang on so long but I appreciate you get what I was going for here!
yeah i feel you for sure, i think we're in the same boat. i've got so many ideas i'm excited about that i couldn't make them all into full length games even if i devoted my whole life to it. making small games has made me realize that i don't need to make a 40-hour epic or even a 6-hour game to explore a concept to my satisfaction, spending a couple hours making a 20-minute game that gets the point across is often enough to content me, or make me go "oh i've actually done everything i wanted to do with this concept". i still want to make longer works too, but i'm growing more selective about which ideas actually get promoted to large projects :P
so it seems like we're on similar journeys here. nice to encounter a fellow traveler, i look forward to whatever you make next
Seems like we really are travelers treading the same path haha.
As for what I am doing next, I think I am going to take a pause on my own journey and take a look at what's around me - take a pause at the top of the hill and enjoy the view if we are to carry on with the journey metaphor.
What I would like to do now is try find likeminded and talented RPG Maker devs (such as your good self) and offer to contribute my services to larger projects. If you have any bigger projects in the pipeline and think I could be of help then please don't hesitate to reach out - I would love to be a part of someone else's vision for a change!
I am also getting my hand back into hosting game jams again here on itch since I did that last year and found it to be a very rewarding and inspiring experience albeit it only takes passive management and is not enough to fill my time properly.
i'm actually in a similar position there too, i'm sick of working alone and being responsible for the whole creative vision, so i've been looking for opportunities to play a supporting role and collaborate on friend's projects! i don't have anything too large in the pipeline right now, but it would be fun to do a weeklong jam or something later this summer.... if you're a discord kind of person you can add me there @ lizard
Sounds great, totally down for that. TBH I am not a discord person at all but since itch does not have a dev chat server of it's own for users to communicate then I don't have much choice and decided to try embrace that instead. I sent you a friend request over there :)