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THE CONCEPT

Does anyone remember the old Dragon Warrior III, the first Final Fantasy and Legend games? Games where you started by selecting your character classes. Your character had no personality, you just made them and set out to do good in the game.

I have always loved this idea. Especially in Final Fantasy Legends when you eat enemy meat your monster characters would transform into different monsters.

So I was thinking of using that basis to create a world with plots of land. Everyone that wants to can create a little land area, little towns, caves, and whatever else using the VX default graphics.

The lands get copied and pasted into the world. The towns, maps, areas, monsters, weapons and items get pasted in as well. There doesn't have to be any specific player characters. There doesn't have to be a beginning a middle and an end. Just your own little place.

You wouldn't have to come up with your own scripts. They would always be active in the game itself. So if you wanted to participate, you would only make maps and quests.

Then to get from land to land you can either teleport, use a boat, ship or use an airship. If the difficulty is too much for the player, the player can just go back to where they were before until they are strong enough to take on that particular plot of land.

Even if 5 people contribute a small town or a cave, it would have the makings of a great free form / open ended community game.

What does everyone think?

FEATURES

Spoiler for Hiden:

These are the features that appear so far in the current game version.
(currently writing the features)

METHODS OF PERSUASION

There is now a persuasion option to replace dueling. With persuasion, you can either bribe, admire, taunt or intimidate NPCs to get them to do what you want. Bribes are the easiest, but taunting improves their disposition toward you. Taunting them manipulates their personality so you can get what you want and finally intimidation is how you can either duel or anger them.

NPC PERSONALITIES

NPCs now have personality stats based on things like how loving, happy, athletic, powerful, rich, fearful, aggressive and other things like that. 16 stats now make up their personality and you can play with that. You can manipulate them through taunting, admiring, bribing and threatening them.

The tactics cannot go on forever though, because if their disposition drops to a certain point they stop talking to you and disappear. Guards will stop talking to you and throw you in prison or challenge you to a duel. Sort of like if you taunt an officer long enough you are going to jail.

HOW BOUT DAT WEATHER WE'RE HAVING?

Yes like every other game there is a weather. However, this system is complex. Each region gets its own weather patters and chances for rain, storms and snow. This allows for random weather based on the weather pattern. If there is a 10% chance of rain happening in the region. It is just that. The weather will act accordingly.

TIME KEEPS TICKING

The game keeps track of how long you have played as well as the game time. The game days will be counted.

DAY TURNS INTO NIGHT

There are six periods of a full 24 hour day with sunlight that acts accordingly. Because of the day shifting to night, that allows for pubs to open at night. It allows for people to be about their day and asleep at night. Church in the morning that ends at noon and creetures could out in the late night...
 - dawn
 - morning
 - noon
 - evening
 - night
 - late night

O'CLOCK

When you want to know how long you have played, just look at a wall clock. Unless of course you have a pocket watch to check. It will tell you how many days, hours, minutes and seconds you've been playing. There will also be an indication of how many game days you have played.

TRAVELERS ASK WHERE TO SLEEP

When you are on the go and need to replenish HP and MP, stop by the nearest Inn. You don't just pay your gold and get replenished. You get a room for the entire night. Better hope there is a room at the Inn for you.

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE BEDROOM... WHERE TO SAVE?

Due to the changing landscape of the game from being a community project. Saving will be limited to beds and save points. These beds and save points cannot be altered or moved, because if they do it will corrupt someone's save point.

You cannot sleep in each and every bed, so check the Inn for a night's stay.

WHAT'S BEHIND DOOR #1?

There are slip through doors that contain NPCs and let the player through.

DAMN ITS LOCKED!

Because it would be pointless to have doors and not lock them, there are locks on some doors. Locks that either need keys or need to be picked. There will be more on this later.

WE'RE HAVING A PARTY AND YOU'RE INVITED

When you start the game, you start alone. You must recruit your party at the local Pub or Guild. Speak with a Guild Guide to have members add your party or to leave the members behind.

WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER

Your party members die in RPGs it is an unavoidable fact. You either need an item or skill to revive them. In this case you have another option. Drop by a priest or someone that can revive your dead party members... for a price.

GREETINGS, TALK, RUMORS, AND INFO

Each NPC has a lot to say. They start with a greeting that is based on their reaction to you, their name, their class, the weather, their faction or their race. Talk is the standard for RPGs, but beyond that there is rumors. Random things that people have heard. Finally there is info if you want to learn more about the person, their class, race or faction.

I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DUEL... TO THE DEATH...

Challenge a NPC to a duel to the death. Test your might against anyone that will accept your challenge. However, depending on who challenged who there could be a bounty on your head for murder. If you challenge the guards, that is a crime as well, even if you run from the scrap. If you are a member of the faction of the NPC that you challenge, the faction may kick you out.

WAKING THE DEAD

So you've killed an NPC. Big deal. What happens if you needed that NPC for a quest? You revive the bones of the NPC! Even if you find bones...

IT IS GOOD TO BE SO WANTED

When you have killed an NPC or challenged the wrong NPC to a duel, you will have a bounty on your head. The guards will chase after you! When they catch you one of 3 things can happen.
 1. Pay the bounty with gold.
 2. Go to prison
 3. Die for your crimes!

DO THE CRIME DO THE TIME

As stated before, if you are caught by the guards you can go to prison. Each castle has a prison / dungeon. Each kingdom has guards and soldiers, you will go to that kingdom's prison or dungeon. That does not mean you serve hard labor, that just means you easily go to sleep and wake up however many game days later. Quickly serving your time.

I'M BANKING ON IT

There is a banking system that will give you a percentage for each day that your gold is in the bank. You can only deposit gold in sums of at least 1000.

THIS TIME... ITS PERSONAL

There are personalities in the game that will affect your stats when you level up! Jocks will have more HP than intellectuals. Devouts will have more spirit than those with seductive personalities.

 - Jock (high HP)
 - Intellectual (high MP)
 - Psychotic (high Attack)
 - Pessimist (high Defense)
 - Devout (high Spirit)
 - Seductive (high Agility)

HOW DO I LOOK?

Like old school games you can customize the look, name and class of each character. In fact you can even chose to make your character a creature.

NOW THAT IS SOME HEAVY STUFF!

Treasure chests, stones, everything that is pushable has a weight to it. So it is not just push rocks, it is push chests, boxes and other fun things. However, you need to be strong enough to push them. Maybe an item would help or a character class would help you push them?

PETER PIPER PICKED A PECK OF PUZZLING PUZZLES

There are more than just stereotypical push block puzzles. There are level and switch levels. Combinations, riddles and even puzzles that can only be unlocked based on the time of day!

MULTIPLICITY DIVERSITY

Because there are so many people contributing, there is a wide variety of puzzles, quests, tactics and even map ingenuity. Such as one person came up with the floating magical bridge, another came up with a complex puzzle, while still one came up with a quest to give tribute only to have given a foe that very weapon.

NOW THATS HOOOT!

There are damaging things to the player's party on the map such as fire in burning houses, energy fields from evil forces and toxic marshes. All of them have their own damaging effects, either in a specific amount of HP lost or a percentage of HP lost.

RULES OF SUBMISSION

Spoiler for Hiden:

 - Must be in RPG Maker VX
 - You must submit your unencrypted files. If you do not, I cannot copy and paste them into the world.
 - No custom graphics. You can only use the default graphics that come in the RTP. This is a consistantly downloaded game, so it is best to be gentle on the people that have 56 Kbps modems.
 - Do not use switch D for NPCs.

SCREENSHOTS

Spoiler for Hiden:

There is plenty to do in the Crandle Cave, defeat Orcs, find flint, solve puzzles, revive dead miners, find the imp.


The first scene next to New Aliahan.


An outdated shot of the bank in New Aliahan.


Another outdated shot of the plaza in New Aliahan.


The courtyard of Tantegel Castle.


The treasures of King Lorik, but not his treasure room itself.


Inside the mouth of Windalah Cave. Can you find the bracelet of strength?


You must have the bracelet of strength in order to solve this push block puzzle.


Stepping foot on Ernoha. The first submitted land.


Inside the town of Akarothi. The farmer seems to be having trouble with the rats.


The Inn at the town of Akarothi. Upstairs are helpful people and a fighter willing to mentor.


The docks of Akarothi is the only area guarded by soldiers from Alefgard.


Atop of the mountain east of Akarothi. There has been said a strange man went there.


The fairy forest is missing the majority of its fairies.

KINGDOMS / PLACES / CHARACTERS

This is more or less for me so I can keep all of the characters straight and to keep from duplicating names.

WORLD of BOSLA

Spoiler for Hiden:

KINGDOM OF ALEFGARD

TANTEGEL CASTLE

King Lorik
Found in his throne room, King Lorik rules over Alefgard and encourages his people to expand their horizons and enlighten themselves. To display this encouragement, he will give any of his citizens gold to help them along their way.

Queen Kalysta
Amused with the adventures of her citizens, Queen Kalysta is usually found amongst her people. She has a heart and a weakness for those less fortunate than herself, so she will always make a donation.

Syrah
A seer of everything in the game world. She knows all of the stats and statistics, although sometimes her visions are a bit clouded.

Sir Kiss
The bold knight of Alefgard, he is the general to King Lorik's army. He was born in the town of Batroga to the east. However, seeking a better life for himself he left and ended up as the standout of Alefgard's legion of soldiers.

Cutter
Usually found in the dungeon of Tantegel Castle, Cutter will mentor informists to become thieves.

Duwault
The wise old black mage of King Lorik. He will mentor apprentices to become black mages.

Bennet
The youthful cleric of King Lorik. He will mentor apprentices to become white mages.

DeAnna
A seductive herbalist that can be found in Tantegel. She mentors apprentices into herbalists.

Toller
A traveling merchant that will mentor informists into becoming merchants as well.


TOWN OF NEW ALIAHAN

Rhen
Owner of the pub, she loves to pair parties together. Meet friends, and she has the skills needed to find just the right person for your party.

Kalysto
A healer that travels the world to revive the dead. He can give you the secret vial that will restore life.

Tybor
A miner that lost his mates when the Orcs attacked. He only wants his mates back and he will pay a great reward for them to be revived.

Loren
A local hunter that has a gift for mentoring informists into being hunters.

Zango
The town's resident grappler, he will mentor brawlers into skilled grapplers.

AKAROTHI VILLAGE

Floyd
The farmer of the village is having quite a difficult time growing his crops with all of the rats.

Chelsea
A shop keeper that gets silly crushes on her patrons.

Curtis
A traveling fighter for hire that will mentor brawlers to become fighters.


KINGDOM OF SHENAGARD

SHENAGARD CASTLE

King Samurik
The grand son of Magesto, son of Legalas. Samurik has ruled a beautiful kingdom and survived attacks from his brother Lord Armonik. He hides a shield forged by his father. He also hides another secret that no one will find out until later.

Queen Tamalah
The simple minded beauty that rules at the side of her husband.

Princess Evalyn
The young princess that sees her uncle Armonik for who he truly is.

Balthasar
The council to the good King Samurik.

TOWN OF LAMENISTA

Legalas
The once great king has passed on and a statue is in the town court where he rests beneath of it. Since his death, his kingdom has been divided into three parts, with each of his sons ruling over a fragment. Legend has said that only Legalas can bring unity back to his great kingdom, but that is difficult to do when he has been dead for a generation.

Timut
Once a giant beast, Timut was tamed by the might of Legalas! The beast was so overcome with grief at the death of Legalas that it mustered all of the energy that it could and leapt into the air never to be seen again. There is now a statue of the pet inside of Lamenista's walls.


KINGDOM OF ARMATROPA

ARMATROPA CASTLE

Lord Armonik
Ruler of a subterrenian castle, and a grand son to Magesto.


The large pet of Lord Armonik that defends his treasure with ruthless fury.

AKORON VILLAGE

Donicio
A messanger sent from Kendall Grove to speak with Lord Armonik.

KENDALL GROVE VILLAGE

Cid
The owner and operator of the canoe factory in the village.

Cynthia
The receptionist working for her brother at the canoe factory.

Lacinda
The daughter of Cynthia who was taken by the beast many days ago.



KINGDOM OF VESTOPA

VESTOPA CASTLE

Lord Sordik (Lord Black)
The deadly Lord Sordik who has built his kindom of the dead by making a creepy alliance. He seeks to enter the tower of Batroga to find out the deadly secret that his grandfather has warned him about. He wants to use this deadly secret for his own sinister goals of conquering a universe and not just his own world.

The Pets
Lord Sordik has pets that roam through his dungeon and have badly damaged it over the years.

TOWN OF BATROGA

Magesto
The oldest man in the region, who had come down out of a tower in the sky to spare his people hardship. They have now endured three generations and many of them are ready to return. However, Magesto knows the deadly secret that dwells within the tower. The secret that purges the tower of all life. He saves his people for generations by not allowing them in. However, his grandson Lord Sordik seeks to get into the tower to find the deadly secret and use it for his own needs.

Rue
The mother of Sir Kiss who had leadership thrust upon her when it was proven that Magesto will do nothing to defend his people. The town looks to her for guidence as she was one of the original settlers along with Magesto.

Beron
The greeter at the town of Batroga.

Kammur
The father of a dead defender named Kimma. He is always found grieving at Kimma's grave.

Kimma
The son of Rue and Kimmur was a simple man that rallied the men in Batroga to stand together and defend their town from Lord Sordik. Unfortunately, the men failed and they were all killed. Now Kimma cannot rest until Lord Sordik is defeated.

Rico
The man that mentors black mages into becoming warlocks.

Kelli
She runs the magic shop in the small town.

Brutis
A strong woman who has taken over the armory in town at the death of the men in town.

Gianna
She is one of the few maids that works at the Batroga Inn.

Milla
As the youngest adult or the oldest child, Milla has been put in charge of watching the village's children.

Titus
A boy that prepaires for Lord Black. However, before this boy is a man he will fall prey to an attack.

Craven
The young friend of Titus.

Georgia
One of the children that Milla watches.

KINGDOM OF RAVANA

RAVANA CASTLE

King of Ravana


TOWN OF BIGGLESBURRY

MICTLANTECUHTLI VILLAGE

EARLTON FORTRESS

WORLD of NUBLA

Spoiler for Hiden:

PRIMITIVES

On Nubla (Nu-Bla) there are many primitive tribes, each with their own chiefs, so the following tribes are catagorized in towns as their own "kingdom," working independently from one another. There is only one advanced civilization, at least advanced compared to the primitive villages.

VILLAGE OF LAGUNA

Cella

Chief Trego


VILLAGE OF VOLCANICA

VILLAGE OF MALOHA

VILLAGE OF LACOCANA

Myoha


KINGDOM OF EDINGTON

EDINGTON CASTLE

King Gronan

Queen Gruna

Conquestor Admiral Valentine

TOWN OF PORTUGA

OTHERS

Garuda

Pirate Admiral Batruger

Karen

Fiera

Namik

Vallen

PLACES IN NEXT VERSION

PLACES IN CURRENT VERSION

DARGOR
 - Bestiary
 - Advanced Title Screen
 - Advanced Save Screen

ANARYU
 - Particle Effects

Atoria (who is coolmariners98)
 - Quest Log System (Uber Quest Script)

LETTUCE
 - Stat Distribution Script

DRAKOSHADE
 - Individuality Script

KGC_ComposeItem
 - item generation script (KGC_ComposeItem)

Kylock (originally for RMXP by Near Fantastica)
 - Light Effects VX script

grafikal007
 - frozen and unfrozen village exteriors
 - puzzle cave
 - cabin / basement in New Aliahan
 - mages guild in New Aliahan

GARGE
 - frozen village exterior
 - fortress interior

Fr00bs & MAIA
 - prison / jail

JIRODYNE & MAIA:
 - 1 castle
 - 1 town (ex: maia, in: jirodyne)
 - 1 village
 - 1 ruins
 - 1 forest
 - 2 plains
 - 1 sewer

JIRODYNE:
 - 1 tower
 - 1 ice tunnel
 - 1 shrine

NEO PRIME:
 - 1 cave (talaris)

GARUDA:
 - 1 large land (bunch of lands)
 - 2 castles
 - 1 town
 - 2 villages
 - 1 cave

GARGE:
 - 1 tiny land
 - 1 town
 - 1 cave / mountain
 - 1 woods
 - 1 tower

MAIA:
 - 2 lands
 - 2 castles
 - 2 towns
 - 1 village
 - 4 caves
 - 1 passage
 - 4 shrines

It would be awesome if really came true. I have always loved ideas like these, they just never really spark off. I would be more than happy to help you, though.

I just would like people to create their own maps or even stories. It doesn't have to be some big elaborate thing. You can make side characters that to take them on, you need to get rid of someone in your party.

I'm currently making the bank system. I have the weather, time, day / night systems down.

To keep track of who made what, you can put signs in the start of places that say "Made by...."

This is a really neat idea, Maia! I would be willing to contribute with my own area.

I hope we can get started on this and actually finish it. =o

That is the beauty of this...

Irock you have your own land, Raski has Raski's own land.

Its not like you do this part, Raski does that part.

There is no finish, it is an ongoing thing.

Lets say... Version 1: 2 people contribute so there's 2 towns, 2 caves, 2 lands.

Version 3: 3 people contribute, now there's 2 towns, 5 caves, 2 lands

Version 8: 15 people contribute, now there's 5 towns, 5 caves, 2 towers, 5 lands, 2 castles

Version 20: 20 people contribute, now there's 7 towns, 5 caves, 2 towers, 8 haunted graveyards, 10 lands, 4 castles, 2 sailing pirate ships.

The game will just go. You load up the new version and transfer your saves. The saves should be able to work from version to version :-)

That sounds cool. I'd be willing to contribute as well

It does not have to be much. It can be anything that you want to contribute. If you want to contribute a cave. I will find a plot of land to put it in. :-)

Just make sure to stick a sign or something in there that lets the player read that you had made it.

Will the sign be in every map we made, or the beginning of every area we made?

Whichever. It should at least be in the beginning. You can hide the sign cleverly though, or have a greeter tell it. Something that is at least noticable.

I will be uploading the basis for this soon. So far I have:

 - pick your look
 - enter your name (doesn't everyone)
 - bank system
 - inn system (my inn where you rent rooms)
 - door system
 - meet / leave party members via a guild
 - clock system
 - fires that burn
 - keeping track of time
 - day / night system
 - beds save games

I want to make a little plot of land with the old Dragon Warrior castle on it and then I will upload it.

Sounds like an awesome idea. But how do we exactly upload the maps? I don't really now that stuff very well. 

But I really want to contribute my town i'm working on....

You just send me the project file and I load it up, then copy and paste it over. It can't be the .exe, because I can't open up the .exe. I've made a little town with a little castle to start with. Then from there I will make a NPC that can teleport the player to other lands.

This is an interesting concept, I might contribute something.
Good luck, maia!

Okay, that makes sence. Thanks.   

Uploaded the alpha version. There's not much to do. 1 tiny land area, 1 town / castle, guild house to get members, inn, bank (not that it matters). Two people give you gold, there are a few enemies.

You can kill NPCs in duels... then bring them back to life with vials! Kill a guard and the other guards will be after you though. There are slip through doors, there are locked doors. Time of day has an impact. There is weather.

The town / maps are pretty basic. This is just to show everyone the system that the game will use.

The link isn't clickable, so that means it's broken  . I tried to copy and paste the url, but it said "address not valid".

And it wasn't there when I tried clicking your sig. 

Fixed. The download actually had http:/// with 3 slashes instead of 2.

Looks like this could become a great project. Can't wait for more contribuations. (I'm working on one)

Count me in Mia! This sounds pretty cool. So one more thing. Do we make our own quests in our land? I got a nifty idea.

**Just played the demo. Very nice,simple, concept. VX just plays great overall.

That was a pretty interesting alpha demo. =o

It gets the concept across.

UPLOADED VERSION 2

New cave. Bigger town, more NPCs, push block puzzle, pushable objects, need strength to push objects. What could be considered a quest. It involves a lot of what I just said and one element from the original demo.

I have a good question for those of you to prove you've done the quest. What is the price of the object being sold in the cave and what does it take for the merchant to appear?

Count me in Maia! This sounds pretty cool. So one more thing. Do we make our own quests in our land? I got a nifty idea.

**Just played the demo. Very nice,simple, concept. VX just plays great overall.

You make your own quests in your own land. Although quests that cross over lands would be interesting. Like quests that say go to this town, hop in a boat, sail to another land and visit a cave. I will wait until the world gets filled out more before those.

It does not have to be an elaborate quest with dialog, storyline or anything fancy. Especially considering that the 4 characters you will have are ones you make yourself ala Dragon Warrior and the first Final Fantasies.

That was a pretty interesting alpha demo. =o

It gets the concept across.

What made it interesting? Just that it got the concept across?

I am currently in the process of making my world. The quests I'm making have no specific character text. There is a story type thing, but doesn't character develop or anything like that. Its just a simple story explaining what you will need to do.

My World (So far): Larkan:The underground empire.

It takes place completely in a spooky underground area where years earlier, the Larkan Empire had a secret base. The empire no longer exists after a war, and now, civilians who cannot afford to stay in New Aliahan have made there homes down there.

The Main Quest: There have been rumors for years about a secret treasure the Larkan empire had been hiding. Is this treasure a myth... or does it truly exist?

**Can you lower the encounter rate? I'm playing right now and the cave is making me battle every 3 steps.

**Oh man, this is too annoying. Sorry but I'm not going to try and find that merchant the farmer mentioned... I went into a road block and now I gotta walk back and theres to much battles. Please lower

Lol it was like it in the old ff games to. battle every sec

well done maia! your work continues to amaze and i hope that people contribute.

Lol it was like it in the old ff games to. battle every sec

well done maia! your work continues to amaze and i hope that people contribute.

Well there will be Fairy Water / Enemy repellant. If you think that's bad play Dragon Warrior 4. Enemies every 2 steps!

I hope that people contribute as well, because then it will become more of a world with different styles. Like Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America each have different styles. Well if one person makes a game it will have a similar style even if the cultures are different.

I am currently in the process of making my world. The quests I'm making have no specific character text. There is a story type thing, but doesn't character develop or anything like that. Its just a simple story explaining what you will need to do.

My World (So far): Larkan:The underground empire.

It takes place completely in a spooky underground area where years earlier, the Larkan Empire had a secret base. The empire no longer exists after a war, and now, civilians who cannot afford to stay in New Aliahan have made there homes down there.

The Main Quest: There have been rumors for years about a secret treasure the Larkan empire had been hiding. Is this treasure a myth... or does it truly exist?

**Can you lower the encounter rate? I'm playing right now and the cave is making me battle every 3 steps.

**Oh man, this is too annoying. Sorry but I'm not going to try and find that merchant the farmer mentioned... I went into a road block and now I gotta walk back and theres to much battles. Please lower

The encounter rate is 10 steps in the overworld and the cave. I do have specific cave monsters for the cave, but they're tougher and there are no weapons so far in the game. :-) People would be dead left and right. I'll change it to 20 or something. You can always run.

As for your story, it is great! :-) It will make a great first step / first real quest. Right now there are things to do... but I wouldn't call them quests.

If I can get RPG maker to work in linux, then I'm in.

UPLOADED VERSION 3

Enemies are not as abundant. There is now enemy repellant for a price. There are weapons for sale now.

There is now a prison system. Do the crime, do the time. Not really. More like you just need to start from wherever the prison is. Revival system ala Dragon Warrior 3. I moved the island, BUT this should not conflict with any save files, because the only way that you can save in the game is if you sleep in a bed at an inn :-)

Oh and I am still wondering how much it costs to buy something from the merchant in the cave and what it takes to find the merchant.

The encounter rate is 10 steps in the overworld and the cave. I do have specific cave monsters for the cave, but they're tougher and there are no weapons so far in the game. :-) People would be dead left and right. I'll change it to 20 or something. You can always run.

As for your story, it is great! :-) It will make a great first step / first real quest. Right now there are things to do... but I wouldn't call them quests.

Phew. Alright. I remade some of the monsters to suit them in the area. You need to be at least level 6-7 to work through my "world."

I really like the idea behind this project.  So much so that I began as soon as I could and have finished making an island for everyone to enjoy and critique.

Features
2 towns(only 1 is a full town)
2 dungeons
2 quests(1 each for the dungeons)

nice round numbers 

I tried to keep it as simple as possible, while including stuff that was in Maia's demo(things like the church, but done in my own way, and only saving in the inn when you rest) for the sake of consistency.

(requires you to have the VX RTP files installed on your computer)
Here's the link (encrypted): http://www.mediafire.com/?oitdghmpsgm

Wow! This is really nice! I love it! It is more than I ever expected :-) I will integrate it in for the next version :-) Thank you so much Garge!

Glad you like it.  It's the first map of mine that anyone besides myself has played . 

By the way, in your demo game, how do I access the menu? I've been pushing every button in all the places and can't get anything to pop up.  It would be nice to be able to equip the items I buy. 

Glad you like it.  It's the first map of mine that anyone besides myself has played . 

By the way, in your demo game, how do I access the menu? I've been pushing every button in all the places and can't get anything to pop up.  It would be nice to be able to equip the items I buy. 

I'm assuming 0(keypad) or ESC.

I've been pushing every button.

Esc and 0 on keypad haven't worked either. Been Alt+F4ing my way out after I save.  I'm wondering if it's just disabled globally and just not being enabled inside somewhere, like the guildhouse.

With the next version I will make an universal fix that will restore your menu when you sleep. Maybe I disabled it somewhere :-)

Ah, thanks. 

UPLOADED VERSION 4

Garge wrote me a PM and has successfully found what the merchant sells in the cave and what it takes for the merchant to appear.

Speaking of Garge, added the wonderful island. It is still technically an island. I have modified it a bit from its original state. A puzzle has been added to the tower. The boat has been disabled for now... its being "repaired."

To get to the island you walk from the start. There is about an extra 40-50 minutes of gameplay. I play tested through it. Good luck beating the Ogre.

There are now 5 tokens in the game. Sort of fun things to find and collect.
 - the cave
 - the treasury
 - the tower
 - the rats
 - from the dead

There is now armor, more itmes and more weapons. A bunch of stuff. Can't remember what. Find it and tell me :-)

FIXES
 - for those that cannot bring up the menu, when you wake up out of your save state. Go back to sleep. Then when you wake up that second time. The menu will work.
 - You can speak to the king to get 100 GP to start you off.

UPLOADED VERSION 5

I noticed a major error. An error that skipped where you enter the player name. I also made a cave and a few other nifty things. There is another quest and plenty of stuff to do in the new cave... just gotta find the key to the cave.

so this game basically has no story line and no ending right?

There's no story for the game as a whole, but the parts that users send in to become part of it may have their own stories to go with them.  Maia may also decide to add a story that ties in several of the areas, if she so chooses.  But as for an "end", I doubt you'll see one.

I will Be happy to contribute. it Sound like a grat ides and i can contribute the maps
From "the lost ring" Plus more Forests and simalar.



But i must ask 2 questions.

Is there any possibility of it becomin an online game.

And how about a Rpg 2k3 world hidden in the game.  we could use the map section E to save space

And how about a Rpg 2k3 world hidden in the game.  we could use the map section E to save space

RULES OF SUBMISSION

 - Must be in RPG Maker VX
 - You must submit your unencrypted files. If you do not, I cannot copy and paste them into the world.
 - No custom graphics. You can only use the default graphics that come in the RTP. This is a consistantly downloaded game, so it is best to be gentle on the people that have 56 Kbps modems.
 - Do not use switch D for NPCs.

I had a 1KB file removed, so I don't think an entire tileset is gonna make it.

And how about a Rpg 2k3 world hidden in the game.  we could use the map section E to save space

Absurd
Absurd AND preposterous.

I will Be happy to contribute. it Sound like a grat ides and i can contribute the maps
From "the lost ring" Plus more Forests and simalar.



But i must ask 2 questions.

Is there any possibility of it becomin an online game.

And how about a Rpg 2k3 world hidden in the game.  we could use the map section E to save space

 - Nope this will not be an online game. If you want to make an online game, many people have tried. See Lomanisio for that.

 - No RPG 2K3 hidden worlds. The game is already enough like RPG2K3. I could not copy and paste into the game if that was the case.

so this game basically has no story line and no ending right?

 - Technically no, there is no story like you must slay the dragon and save the princess. This is a game with back to back to back stories like Final Fantasy, Dragon Warrior 3, Final Fantasy Legend 2.

 - You complete 1 story then go to the next :-) However, maybe it will culmanate to something at tne end like they all did.

[Spoiler]

The new world (of the update)



SCREENSHOTS

Spoiler for Hiden:

Quite nice.  Looking forward towards it.

Another fun thing that I've thought of, because things change from version to version. You could wake up and find the town you went to sleep in has been taken over by a different kingdom.

... need contributors ...

In a fun leap I have created personalities. To my knowledge Dragon Warrior III for the GBC is the only game to have them. When you level up, your characters level up based on their personality.

I have even made it so those who have current games will level up after the next battle. Like if you are level 8, after a battle you will see it level up 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 times to get you back to where you are and to set your stats accordingly :-)

So far there are 6 personalities
 - Jock (high HP)
 - Intellectual (high MP)
 - Psychotic (high attack)
 - Pessimist (high defense)
 - Devout (high spirit)
 - Seductive (high agility)

Any more personalities to add?

ok just an ides thats all but stilll im happy to contribute i will pose some maps when i get a chance

People have PMed me some stuff to add. The world is getting big and interesting. There is now a bigger storyline with lots of puzzles. A storyline that involves 3 kingdoms.

I have added classes, more weapons, armor and skills. There is now a class tree as well.

I forgot entirely that I was working on a contribution. >>

I blame video games. I'll start working on it again today.

[Spoiler]

I'm playing again from start to finnish. So far I'm 2 hours into the game. I beat the Ogre! I'm also adding some stuff to keep the game flowing from one area to another.

I've now completed everything that was in the game for the Version 5 release. Now I will go through the stuff in Version 6 and release it.

I have a party with the following classes:
 - Grappler (with a seductive personality)
 - Fighter (with a pessimist personality)
 - White Mage (with an intellectual personality)
 - Merchant (with a pessimist personality)

QUESTS SO FAR
Do not read. This is a serious spoiler.... You might know too much about the game if you read!

Spoiler for Hiden:

Version 5 stuff
 - talk with King Lorik for 100 GP
 - talk to those in the shrine of destiny to find where to get taught classes
 - get a vivification vial and revive the merchant to obtain the power bracelet
 - kill rats
 - save fairies / obtain a key
 - find flint in a locked cave

Version 6 stuff
 - level up so your party's entire level totals 33 (lvl 8 + lvl 8 + lvl 8 + lvl 9) / give something
 - attend a late night meeting
 - speak with King Samurik
 - spend a night in a bunker and become a criminal
 - raid Armatropa at night / obtain the armor / obtain a key
 - slip through the time passage
 - light the fire / use a bone against the beast
 - overthrow Lord Black

getting good

I'm now 3 hours and 30 minutes into the beta playing. I'm now further than I've ever been. Now is a really fun quest. The only thing keeping me from doing it is thinking of quirky stuff to fill up the stores in the town before the quest.

I'm now almost 5 hours into beta playing. Wow the game keeps getting longer and longer thanks to contributors :-)

I just wanted to comment that this game is legitimately fun to play. I've just found the tower and I'm in lub with the game!

I read every post. saw all the screenies, but didnt look at the quest spoiler (i wanna play) and im workin on a small city. it will take me ages but it will be worth it i guess. not too big, not too small (i hope). i might even put in a quest or 2. But so u know, im the king of my city, hows that for putting my name in my work? lol

so far:
1x 2 story Inn
1/3x 3 story watch tower/armory.
1x shop

not much... yet.

I hope this gets bigger than runescape (i wonder...)
 OK IM PUTTING THIS PROJECT IN MY SIG!! woot!

ummm ok... i tried to download and play ur game but it keeps saying extraction failed. then i try to play and it said failed script or something.
any chance of putting a .zip or .rar or .7z file up?

I just downloaded it, opened it, played it. Works for me.

Maybe your download was broken?

Like instead of being 11.7MB its only 4.3 MB? It happens.

Thanks for wanting to contribute.

Well i tried twice and it was11.7mb both times... anyway, whats the main character? the default 1st character or one u made? i mean what character graphic?

EDIT: BTW, this should get stickied! it deserves it. STICKY IT SOMEONE PLZ!

This is all using the default graphics of RPG Maker VX. You make and customize the character at the start of the game like Dragon Warrior III or Final Fantasy.

The 4 characters / actors in the game are the first 4 in the actor listing.
\n[1]
\n[2]
\n[3]
\n[4]

Can you upload the game in zip, rar or 7z because the exe isnt working properly... for me atleast.

Random Question: When would someone use  or  ?

Actually, nevermind i got it working! 3rd times definitely the charm.

Edit: oops sorry for double posting, accident

ReEdit: umm you might wanna fix a bug... in the first city, where the guy says this is not a shop, u can get in but u cant get out =P

Double ReEdit: someone should make a guide, like which character in the pub is what class, and what they can become, where to train at what lvl ect.

Maybe that could be my 2nd contribution after my city is done...

Triple ReEdit: My city is taking a while...
Status:
1x shop
1x bank
1x huge palace
2x new enemy
1x underground cavern
about 5 or 6x new items
1x shop
3x merchants
1x quest (half done)
1x King A13x
1x watch tower
1x inn
1x river in city
3x gardens
1x scarecrow

[Spoiler]

The .exe works yep :-) The .zip would only have a .exe in it anyway.

About your bank, it does not need any code, I already have it defaultly set up along with a slight interest rate.

There are potions in the game that make scarecrows talk, unless of course your scarecrow naturally talks.


I just checked the armory and yes that is an error. I have slide doors where you can pick the locks to enter, but you don't need to pick them to exit. I had that door reversed. Those slide doors work well for when you leave the prison you can't get back into the prison.


As for classes, there is an in game guide that tells you where to go. The Shrine of Destiny. Here are spoilers as to where exactly they are.

Spoiler for Hiden:

Class = Undetermined goto Shrine of Destiny to pick a class

Class = Apprentice goto Tantegal in the south western tower to become Black Mage
Class = Apprentice goto Tantegal in the south western tower to become White Mage
Class = Apprentice goto Tantegal in the south western tower to become Herbalist

Class = Brawler goto New Alefgard pub to become Grappler
Class = Brawler goto Akarothi inn to become Fighter

Class = Informist goto Tantegal prison to become Thief
Class = Informist goto Tantegal center court to become Merchant
Class = Informist goto New Aliahan east near a cabin to become Hunter


Those are all of the classes in V.6 that you can become. Then in V.7 you can become:

Class = Informist goto Kendall Village to become Hunter
Class = Informist goto Shenagard Castle mall to become Merchant

Class = Black Mage goto woods northwest of Kendall to become Witch
Class = Black Mage goto ?i cannot remember? to become Warlock

Class = White Mage goto shrine west of Time Passage to become Pilgrim

Class = Herbalist goto woods southeast of Kendall to become Alchemist

Class = Any goto Magesto in Batroga to become Light Warrior

well the guide contribution just went out the window. atleast i didnt start it lol

Edit: yeah the download is working for me, its a pretty good game already. Im like lvl 3...
And where exactly is this Shrine of Destiny? any chance of a world map? lol
Does the spook guy ever get any skills? do any of the 3rd recruits have skills? 3 lvl ups yet no skills =P lol

ReEdit: damn theres no chef sprite...

Double ReEdit: FINALLY FINISHED THE PALACE.... that took ages...
Now for the peaseant houses and one farm...

The Shrine of Destiny is directly north of the first town / castle. There is a world map. It might be a bit out of date, but it is there.

Right now the creature characters don't have any equipables or skills. That has been corrected for V.7.

The human characters should all have skills based on their classes.

I don't understand... Is this really truly NON-linear game play? Can I do really what ever I want? I downloaded it and it lags horribly. At least only in HUGE places with tons of events.

Where does this lag for you? I've played it on two computers and it doesn't lag. There are not any huge areas quickly into the game. Later on though it does get to huge areas. I am doubling / trippling up on the maps.

You can do whatever you want. Kill NPCs... as long as they accept your duels. Prepare to face the consiquences like prison time. Revive the bones of NPCs.

Go on kill the king. Well you need to either wait for the right moment or offend the king enough that he takes you on. You can kill priests and pilgrims, but they must hate you enough to accept the duel.

You can use keys to get in any doors... just gotta find the keys.

There is a lot to do in the game. btw I loved your screenshot of that town!

UPLOADED VERSION 7

FIXES
 - Character A can now become a Black Mage like the character is supposed to be able to
 - Creature classes (for monsters) now have skills and things to equip
 - The guards on the dock now stay dead
 - The door to the armory will now let you out, but not let you in (it was the other way around)

ADDITIONS
 - new castle
 - new foes
 - new puzzles
 - new woods
 - new mini games
 - new shrine
 - key system for unlocking doors
 - 4 new classes

I have now played 7 hours into the game to get where I am.
My party:
A Seductive: Brawler -> Grappler
A Pessimist:: Brawler -> Fighter
An Intelligent: Apprentice -> White Mage -> Pilgrim
A Pessimist: Informist -> Merchant

ive decided a city is:
too annoying to make
too big
too much time needed (i have a life that needs time too)

so i decided it will be a town
Its finished now but i got a few VERY ANNOYING bugs to fix up.
ooh V7 is out yay!

Yeah a city can be 4 towns depending how big the city is.

What are the annoying bugs? There are things that the game system defaultly fixes like the character graphics and names. The church system is also automatic as well.

for a quest, i have it so every time u kill a dragon, a certain variable goes up. i kill 17 dragons (thats how many are needed to be killed) and i go to the guy who gives the quest and it says i havent kill any. i cant find the damn bug any where.

Problem 2: i go to download the new version, it says 12.1mb till the very end then jumps down to 7.6mb. the extraction fails ect. i dont know what is goin on with that either... and it deleted my save...

Going back to 7.6 probably means the download is broken. I just downloaded all 12.1 MB. So it works for me.

I don't think that it could delete your save when it has not even set up. Anyone else have this mistake?

i try to extract the game, it overides the last version, and everything in it, then says extraction failed =P
bigpond is crap

Edit:
i have nothing other than the internet explorer open, and i dont click anything (keyword: ANYTHING) and i leave it alone till its done, and it says 7.6mb in 3 mins or something along those lines...

ReEdit: My OS is Microsoft Vista by the way

Double ReEdit: it finally worked! i sat and wathed the download to see where it buggers up at, and it didnt bugger up.... 12.1mb in 3 minutes 56 seconds.... 54kb/s and i got DSL, WTF!.

no offence but ur community project is dying. ur gonna have to pull a fast one to recover from the lack of activity...

Just downloaded the communal proj. Can't wait to see what's going on with all that I've been reading. Might even submit my own stuff... if I ever get around to VX that is. 

no offence but ur community project is dying. ur gonna have to pull a fast one to recover from the lack of activity...

I was away for a full week to the motherland. The project is on 3 forums. Dying on here is not dying on the others.

on 3 forums? thats a nice idea... 3x less likely to die that way. oh and my town, i got side tracked, ill finish it very soon...

V.8 Fixes:

 - Side doors no longer allow the player to walk through anything. The walk through anything error will auto correct itself in the next version.
 - Akarothi dock error statement is fixed.

3 people have submitted betas to be added to the game, so V.8 will be uploaded once I integrate one of them into the game.

People have been asking me about the class list, so I will post the current class list:
 - Undecided

 - Brawler
 - Fighter
 - Grappler
 - Light Warrior

 - Apprentice
 - White Mage
 - Pilgrim
 - Black Mage
 - Witch
 - Warlock
 - Herbalist
 - Alchemist

 - Informist
 - Thief
 - Merchant
 - Hunter

sweet,,elder scrolls for RPG Maker! 

Will there be a JOB list?

Blacksmithing
Enchanting
Mining
e.t.c...?

sweet,,elder scrolls for RPG Maker! 

Will there be a JOB list?

Blacksmithing
Enchanting
Mining
e.t.c...?

Probably not a job list. Just classes, like informist branches into blacksmith or miner. Apprentice branches into enchanter. Lots of people have always compared my games to Elder Scrolls.

Actually cause you suggested it...

How about giving me some spells / skills for
 - Blacksmiths (improve weapons and armor with spells)
 - Enchanters
 - Miners (use earth spells?)

I will add them right away.

Actually cause you suggested it...

How about giving me some spells / skills for
 - Blacksmiths (improve weapons and armor with spells)
 - Enchanters
 - Miners (use earth spells?)

I will add them right away.

I could make a list of some spells and descriptions,,and u can pick the ones you like and add them to the game (I am not sure how you plan to,,IMPROVE,,weapons thru VX)

Oh also,,did the awesome,,face picture graphics,,come with the RTP? or is it something you made/downloaded?

Actually cause you suggested it...

How about giving me some spells / skills for
 - Blacksmiths (improve weapons and armor with spells)
 - Enchanters
 - Miners (use earth spells?)

I will add them right away.

I could make a list of some spells and descriptions,,and u can pick the ones you like and add them to the game (I am not sure how you plan to,,IMPROVE,,weapons thru VX)

Oh also,,did the awesome,,face picture graphics,,come with the RTP? or is it something you made/downloaded?

I have now added blacksmiths and miners in the game for V.8 along with some unique weapons / armor and gear for them. As for improving weapons and armor, I just meant attack up and defense up spells and skills.

The face photos come with the RTP.

i downloaded version 7 after not playing since version 5. i need to say this is still a fun and easily addictive game. i just now got to the desert beyond the dwarf passage.

... beat ... 12 hours ... i got up to the point where it tells you that you are as far as you can go and wait for the next version.

Lots of people have been PMing me about where the Flint is. So here is a map of the first floor of Crandle Cave. The Flint is in the blue treasure chest. To get into Crandle Cave, you need a key that you get in the Orc Tower.

[Spoiler]

My party right now:
A Seductive: Brawler -> Grappler -> Light Warrior
A Pessimist:: Brawler -> Fighter
An Intelligent: Apprentice -> White Mage -> Pilgrim
A Pessimist: Informist -> Merchant -> Miner

V.8 will be out soon. I am done play testing and adding into it. The game is 8 hours for me all the way through. Because so many people have PMed me on the forums about certain things, I have started making a legitimate guide to the game. Plus I want to inform people of just how much extra stuff there is in this game.

I would like some people to complete and detail their submissions before I add them into V.8. I am still eager to add things to the game :-) It helps keep things interesting for everyone.

Speaking of interesting; there is now a legitimate plotline to follow. I took everyone's submitted work, and tied it together into a plot that uses everything.

PLOT

Spoiler for Hiden:

The sky will turn red and the clouds will block out the sun. That is what will happen when the gate to Batroga Tower is open and the people scurry through before the time is right.

Magesto had lead his people out of the tower fearing the death of the heavens when the rogue angels invaded. He now stands guard at the gate to prevent his people from entering the tower before the time is right.

Since he has walked on this terra, Magesto has fathered one son and became the grand father to three kings. At the death of his son Legalas, each of the three kings proclaimed themselves lord of the land. Since then the land has been divided into thirds.

Armatropa is the land to the east, full of rough terrain between mountains and a balmy forest. Vestopa is the cursed and wretched land to the south west, and Shenagard is the smallest of the three lands, but has the greatest inhabitable area.

Between the three lands is the town of Batroga, located at the base of the tower to the heavens; a tower that extends past the clouds and into the sky. That is the legend that has been passed down for nearly 80 years. The tower is located in a desert that is considered neutral territory by all three kings.

However, the evil Lord Sordik now wants into the tower. Sordik’s power comes from an unholy bargain made with the undead to follow his mighty voice. He has used this ghastly army to attack the towering walls of Batroga to enter the gate for himself.

A year of attacks has gone by with the men of Batroga rallied together and stood tall to defend their town from Lord Sordik. Magesto merely stood idly by and watched the men of his village get slaughtered, leaving only the women, children and elderly.

King Samurik of Shenagard has been caught in turmoil of his own. His brother Armonik craves to expand his territory. The battle of their two lands is at an end though, with King Samurik standing tall and ready to occupy the land of his defeated brother.

Now the only hope to save the people of Batroga is a hero born half a world away. A stranger to the kingdom of turmoil, this hero must travel through all three kingdoms collecting the treasures of Legalas in order to awaken the man that can bring unity to his once great empire.

Subterranean castles, undead armies, and aggressive nations await the hero, all to save the people caught between hostile invaders and Magesto who refuses to let anyone through the gate until the time is right.

I accidentally uploaded over 6 of the photos. Oh well. I think that they were shots of Vestopa and the two shrines in the game.

Here are 14 more screenshots from later in the game. 5-8 hours into it.

Spoiler for Hiden:

Just before entering the tower of Batroga to end V.8


Vestopa is the castle of the dead. To get in, you will need to face them.


When you return to Vestopa, the defenders will not treat you as nicely.


The prison of Vestopa Castle is in shambles due to Lord Sordik's pet.


The first floor of Vestopa is in ruins from the corpses.


To get through Lord Sordik's secret passage, all four switches must be flipped.


The town of Lamenista after the skies turn red.


Inside the grand hotel of Lamenista. An expensive night's stay.


The pub is always a great place to find information and rumors.


The churches are around to revive your dead and fully heal your wounded when you cannot afford the inns.


RPGs are all about choices, and seeing goals that you cannot immediately achieve.


Kendall Grove at night. Where the beast stalks for children!


King Armonik cannot help for a specific reason.


Inside Krandu, the cave of the beast.


The bones of those that have lurked inside of Krandu. Not all bones are still though.


There are puzzles galore in Krandu, including the way to call and defeat the beast.

I love the new screenshots and the fact that there is a plot. I haven't played this since the first world/chapter released since I've reallly had no time, but I've downloaded it again and will reserve my comments until I've played through it.

sorry the stupid town is taking so long, ive been busy and havent had much time

That is fine. That is why adding to this project is better than starting your own.

Actually I've noticed... there are a few games that look to be dead on this forum. Maybe I should ask if I could absorb them into this game :-) Like a giant blob absorbing other games into its core. At least that way the dead RPGM VX games would live on.

UPDATES for V.8 (not yet released)

There are plenty of updates, that I have probably covered in previous posts. Here are the ones that I've been saving.

NEO PRIME's TALARIS

Someone on another forum submitted something that was good and interesting. The only downer for the casual fans of this game is that you really need to work to get to it. It is a lair for higher level players. In fact it is so high, that my current game of 8 hours cannot accomplish it :-)

There are no treasures yet.



THE BOARD GAME

... a board game! In a game! Very similar to the Dragon Warrior 3 (CGB). Maia 2K3 had the board game system, but now it is here. Just play with tokens :-)

BRIDGE GAME

Get the magic bridge, and use tokens to play the bridge game. You travel across the areas and chose your paths to collect treasures! This was technically in V.7, but now it is acessable!

UPDATES for V.9 (not yet released)

Sure, V.8 has not been released yet, but V.8 ends when you enter the tower. V.9 will pick up in an entirely different second world.

That lair looks like a really nice map. I'm not sure if you want to release the event layer though, as it looks like there are a few secret event things that might give away.

Also, it'd be pretty cool if you were able to absorb some of the other games.

I have written a few RPGM VX gamers about absorbing their games. Such as games that have not had anyone post on them for a month. The trick is those people are done and no longer using the forums.

As for the secrets, those are shadows, there's nothing really secret about that map.

UPLOADED VERSION 8
 - The file has jumped up from 12 MB to 16 MB? There are no new graphics, so this is 4 more MB of programming content. I am also thinking about renaming this project to "the World is Not Enough," because now there are 2 worlds to explore.

FIXES
 - i will put this later (you can look back through the posts to see)
 - side doors in Akarothi no longer let you move through everything
 - if you already fell into the slip through error, just go to sleep in any bed and it will fix the error

ADDITIONS
 - i will put this later (you can look back through the posts to see)

I have now played 9 hours into the game to get where I am.
My party:
A Seductive: Brawler -> Grappler -> Light Warrior
A Pessimist:: Brawler -> Fighter
An Intelligent: Apprentice -> White Mage -> Pilgrim
A Pessimist: Informist -> Merchant -> Miner

Wow, that's a huge increase in size for just programming and maps.

Were you able to absorb any games?

And yeah, "The World is Not Enough" is a pretty good title, though it has been a Bond movie so maybe it might not be a great idea. I like the name "World Crafters" myself. It gives a nice feel to the game.

The trick about absorbing other games is the games that have not had posts on topics in a months... the creators do not get back to me.

It is a Bond movie, hence where I stole it from, but the plot develops from a hero journeying, to a hero saving a people, to a hero well... you will see. The World is Not Enough.

Hello Maia, I'm new here and been looking around and I must say I really like what your doing, and with your permission I wouldn't mind also making a map that you could use. I wanted to know like, is there a limit to how big one could make it? and also like, what could or couldn't be used. Like say if I were to make a shop, how would I know what items to sell and that stuff. Also I was wondering for like, making it so they have to go to the inn and save to the bed, would that be something I had to add in, or would you be the one to do it after I gave the map(s) to you. And like with the monsters, how would I know which monsters should be used and all that. Just a curious over thinking mind not wanting to make any mistakes is all  Hope to hear from you soon, would very much make my day if I had a reply in like, 5 mins but the luck of that happening not very high lol

Maia? Is she dead?

Who knows, she hasn't been on in a few days

maia,,r u working on some other new game?

give the gal a break lol

We know, And I have been giving her a break, I haven't been spamming her email or PM box or anything lol

Or she is just waiting for someone to complete something to add to the project?

Concerning the events, how do I submit the area I will make?
Like do I have to add your events or will you do that?

Hello Maia, I'm new here and been looking around and I must say I really like what your doing, and with your permission I wouldn't mind also making a map that you could use. I wanted to know like, is there a limit to how big one could make it? and also like, what could or couldn't be used. Like say if I were to make a shop, how would I know what items to sell and that stuff. Also I was wondering for like, making it so they have to go to the inn and save to the bed, would that be something I had to add in, or would you be the one to do it after I gave the map(s) to you. And like with the monsters, how would I know which monsters should be used and all that. Just a curious over thinking mind not wanting to make any mistakes is all  Hope to hear from you soon, would very much make my day if I had a reply in like, 5 mins but the luck of that happening not very high lol

There is no limit to how big the maps can be or how many there can be. Make whatever items you want for the shop. I will either balance it or stick the map somewhere that players could bennefit from it.

Same thing with the monsters. I would stick the map in an area where the players could take the monsters or people could just avoid the area entirely. Like Dragon Warrior if you went south west too quick you were dead.

Just make the inn with the standard inn maker. The game system automatically makes it where you can then enter a room at the inn and sleep to save.

I am alive.

Concerning the events, how do I submit the area I will make?
Like do I have to add your events or will you do that?

You make a new project, then make your project. Add events, but some major events the game adds itself like the branching talk system.

Hehe, glad to finally get an answer from you lol Now I am off to go make the maps and stuff lol I've never actually made a full game before, tried a few times and just gave up after a while, so don't be surprise if mine sucks horribly lol

cool, well I'l be making an area for the teen levels, but I can make it more difficult as necessary.

You can make it however. Currently my play party is in the teens.

During the actual making of the levels, I made it harder
So yeah, like 40 or more is recommended

EDIT: We can add stuff to the database right? I am adding a few enemies, skills, items, one or tow common events, and maybe armor. Is that ok?

Sure knock yourself out with database additions.

There was someone else that did level 40. I have yet to beat his land.

I don't know what level I will make the enemies, I really wouldn't know like you know.. how much health an enemy should have at this level and what stats and that, lol. I'm pretty close to being done building it now, I have only one last town left to finish fixing up. So far, my land will have a castle, 2 "towns", a normal looking town and a vallage covered in snow. Then I have 3 other areas. A small field map, a cave which is one floored that has ice and an ice sliding puzzle in it, you know the kind where when you move forward you keep moving till you hit something and it makes you stop? Yeah, took me an hour before thinking up the Events for that thing, it sucked. Then I have a 5 floored tower. Now I just need to add a story line, and finish making the building in the town.

That sounds really great. I know a place to put all of that, cause someone submit an ice cave before. There was no ice land, so it will match together nicely. As for the enemies, make it what you want. I'll edit accordingly.

Ok Maia

Sure knock yourself out with database additions.

There was someone else that did level 40. I have yet to beat his land.

Wait, how much is battle frequency, because if it is three...
I'll make an easier place also, for good measure

Battle frequency is anything you want, but if its less than 15, it will piss people off. Dragon Warrior was always 5 or less.

I have a question for you Maia, I really don't know what monsters to put and stuff, cause if I make new ones, I wouldn't know like, what stats and health they should have so that people at level 10-20 should be able to kill them. The same with the Items. The default ones it comes with, only has some basic items with prices and strength and stuff that jump high levels and stuff, and only have 1 item per class. I don't know what items should be added to the shops and stuff. I have no... how you put it... Basic idea of what to have around different levels of the player.

copy paste the other monsters and items that fit around that level.

Thats the problem, how do I tell what level they are for? How do I know how high a level 20 monster HP should be, or his Strength, or his evasion, or his defence. And when I make like a sword, how do I know when not to over power it and stuff? I mean, it's not like they tell you in RPG Maker VX "JUST SO YOU KNOW! THIS MONSTER IS LEVEL 24!" or some shit like that >.> I can get like, the HP and Magic and stuff from other games, but that still doesn't help with the monster's stats. If it has too high a defence, you won't do any dmg, too low and a lvl 1 guy can 1 hit him >.> Same with evasion, too high and you always miss, too low and you always hit no matter what

I have a question for you Maia, I really don't know what monsters to put and stuff, cause if I make new ones, I wouldn't know like, what stats and health they should have so that people at level 10-20 should be able to kill them. The same with the Items. The default ones it comes with, only has some basic items with prices and strength and stuff that jump high levels and stuff, and only have 1 item per class. I don't know what items should be added to the shops and stuff. I have no... how you put it... Basic idea of what to have around different levels of the player.

Just dump them in and I will level them. Some people have left their shops blank for me to put stuff in them.

Thats the problem, how do I tell what level they are for? How do I know how high a level 20 monster HP should be, or his Strength, or his evasion, or his defence. And when I make like a sword, how do I know when not to over power it and stuff? I mean, it's not like they tell you in RPG Maker VX "JUST SO YOU KNOW! THIS MONSTER IS LEVEL 24!" or some shit like that >.> I can get like, the HP and Magic and stuff from other games, but that still doesn't help with the monster's stats. If it has too high a defence, you won't do any dmg, too low and a lvl 1 guy can 1 hit him >.> Same with evasion, too high and you always miss, too low and you always hit no matter what

The best way to tell what level they are for is put a party at level 10 and play test. Either use the test battle or start a party off at level 10 and do your game. If you can survive the monsters, then they are level 10. You should make it where the player survives the monster party at level 10, BUT with new weapons and armor it is easier to defeat them.

Again, if it is too high or too low, I edit the things anyway.

Just dump them in and I will level them. Some people have left their shops blank for me to put stuff in them.

The best way to tell what level they are for is put a party at level 10 and play test. Either use the test battle or start a party off at level 10 and do your game. If you can survive the monsters, then they are level 10. You should make it where the player survives the monster party at level 10, BUT with new weapons and armor it is easier to defeat them.

Again, if it is too high or too low, I edit the things anyway.
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Ok, I will try that, and I think it best if I leave the items out and let you make the shops, I only have a few, 3 in each town I think, an item seller, a weapon seller, and finally a armor seller

3 shops is an awesome number, not every town needs every little thing. Remember some of the old classics would have an item shop in one town, an armor shop in another. Instead of item / weapon / armor / spell / bank / gambler / pawn shop / armory / fishing bait store / gun store / explosives store / general market / green house.

3 shops is an awesome number, not every town needs every little thing. Remember some of the old classics would have an item shop in one town, an armor shop in another. Instead of item / weapon / armor / spell / bank / gambler / pawn shop / armory / fishing bait store / gun store / explosives store / general market / green house.

o.O The games I remember, mostly final fantasy, there was only the Inn, Item shop, and the Weapon/armor o.O Also in FF5 there was Magic shop since you had to buy spells to learn it in that game >.>

There are towns already in the game that have no inns. You need to go to the church to recover HP / MP :-) So not having an inn works not having a church works too, just makes it harder.

Hmm.... Places without Inns? I just need to make sure to buy lots of healing items lol

Healing items work, but magic restoration items are not as abundant, same with revival items.

How is everyone's project coming?

Well, I think I'm almost done with "Making" it, now just need a storyline for it. Thinking up a story, planing, typing, stuff I am not good at, lol

Technically you don't have to think of a storyline. Here are some suggestions you can maybe use and twist and contort.

Evil Lord has killed people.
King is really an imposter.
Princess was kidnapped.
Boy fell in a well.
Kill the Grobox!
Fall in love with a fairy.
Kidnapp a young prince.
Wake a sleeping village.
Burn down a tree.
Exchange your feet for fins.
Build a bridge.
Catch a cow.

o.O Thats some Suggestions xD But so far the only boss I have is an Ice Queen, which would be a hidden secret boss . As for what to do in my land.... Hmm.... I was thinking more along the lines of having to go to this place and killing some boss guy, just don't know who that boss could be, or as to why you need to kill him lol. He would be in the Ice place, in a tower at the very bottom underground, which is actually only 5 floors >.>. Maybe... Hmm.... hehe, I have an idea now, but It's a secret

Hey maia, due to my guild's project and my own project, my piece in the game will take a long time to make.

Sorry for the inconvience

o.O Thats some Suggestions xD But so far the only boss I have is an Ice Queen, which would be a hidden secret boss . As for what to do in my land.... Hmm.... I was thinking more along the lines of having to go to this place and killing some boss guy, just don't know who that boss could be, or as to why you need to kill him lol. He would be in the Ice place, in a tower at the very bottom underground, which is actually only 5 floors >.>. Maybe... Hmm.... hehe, I have an idea now, but It's a secret

Build a snowman with 3 snowballs.
Melt a block of ice.
Thaw a cave man.
Kill a fire gnome.
Corale a polar bear.

Hey maia, due to my guild's project and my own project, my piece in the game will take a long time to make.

Sorry for the inconvience

That is fine, I have not touched an editor for a month. Not since V.8 was uploaded.

Build a snowman with 3 snowballs.
Melt a block of ice.
Thaw a cave man.
Kill a fire gnome.
Corale a polar bear.

Nah Hehe, Mine is more... cruel xD You can't go anywhere except into a castle, so you go in and go see the king, he acts nice and treats you well and lets you stay for the night. After your stay, he charges you 1,000,000 gold. Since I don't think anyone can pay that much, he will do a trade insted Kill a demon for him, and you owe him nothing. I feel soo evil for this xD

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Also, just so you know, I counted all the maps I had on it, you know like the castle, the field, and the rooms and all that stuff, and I have around 40 maps lol

Build a snowman with 3 snowballs.
Melt a block of ice.
Thaw a cave man.
Kill a fire gnome.
Corale a polar bear.

Nah Hehe, Mine is more... cruel xD You can't go anywhere except into a castle, so you go in and go see the king, he acts nice and treats you well and lets you stay for the night. After your stay, he charges you 1,000,000 gold. Since I don't think anyone can pay that much, he will do a trade insted Kill a demon for him, and you owe him nothing. I feel soo evil for this xD

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Also, just so you know, I counted all the maps I had on it, you know like the castle, the field, and the rooms and all that stuff, and I have around 40 maps lol

That is amusing, and don't worry about spoiling anything. This game is on 3 forums. Only 2 have participated. The 3rd is working on something, but eh... people get tired.

I am thinking with the lands that people have sent betas of that it totals about 6 right now. So I'll make everything branch off from the start. Instead of taking 1 path, it goes in 7 paths.

As for the money... there is no chance of 1,000,000 GP yet in the game. The most I've gotten was like 11,000 and you buy the canoe for 10,000. I got 11,000 more :-)

Counting maps is good, I condense it. I put 5 areas / floors in 1 map to save space, cause I will be seriously running out! I think right now there are 76 maps. That is deceptive, because there are 5 caves on 1 map or all of the interiors of an entire town are on 1 map. So taking a stab at it, I'll go with around 200 maps.

Hmm.... I have a suggestion! If it isn't made already that is lol; I noticed that in the first town, you do not get a selection of all the classes, some are in the different towns and stuff. Well, I didn't know that and stuff and made a mistake and had to restart, like 3 times xD So yeah, maybe some way so that after you choose to be a class, like a white mage or a black mage or something, there to be a way to take it away and reset back to an apprentice or whatever it was before going to the class you have now? Cause I have also notice, the "actors" you can choose to be and stuff, have preset stats and that the stats are not based on if you choose Combat or Magic or Stealth.

So like, an Actor's stats make him best for magic cause his HP is always low and his Mana is high, but yet you don't have a way of knowing that when you pick him, so you pick him and then want him to be a combat guy, only to find he isn't that good since he has low HP, low Strength, and can't change to the higher combat classes cause of that.

So either, I was wondering if there was a way for you to set the stats to be based on if he is Magic or Combat and stuff, like if you choose Combat than the guy you choose has High HP and will gain more HP than mana, and has High Strength and stuff, insted of having to guess which Actor has what stats >.>

Or maybe when you click the guy it tells you his starting stats and then the amount that the stats changes apon level up, so you can see if that actor would be better for magic cause his Mana increases by 100 while the others increase by only 50 or something like that... And if someone is better at Combat cause his Atk increases by 100 while the others increase by 50. I know for a fact it won't increase that much, but you know what I mean, people's stats increase differently so someone would increase in Str/Atk better than someone else, you know to use him as a warrior and the other guy if his mana increases more to be a mage and stuff. It would make creating a team easier insted of having to guess....

I'm sorry if I didn't make any sence, pretty hard for me to explain when now there pointing out to you what I mean, but if you can't seem to understand, I can give examples of what I mean in pictures xD

Edit:

P.S. Damn I wrote alot >.>

Edit #2:

P.S.S. Also, I notice you can't sell any of your items, what is up with that? I also thought maybe if one of the stealth guys become a merchant it would let you sell, but it still doesn't, how can you sell your items then?

Edit #3 (wow I find new things to say xD):

P.S.S.S. I don't know if this is spose to be or not, but the Enrage skill doesn't always work, which is odd as I believe in ALL RPG games, skills that help you, rather it be increasing your stats, making you enraged, or even healing. It would have a 100% chance of working. Also, I notice that when when I make my go enraged, he might, keyword there, he MIGHT hit once the entire 4-6 turns he is enraged, not including the fact that he never gets enraged on the first try casting it. It seems annoying and useless, if he can't cast it fast and quick, and also that he can only hit bearly once in that time and miss all the other times.

Also, just so you know, right now my level 7 MAGE, is hitting twice the amount of damage that my level 10 Warrior is >.> Just to give an example of what I mean by stats not being good <.< And said Mage has twice the amount of HP as my Merchant >.>

P.S.S.S.S This time it's a request cause it's really annoying >.> After the place where you need the Flit you to the desert and there is a tower there? Below that across two bridges there are mountains and what looks like a forest, and inside the forest there are 2 monsters that seem very very unfair. 1 is a plant monster that seem to cast a sleeping spell that puts everyone to sleep and it casts that damn like like 8 times in a row before finally attacking once before doing it again >.< The other is a bird that does the same, only insted of sleeping it's paralizing, casting it about 8 times in a row, and for some reason almost all of my attacks do no dmg, it doesn't say "Miss! Birdy Basterd takes no Damage!" It saids like "Birdy Basterd takes no damage!" >.<

Ok, final thing xD In the first post, you say we can't add any extra graphics, but what about Music?

Ok, one last post with an update. I think I have it 99.9% done, but I am not completely sure. I have only added monsters to the Ice cave and to the Tower dungeon, so the field map and a few of the other maps don't have monsters. I just, you know took a guess at what the monster's stats should be, and hope they work out.

That is fine if you want to do that. Someone on another forum is making a trap riddled tower for the game.

As for everything else, I will check it out tomorrow, when I am more coherent.

ok ^^ Will wait for you post of when your more coherent., cause I typed alot and that really doesn't answer it all xD

JIRODYNE = Hmm.... I have a suggestion! If it isn't made already that is lol; I noticed that in the first town, you do not get a selection of all the classes, some are in the different towns and stuff. Well, I didn't know that and stuff and made a mistake and had to restart, like 3 times xD So yeah, maybe some way so that after you choose to be a class, like a white mage or a black mage or something, there to be a way to take it away and reset back to an apprentice or whatever it was before going to the class you have now? Cause I have also notice, the "actors" you can choose to be and stuff, have preset stats and that the stats are not based on if you choose Combat or Magic or Stealth.

MAIA = Not knowing where stuff is until later adds to the replayability. I have received PMs from people who have not played the game twice with the same party. Apprentices become black mages or white mages. Technically there is a secret way you can go back to a previous class, but it cuts everything in half, making you doubly weak.

MAIA = The default stats are the same time after time when you start. One can use dual weapons, another can double heal.

JIRODYNE = So like, an Actor's stats make him best for magic cause his HP is always low and his Mana is high, but yet you don't have a way of knowing that when you pick him, so you pick him and then want him to be a combat guy, only to find he isn't that good since he has low HP, low Strength, and can't change to the higher combat classes cause of that.

MAIA = There are combat attacks that use Mana / spells / SP. Anyway, I know your point. I will think about it.

JIRODYNE = So either, I was wondering if there was a way for you to set the stats to be based on if he is Magic or Combat and stuff, like if you choose Combat than the guy you choose has High HP and will gain more HP than mana, and has High Strength and stuff, insted of having to guess which Actor has what stats >.>

MAIA = Yeah, I'll probably do that.

JIRODYNE = Or maybe when you click the guy it tells you his starting stats and then the amount that the stats changes apon level up, so you can see if that actor would be better for magic cause his Mana increases by 100 while the others increase by only 50 or something like that... And if someone is better at Combat cause his Atk increases by 100 while the others increase by 50. I know for a fact it won't increase that much, but you know what I mean, people's stats increase differently so someone would increase in Str/Atk better than someone else, you know to use him as a warrior and the other guy if his mana increases more to be a mage and stuff. It would make creating a team easier insted of having to guess....

JIRODYNE = I'm sorry if I didn't make any sence, pretty hard for me to explain when now there pointing out to you what I mean, but if you can't seem to understand, I can give examples of what I mean in pictures xD

MAIA = Yeah I understand.

JIRODYNE = P.S.S. Also, I notice you can't sell any of your items, what is up with that? I also thought maybe if one of the stealth guys become a merchant it would let you sell, but it still doesn't, how can you sell your items then?

MAIA = True, you can't until later. Would Walmart want to buy someone's junk? You go to pawn shops that appear later in the game. I've tried to make the merchants sell, but it just was impracticle.

JIRODYNE = P.S.S.S. I don't know if this is spose to be or not, but the Enrage skill doesn't always work, which is odd as I believe in ALL RPG games, skills that help you, rather it be increasing your stats, making you enraged, or even healing. It would have a 100% chance of working. Also, I notice that when when I make my go enraged, he might, keyword there, he MIGHT hit once the entire 4-6 turns he is enraged, not including the fact that he never gets enraged on the first try casting it. It seems annoying and useless, if he can't cast it fast and quick, and also that he can only hit bearly once in that time and miss all the other times.

MAIA = I will check on the Enrage skill. ... yep just checked. Technically it always works and never fails, but the character's resistance to being berserk can fail.

JIRODYNE = Also, just so you know, right now my level 7 MAGE, is hitting twice the amount of damage that my level 10 Warrior is >.> Just to give an example of what I mean by stats not being good <.< And said Mage has twice the amount of HP as my Merchant >.>

MAIA = Yeah I've thought about making stats based on classes instead of personalities, but somewhere out there is a rocket scentist that can break cinder blocks with his fists. Change around the personalities.

JIRODYNE = P.S.S.S.S This time it's a request cause it's really annoying >.> After the place where you need the Flit you to the desert and there is a tower there? Below that across two bridges there are mountains and what looks like a forest, and inside the forest there are 2 monsters that seem very very unfair. 1 is a plant monster that seem to cast a sleeping spell that puts everyone to sleep and it casts that damn like like 8 times in a row before finally attacking once before doing it again >.< The other is a bird that does the same, only insted of sleeping it's paralizing, casting it about 8 times in a row, and for some reason almost all of my attacks do no dmg, it doesn't say "Miss! Birdy Basterd takes no Damage!" It saids like "Birdy Basterd takes no damage!" >.<

MAIA = That plant is the Elyptis. It casts sleep not that often. I have lowered the sleep pollen attack. Actually... if you have someone with a weapon that slashes or chops, you can easily take them out.

MAIA = Does the phrase out of your league hold any meaning for you? If you are dying, head back. As for the birds, shoot them with arrows, guns, burn them, freeze them, blow them away with wind attacks. NEVER try to stab, bash or smash a bird!!! After all in real life could you even get close enough to do that? Think about the weapons you're using! It is all about knowing how to deal with the foes. I did just adjust the Blue Jay.

JIRODYNE = Ok, final thing xD In the first post, you say we can't add any extra graphics, but what about Music?

MAIA = No extra music. The file is already big enough.

Well Maia, I have done what I can before losing interest in finishing it. I'm sorry but here is what I have so far, you'll have to finish the rest of it. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BIEBFIPR

Looking at it... most of it is from the default game included with the RTP.

I would like to contribute, but alas, I am incredibly new to rpgm vx.
What would you suggest I learn so I can join this elite band of game makers?

None of us are good at RPGM VX, as it is only a few months old.

I'd say just use the map maker. That's really the only thing that has majorly changed.



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As for jirodyne's submission. I've reworked it and it will be included in V.9. It will be a northern off shoot of Alefgard, and should be found very easily. I'll make a canoe launch for the price of 2000 GP to make sure no one goes there to die.

Looking at it... most of it is from the default game included with the RTP.

Well, I did go online to look for pre-made maps >.> I didn't know cause I didn't pay for mine, I basicly stole it with a cd crack xD

I stole it

You're not supposed to Admit that.......

why? you going to hack the forum, still my ip, track it through hundreds of proxy's till you find my real one, track that to my home, knock on my door and tell me to go buy it? >.> I'm not making any game will it, so not making any money, they won't care

[Spoiler]

Brand new photos.

Spoiler for Hiden:

A bunch of pirates lurking around does not look like a moment to savor.


The first step in the new kingdom of Ravana.


The sky dims for nightfall in a courtyard full of fools.


The new castle of Ravana.


The guards make sure you cannot refuse the king's hospitality.


The new land mass of a kingdom north of Alefgard.


The entire second floor of Ravana.

lol and inside the "hidden library" if you haven't a chance to look, most of those events are Credits to different people/places, you could also add like, advance classes at the end of it, where the three bookcases were

Question: How do you put the pictures on the text like that? Or will you do that?

Actually it is a system thing that matches the face with the NPC sprite unless otherwise indicated. No problem.

So you don't have to do anything.

Oh kool,

and what if I want the hero to say something, what face graphic do I use?

There is no face graphic for the hero... sorry. It does keep track of what the hero looks like though.

[Spoiler]

Brand new photos.

Spoiler for Hiden:

An entire fort stands in the way of the bridge. Only the kings permission can get you past.


The walls protect the quiet town of Bigglesburry.


Only the children know the secret of Bigglesburry.


The frozen passage will lead you either to Ranora or death.


Treasure is hidden everywhere, even if secretly.


Beware of ice that will slide you everywhere.


From Ravana to the frozen island of Ranora.


This town is not just dead... its frozen solid.


A curse from a demon has frozen this land and thrown the rest of the world into jepordy

You're definitely the best VX mapper I've encountered. Good job on the new maps - they look great.

Thanks. There are not too many RPGM VX mappers around. I personally think the default / RTP mapper is great.

Sometime in the future v.9 will be released. I hope to have the class / leveling up issue ressolved so fighters can be stronger than mages always. Although I am sure there are some muscular rocket scientists out there.

The game finally branches off. When you start the game and advance a bit, you can go east as is the common route with 10 hours of gameplay... or you can now go north to Ravana and Ranora via a boat launch.

The wonderful part about the branch is the first branch will take you into the tower and other worlds. The second branch will QUICKLY take you into a different tower and other worlds. However, this is not a warp, it will take you to other parts of other worlds. So it is like a different starting point.

It should be a lot of fun. There are new fun details added to Ravana, based on jirodyne's submission. Slippery ice, new places with combination locks.

Looking forward to V.9

Interesting, can't wait for the next version.

I'm looking forward to the ice caves and stuff. there were not any elemental magic creatures to kill.

make some more weapons, armors and classes too if you can. please!

Finished adding a few people's submissions (4). It adds more than 2 hours of gameplay from level 3- level 11. 10 new areas... raising the total game time for me to 10+ hours.

V.9 will be coming soon. So far I've added 3 extra hours of gameplay that you can find relatively soon into the beginning of the game. It branches off where you can go north or east now.

For me (the maker that knows where everything is), I have 11 hours of gameplay now to do everything.

V .9 is now up.
- 3 more hours of gameplay
- more than a dozen new areas (towns, caves, castles)
- more treasures
- you can now search for things in dressers
- more classes
- more personalities
- more weapons, armor, items and enemies (duh)
- more quests
- you can now join the legion of soldiers

This project is BIG.

It is the biggest and best RPGM VX project.

*downloads

oh and maia, I like ur new avy ^.^

You look great in it.

I hear crickets. I suppose it will be time to go to a new game soon.

I have been playing and I really enjoyed it.

Where are you in the game?

Mm. This idea sounds very very interesting and I'd love to submit a few things. However... I need to suck it up and install Bootcamp on my MBPro so I may run VX again, or rather any of the RPG Makers. I'll let you know when I start. 
[edit] Also, I noticed you wrote that we can only use the stock RTP with VX. Which clearly that means a no to this question, but I'll ask anyway. I've so many ideas for maps using the VX Ship tileset and was hoping that I'd be able to use it? - and I'd submit the set as well since players would need to download those.
               Here's the link to the topic for the tilesets.

That's amazingerifffic. I'd love to put my VX trial to use

(I don't think I'll make a game with it, It's too much work to change the defaults o.o;)

[edit] Also, I noticed you wrote that we can only use the stock RTP with VX. Which clearly that means a no to this question, but I'll ask anyway. I've so many ideas for maps using the VX Ship tileset and was hoping that I'd be able to use it? - and I'd submit the set as well since players would need to download those.
               Here's the link to the topic for the tilesets.

Go for it. The project is already around 16 MB, more wouldn't hurt.

That's amazingerifffic. I'd love to put my VX trial to use

(I don't think I'll make a game with it, It's too much work to change the defaults o.o;)

Go for it, that is what this project is designed for. People with the trial who can do something in a month :-)

Are you sure you can use the tileset maia? It rearranges tileset D so unless you have a script to allow for multiple tilesets, those tilesets will mess up a lot of the maps that use the D tileset.

Yeah, I had thought of that. It may mess up a lot of community members' maps with the new set. Not that you couldn't do it, since all the original tiles are there, but the problem is that they're scattered across D and E and it would be just a mess having to go around double checking every single map. I wouldn't do it.

Alright, then that is a no.

Not a problem dear.

Hi there!

I´d like to contribute something to this project if you dont mind. ^^
Ill make a little village, a lake and a crypt dungeon.
There will be ~6 quests for chars around Level 20-30.

Ive allready finished the dungeon and i started with the lake, but itll take some more time. 
Im not quite sure about the monster stats though.

Sounds great... looks fantastic!

The monsters I can just stick in there later when you are done, unless there is something specific you want. You can just put lets say... a snake with any stats, I will level the snake for that level of area.

I redid the exit system to fix some inperfections. The current system was based on where you enter, so if you were to go use a teleporter in a town and go to another town, when you used an exit scroll, you would exit out the first town. I have now fixed this so you exit accordingly.

By doing this everything was painstakingly given an exit point for each place. At least I got to count up all of the places and there are 44 so right now with 40 on the first planet. Shrines, caves, castles, towns, towers, groves, villages, passages and so on.

There are some really nice new quests too like the bank job for the theives guild, the grafika quest for the mages guild and the condryl mountain quest for the ravana legion.

It´s finished! 

Well I rushed it a bit since Im going on a vacation tomorrow and wont be here for a while.
Anyway I think its pretty good.

Have fun with it.


http://rapidshare.com/files/133931438/Tower.exe.html

Hm a difficult puzzle. (not really)


A secret cave. Can you find it?


The lunatic lake. Currently visited by Werewolven and dark cultists.

This is a truly awesome project and idea. Good work. However, in attempting to play this game i discovered that you are using more than just the RTP. Your using the RTP with the extras included at enterbrains site. 

This took me awhile to figure out. I knew that you were using materials from the RTP and so i knew i should be able to run this game without error... if i hadn't known that i would have just trashed the game after the first three crashes.  So i reinstalled from the beginning. Eventually also copying the extras manually into the RTP.

Here is a link you can post at the top-page for anyone who's had this trouble. It tells the error and the fix.
http://rmrk.net/index.php/topic,28786.msg359604.html#msg359604

Here is a link to enterbrains trial version of VX which contains the "extra" files.
http://www.download.com/Rpg-Maker-VX/3000-2121_4-10815920.html?tag=lst-3

By the way... i checked the RPT 1.2e, its not in there.

Once again. LOVE the game.

This is a truly awesome project and idea. Good work. However, in attempting to play this game i discovered that you are using more than just the RTP. Your using the RTP with the extras included at enterbrains site. 

This took me awhile to figure out. I knew that you were using materials from the RTP and so i knew i should be able to run this game without error... if i hadn't known that i would have just trashed the game after the first three crashes.  So i reinstalled from the beginning. Eventually also copying the extras manually into the RTP.

Here is a link you can post at the top-page for anyone who's had this trouble. It tells the error and the fix.
http://rmrk.net/index.php/topic,28786.msg359604.html#msg359604

Here is a link to enterbrains trial version of VX which contains the "extra" files.
http://www.download.com/Rpg-Maker-VX/3000-2121_4-10815920.html?tag=lst-3

By the way... i checked the RPT 1.2e, its not in there.

Once again. LOVE the game.

Actually all of the "extras" are included in the game download, because the "extras" included with RPGM VX are technically not a part of the RTP, so you should not have had any problem. No one else has. I will install the game on my laptop that does not have RPGM VX to see :-)

btw Tower... I want to have more time for a thought out happy review of what you sent :-)

Yeah... so i dont know if anyone else has this problem.... i cant be the only one... but if they DLed and installed the net copy of VX there is a good chance of it.  I would think that like me, when other people run into this error, they figure it to be an error on the part of the game maker and not an error on the part of enterbrains installers. Hence they just delete the offending project.

What i meant to say is... your game uses more than just the RTP, it also uses the 'extras'... at my link i left instructions for making the extras a part of the RTP.

I would assume that running the autorun in the net copy of the VX program would have an option for installing the extras... however i didn't get this message as windows XP doesn't know what to do with a auto run that is not part of a CD.  I could make the VX files into an iso file to test this but seems like too much trouble, just posting the bug and the fix seems like enough.

I also updated my post with instructions on how to reproduce the error.

If i left anything out you can send me a PM or just post here.

Yes they are "extras," however, I import them into the game itself so they become a part of the game and not the RTP. That is why the file is 18 MB instead of 8 MB.

I don't have RPG VX installed and it works fine for me. Good to see this project is still alive.

The ice tower of Sheol is too cold to trek through without a way to keep warm.


There are many dead bodies piled up from the cold.


Showing off the new lighting effects. Glowing save crystal and lit lanterns.


Fort Weston that defends the western portion of Ravana.


The path leading up to Fort Weston with a grave to the north.


It will take more than the king's permission to get past the guard that blocks the way.


Hope not to see the dungeon of Fort Weston.


The entrance to the Shrine of Xarzith.


Class changes can leave a single character with some interesting skills.


A boss fight with an interesting background.


The mysterious ruins.


A path inside of a labrynth of dead trees.






















A pit of dead animals that are there for a reason.


The many mysteries of the witch hut.


The witches were bannished from the village for accurately seeing the futre.


Just a demonstration of how long I have been playing the game.


A canoe can take you to mysterious places.


A very intelligent cave to be in full of tricks and traps.


There are secrets everywhere.


Levers help solve bridge puzzles everywhere.

So many screenshots. They look great maia. I really like the ruins. Keep up the good work.

I made the ruined house

Of course I saw that maia made a lot of changes to it.

Is this available for download?

The ruins are in V.9 in west Ravana. Ravana is north of where you start via travel service. As for making a lot of changes, not too many. I made the path up to it into a maze of trees. I tend to do that make mazes without looking like mazes.

It´s finished! 

Well I rushed it a bit since Im going on a vacation tomorrow and wont be here for a while.
Anyway I think its pretty good.

Have fun with it.


http://rapidshare.com/files/133931438/Tower.exe.html

Hm a difficult puzzle. (not really)


A secret cave. Can you find it?


The lunatic lake. Currently visited by Werewolven and dark cultists.

I just wanted to say thanks for the submission. I have been adding things and yours is the largest, so it gets added last. I really love it in the fact that it inspires me with your creative use of tiles. Everything looks gritty, not pretty, and grizzly in a great new way that makes it stand out as something unique and special that I have never seen before :-) Now to add it... It will be later in the game.

all the screenshots look stellar

A lot will change from V.9 to V.10. There is a new start town full of small town quests to get your feet wet along with more of a story and finding your party (but you still get to create your party).

There are a lot more updates than I actually post, due to the fact no one cares at this point, but the post gets 100 reads a day. btw This post has now hit 5000 views, I am happy. :-)

Anyway...

PERSONALITY
NPCs now have personality stats based on things like how loving, happy, athletic, powerful, rich, fearful, aggressive and other things like that. 16 stats now make up their personality and you can play with that. You can manipulate them through taunting, admiring, bribing and threatening them.

The tactics cannot go on forever though, because if their disposition drops to a certain point they stop talking to you and disappear. Guards will stop talking to you and throw you in prison or challenge you to a duel. Sort of like if you taunt an officer long enough you are going to jail.

This allows for persuasion quests and dating I suppose. Persuasion quests are when you need something from someone, but you have to manipulate them to a certain point where you get what you want. Instead of them simply giving information or items depending on what it is that you need.

If this seems like a bit much, you can always just bribe them, assuming that they are not rich.

COVERING QUESTS
To cover the variety of quests that are now in the game:
 - fetch quests (find this and bring it here)
 - persuasion quests (admire, taunt, intimidate or bribe someone to get something)
 - kill quests (kill this or that)
 - creation quests (like fetch quests only you create things and bring them)
 - rescue quests (find someone and rescue them)
 - escort quests (bring someone from point A to B)
 - puzzle quests (like fetch quests only involving puzzles)
 - revive quests (revive someone and either talk to them or rescue them)
 - survival quests (survive a battle to a certain turn)
 - escape quests (make it from point A to B alive in a certain amount of time)

[Spoiler]

There are a lot more updates than I actually post, due to the fact no one cares at this point, but the post gets 100 reads a day. btw This post has now hit 5000 views, I am happy. :-).

Complete and utter lies.  While we may not post every time we visit, we're all glad to see that World Crafters is going through updates, especially with all the new script updates.

Personally, I've been busy with my largest project for World Crafters so far.  You've already seen a couple of screen shots 
in the SS thread, but here are a few more.

Spoiler for Order of the Arcane Blade:

I'm hoping for 2-3 hours of playtime with this part.

[Spoiler]

BIG UPDATES

I have not posted all of the trivial updates, I have merely saved them for one giant post!

World Crafters... the game that eats other games!

I really love the last screenshot, it is... moody :-) The first screen shot needs more variety like some broken tables or something :-) It is also full screen like Zelda, tighten up the room. All of the town exteriors are wonderful! I would love to take a sneak peak of the project :-)

2-3 hours is ambitious and I think that I just realized who you are on another forum. It is interesting; the fact that a person can go to all of these forums and follow the game like puzzle pieces.

TOWER, FORTS, VILLAGES, PORTS, and AN UNDERGROUND EVIL CASTLE
There are enough scraps around to make an entirely new kingdom and add it to the game. Scraps like excess things people have given me or things that I left out of one part to put into another part. It consists of 2 fortresses, 5 villages, 1 port, and an underground evil castle from Grafikal that will make anyone quake in their armor. This is where TOWER's great town will be placed along with his quests. All of this stuff will probably be for after the player has reached level 15-18+ and will be east of the Armatropa Kingdom.

Someone (on another forum) also gave an underground fire quest, along with an underground volcanic town and prison.

LAND OF THE GIANTS

A13x and that forementioned person have given *big* cities as in with *big* buildings. I would like to still use their submissions, just because they are still good, even if *big* buildings do not fit the design style of the game. So I am going to create a world of giants! An extinct race of giants that left behind a mystery as to where they went... remember Final Fantasy Legend II? Same thing!

STORIES

To match up with the fact that the player must now find characters for the party instead of going to a guild and getting hooked up with the party, I have greatly improved the story with twists and turns. The story before was more like you just keep plodding along going to new places and killing what needs to be killed. Now there is more of a direction thanks to the Quest Log Script. Here is an example:

Spoiler for Hiden:

HOMETOWN of TAKEMAN
 - you cannot leave town unless you have a weapon
 - pops (father character) will give you his prized pocket knife if you prove yourself to him (there are many ways)
 - when you get the pocket knife something major happens and you are sent to the king

KING LORIK'S CASTLE of TANTEGEL
 - the king is a great man that will help anyone
 - the king's guards protect him from everyone
 - find a way to see the king (there are many ways, maybe 4 of them to see the king)

NEW ALIAHAN
 - 1 of those ways is to speak with queen kalysta
 - she sends you to scare away a peeping tom looking at her daughter from across the moat
 - you must persuade him to stop watching, without killing him
 - with queen kalysta's blessing you can visit the king

... twists and turns without giving anything away

THE SCRIPT (from other people):
 - removed Individuality script (caused random errors I didn't want to deal with) DARKOSHADE
 - added advanced save script (but it still has errors) DARGOR
 - added bestiary (not working yet) DARGO
 - quest log script (heavily modified to work with my quest system) ATORIA
 - lights script (thinking of removing due to the lag) KYLOCK
 - advanced title screen (random maps from in game show!) DARGOR
 - particle effects (sparingly used) ANRYU
 - item generation script (create your own items) KGC
 - stat distribution script (thats what it says) LETTUCE

2-3 hours is ambitious and I think that I just realized who you are on another forum. It is interesting; the fact that a person can go to all of these forums and follow the game like puzzle pieces.

Sorry to say that I'm not anyone else on other forums.  This is the only place I've posted to.

Those updates are making this game sound so good right now. I am sure you're dying to show off screen shots aren't you?

I just had a really long post about updates and then when I posted it went to a 404 error and never posted.

So I will only post the first half of the post, due to the fact that I am too tired to write anymore.

I would also like to point out this game has been going 6 months.

I finally have been granted access to see my web stats and I saw that this game had 1,000 downloads in the month of September alone and it has not had a new version since very early July. I am happy.

The game now has 2 characters that will join your party for the rest of the game. This was to do away with the simplistic go to a guild and create your characters right at the start.

I remember with Maia 2K3, people complained that you found all 4 characters in the first five minutes... but then of course you lose one of them when he turns on you 10 minutes later.

Anyway, one of the two new characters is the princess of Alefgard. Not really the princess, more like she's the step daughter of the king. The daughter of a thief that married into being a queen.

The second character is the player's endearing, charming, flustered best friend of a character.

Both characters need to be earned with quests, if not a series of quests. One storyline will lead you into prison, the other will lead you into a graveyard after being asked by an angry father to go.

You can get both characters to join the party after a full hour into the game. Give or take ten minutes.

I should point out that you still pick their class and assign their stats to create your very own character.

Now to make how to earn the final character.

With 1 week away from V.10 being released, does anyone want to beta test the latest build V.9.11? PM me.

Exciting.

Anyway, I think once V. 10 is up I will move this to Finished Projects unless you want it to remain here maia. It's a pretty odd situation, so I'll let you make the judgement. Also - being in Finished Projects will not prohibit further updates.

I do not want to release this when I said that I would.

V.10 is out. Download it.

if you don't mind, I think I'll see if I can contribute to this...as soon as I figure out what to download

The download is at the front page.
Or right here : http://cixe.planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/rpg/Xtra.exe

As for how you submit things, you just make your own game, and then give me that game and I will add it to this one. That is what makes this the game that eats other games.

Here are the errors with V.10 that have been reported and I have fixed:
 - fixed walking sick
 - Quick Fix Quest Log error is now fixed
 - Fixed Halbat Farmer that would not let you pass even when you completed Quick Fix
 - Fixed Akarothi Docks error
 - Fixed the thugs and the princess

These are pretty noticable if not annoying, so I have uploaded V.10.1.


Make sure that when installing the new version, you keep your save files in a different location and then put them back.

what is the highest level area so far?

18 as far as I have gotten, and I have beaten the game... or at least gone as far as anyone can go when you warp to another world. I need to go back through the game and play it a second time to add quests to the quest log.

ok thanks

i think the link has a problem

yes it does

Can I contribute?

anyone can contribute

EDIT: Maia, it's not a huge deal, but I would like to be credited for what I have done, even though it's very little.

EDIT2:And the link has a problem

While I have been away I have been getting emails and secret messages on various forums. At least people are interested.

So the big news is I figured out what was giving the game the lag. It was Dangor's Beastiary. Once it was gone the game no longer lagged or chugged along.

That does not mean I have uploaded a new version. I want to do more for the game instead of releasing it just to release it for a special day.

Cool concept not too shabby, my friend thinks that girls are no good at game making but you are probably more advance than he is. Keep up the good work Kiddo.

I don't understand how I have only just noitced this!!

I will be making something shortly to contribute to it! Just need to decide on what...

I might start playing this... XD maia, you should put the patch system someone made into this. It'd be better to have people update this.

You should play this Moo.

Never noticed it even though it has been going on since March.

I am thinking of calling it Universe, considering that it eats other game worlds.

The patch system would not be good considering the start changes very frequently, especially with the last version. The new start town as a tutorial was good, but eh people did not like the quests to get your feet wet. The next version will need a restart as well, because I removed the non working Bestiary and apparently the game crashes if you load from an old save.

I am still not completely sure if I want to rekindle this or work on it anymore.
If someone submits something, then I will add to it, but that is about it.

On the plus side, the lights system works now with no lag... due to the non working Bestiary causing the lag.

Finally, ah there is nothing like calling the second oldest person on this forum kiddo :-)

And who would be the oldest?

I remember it was a guy that has a scruffy picture. I think that in the IRC they figured out he is the oldest.

Firerain?

I am happy that the project goes on. I think I am the oldest.

I might be the oldest and the only black member as well

Erm... How long has this project been going on?
Great basis for ideas.
I remember playing Maia 2k3 and being like "whoah!" but this is like "WOWIE WHOAH!"

Now I want to get VX.

March 2008.

You are not the first to want VX based on this project.

I'm pretty sure I'm older than everyone in this thread.

I have started a map and a few side quests for this.
However, I can't open the link, so I will just make the maps in a new project and you will have to add them from there 

Should be done by... Tomorrow.. 

It has always been where you start a new project, not add. Adding stuff would get too confusing to people. There is a project on these forums where you add to them, but yep it was too confusing for people so no one participated.

Of course, bit stupid of me

Any status on this?

Is there a working download link for this?

Fixes for the next version:
 - Speed and lots of it. Slow bug was fixed.
 - Lights. They're back and they were taken out because of the speed.
 - Bestiary. A working version that doesn't slow down the game.
 - No more sliding tile error. Those that saw it know what it is.
 - Save Status. There is no more save status error, because there is no more save status screen.
 - Quicker night / day system. As in it doesn't slow the game down.
 - No more stats selection. People were being morons and complaining when their ultra killer low defense low HP character was slaughtered.

Hey, this project has been nominated as a candidate for Project of the Month for June. Please vote here: http://rmrk.net/index.php/topic,33296.0.html

The game looks great. Hopefully progress has not halted.

It was nominated for project of the month a year ago too.

It looks very nice.
Can you please post a working download link? Thanks.

Wow this is one of the biggest threads ive seen.

Wow, why do I get the feeling you do nothing but point out lame things and try to boost your post count.

oplZZZ put this back up!!!!!

No matter how much this gets hit with a shovel, people still PM me, email me or post on various forums about it. If only someone would play the new game.

I wanted to try this, but the download isn't working  .