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hell yeah stick to your guns Also dunno if you're planning it but I wonder if people would get it more easily if the enemies had some animation frames for attacking to give you intuitive tells. Grab the spritesheets from DQ3 ;)

The enemy could move up to wind up and move down to attack if you want to hide the timer and indicators. (not even animation, just teleport up then down to keep with the aesthetic, and the player remembers the timing as long as it's consistent) Edit: I don't see any link in the comments

I had a try of it, i think the dodging minigame is still kind of unpleasant. the swap/stay nature of it is a little confusing. i think it would be much less overwhelming if you pressed left or right to go to the left or right, maybe pressing in the direction you are already at could take the place of waiting (i do think this would make the gameplay a lot like the champions(?) in one finger death punch, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, and you can always add originality in other ways if that's a bother). I do also think the flashing of the warnings is a little distracting, perhaps putting a soft red glow in the area that's dangerous would be easier on the eyes. as for communicating when the character is going to attack, i think moving the character sprite in a windup-like motion (moving slowly back) before moving forward to attack would work well to communicate the timing involved while also giving the game a bit of liveliness those are just my opinions anyway, i will be watching this game's developement to see how it goes from now on.

What you actually need is a SPECTRUM of results. Having only options be binary success or failure is boring. Add more options: minor success, full success, critical success, critical failure.

Got this recommended to me. This does seem fun so I might give it a try. We look forward to more.

K

To be honest, the mechanic feels very overcooked at the moment. What you missed about your undertale comparison is that it keeps its rules extremely simple and straightforward. Enemies have a bunch of gimmicks for the bullet hell sections, but by using the clear rules of a turn-based system the game gives you clear indicators which enemy is about to attack and what pattern they're about to use. The markers might be the worst option to go with in terms of game design, since you're basically no longer actually interacting with the enemy, instead just forced to watch whether or not a symbol happens to appear on your position. It's better than fakeouts or other random behavior that's obfuscated to the point of being virtually unrecognizable to a normal player, but you're just trading one bad design choice with another. What are the intended design goals for the combat system, and what is combat meant to communicate to the player?

is that white box with a butt?

I love the dragon quest graphic placeholders lol

Yes, sir. If the game needs testing I'm gonna test. You can call me Johnny Test 🔊🦅

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This is crazy awesome wtf

left ear only

very cool, very gay

Got frustrated with the attack mechanics, world's pretty nice though.

Cool

There, played it. I had a blast! And I also want to break my whole computer with my bare fists! It's super frustrating to make mistakes (Not necessarily the game's fault). As others pointed out, the punishment is very severe, but at the same time there's no one to blame but the player for their mistakes, I feel. The only things I would change are: Adding sounds as alerts before certain actions (Probably was gonna be there in the final game, leaving this here just in case); changing the color of some buttons, mainly the arrows for the Zap minigame, I would make them like FNF where just by the color you can react in that direction (I couldn't differentiate very well between arrow shapes. Also, if you go with this idea, take colorblindness into account); The "ambush" icon was sometimes hard to see too, when an enemy is about to attack diagonally, the dragon boss was the most difficult to react to. He had the icons for counter-attack, dodge and a complex sprite that made reacting kinda hard; In that topic, can the counter-attack and dodge icons be somewhere else? Idk where, but around the enemy's sprite distracts me when I want to dodge (Yes, I might have adhd /j); I don't think they are final, but the rewards in gold and exp for defeating bosses felt too little; Don't know if there is an incentive to use normal attacks after learning Zap; I Completely ignored the 2 best armors, didn't want to grind. That's all. Now, the good… Everything else! Would kill for the little red guys, even though they are temp assets they are super cool. The healing minigame was tough at first, but in the end it became my favorite. Soooo fun. I can see how so much sass can feel like the game is making fun of the player when they are frustrated. I was okay, the comedy makes me feel safer around towns. Immediate empathy for whoever jokes around. The level design felt organic. I really love how this game pushes rpg's boundarys. I played for 2 hours and 15 minutes more or less. Paused the game when I got too upset against the golem and the dragon, or when needed to chat with family. Stopped playing after seeing the credits for the second time. I'm so happy I got to play one of your games, infinite gratitude <3 You already have something here, good luck!

I saw you put slay queen on hiatus, that was a good choice, I expected that to happen since I did the same thing when I tried to do my dream game as my first one ever. The second I tried developing was also put on hiatus (both never saw the light of day) and the third canceled, but after joining jams I made a lot and I learned to do small games, whatever you think is small, it's actually big. Now I have like 17 games, 1 comercial release and another one in development. Now, my feedback for your early alpha (download version): Failing the minigame in the tutorial crashes the game (TypeError: cannot set property '_scaleX' of undefined). The combat is too fast!!! It's hard to react and i don't feel in control. It feels like a dance, but you don't know what the other person will do, maybe make a sound or a visual input for when they move and attack? Also moving with Z to dodge feels odd, maybe let the player use the arrow keys instead? (something like punch-out I think) Missing an attack feels frustrating, 0 damage feels like a turn wasted, the player needs to feel like they always have progress, even if small. The carriage you interact with should be another color so the player knows it's different. NPCs should heal you for free. Getting damage after failing the attack is too punishing. Flee is useless it only works on enemies you can kill, why would I run from them if i can oneshot them? The monsters I want to run away from are impossible to flee or it fails. Don't give the player absolute freedom at the start, make them earn it. Don't trust the player to interact with the tutorial, force them to see it, then they can decide to use them or not (giving rewards for completing them like starting equipment would be nice). You can't see the enemy spawn timer when you open the map. Instead of ending the game when you take the L, why don't you just send the player to a town? The game feels like it's either do it perfectly or lose. It's a cute game and it does have potential, but I think it doesn't know what it is, i don't know if it tries to be a simple game or a complex game. Stacking mechanics over each other like "if you fail you don't do damage or you get damage" discourage you from attacking and it's the only way to make damage, maybe make dangers zone in the sliders instead? Anyway, give the player more oportunities, don't end the attack just because you failed one time. Since this is an rpg I will also say that you should give the player micro objectives instead of just a single big one, "like save this town!" or "rescue this princess" so the player knows they are progressing in the story and not just interacting with random NPCs who serve no purpose other than for the lols. I couldn't beat the skeleton. Last thing, if you want to build a small simple game, don't look at the big games, those are not small (it's another skillset entirely), comparing your game with them will make your project bigger, maybe play smaller games from other small indies? You can take a look at my rpg maker games if you want examples. Good luck and good job so far.

Okie dokie ;)

I like the little bro cubes, I like seeing Dragon Quest references, especially to the first game, brings joy. The stuff that's not in base RPG Maker, even if just plugins, like custom controls, was impressive to me. Though, I had a random encounter, not with a slime or anything, but with TypeError $gV.spr_gaugeHpEnemy is undefined In the browser version and TypeError Cannot set property '_scaleX' of undefined In the Windows version That's a shame, but I want to give any feed back I can, regardless. I haven't watched your recent videos, I plan to. If it hasn't already been thought up, I think, for one, early game the slider should be easy to hit, the box larger... late game it gets harder. An enemy like the metal slime, rather than having high evasion, should have a really fast slider, and a smaller box. Two, there could be enemies that have 2nd or 3rd boxes, probably in mid-game, this could make it easier to hit while still having to think more to avoid the many gaps Maybe there are red boxes, that result in the enemy counter attacking, or maybe blue boxes, that result in a crit, or certain weapons could have a box that inflicts sleep, or something. Anyway, maybe that's too ambitious, I myself don't code too much, never with a proper coding language in RPG Maker, but have made some custom battle systems using it's default "blocks code".

How do we send you screenshots if there's game breaking bugs?

Haven't got the time in the last weeks. This time I'm doing my part 🫡

Hey, i played the demo and i liked the idea but I have 2 things 1) the enemies being hard is something that i like but I would really like a health bar of some kind, its hard to want to continue bosses when I don't know if I'm even close to winning or not 2) there should be a little more of a reaction time for dodging because it was hard to react in time with such small windup I finished the skeleton boss but stopped after because it was a long battle for me

First of all, +1 sub! I was genuinely surprised at 7:38 when it said you had around 250 subscribers, based on the video quality I had assumed I was watching someone with like at least a few thousand. Second, I played the game, here is my feedback: 1: I genuinely enjoyed the combat, it was pretty unique while not feeling like a gimmick or anything. Some actions felt a little weird without sounds or feedback, and the enemies instantly teleporting to the side they will attack was a tiny bit hard to keep track of, but I assume those will be addressed in the polish stage. 2: I liked the jokes. 3: The encounters felt a little bit too often and too difficult, but that may just be me being bad at the game lol. In my opinion, the game should start off kinda slow with not too difficult encounters and ramp up the difficulty when the player has gotten adjusted to the controls etc. 4: On the topic of controls, there should probably be some sort of hint to tell the player the controls, as it took me a long time to realize you could press x to open the inventory. 5: Ladders and building things were kinda hard to keep track of with no visual different between elevations and no indicator weather a ladder goes up or down. 6: Finally, I stopped playing because I was in a battle when it said "Game over" on the screen so I assume that's the end of the demo, although I am not confident there isn't stuff I missed, as I believe I never encountered the miniboss or the heal spell you talked about. Please keep in mind for the sake of a playtest review I have mainly focused on the areas which I think can be improved in this review. While the game obviously isn't perfect, I think currently the fun definitely out-weighs the low levels of polish. Overall, I really enjoyed the game and can definitely see it being among the games in my steam library or something one day. Can't wait to see the game be developed over time!

Glad to see you're back already! The grey boxes are looking great!

I can see how this game will revolutionize the divorce genre

Randomy got recommended this and was shocked at the sub count, the editing here is better than I'd expect from a channel 100 times your size. Keep up the great work!

I already had a feeling that I liked small numbers in rpgs better, but now I know they're cooler. I enjoyed Dragon quest 11, I'll give the others a try! Wait! Divorce the princess!?

livin for these uploads brotha

holy shit man i literally just beat it yesterday

I subscribed for the insightful and funny devlogs, and this was definitely insightful and reflective. It made me think of my own projects in this light, and it's interesting to consider whether one is ready for them or not. Looking forward to see what you come up with next! I'll stay tuned!

Ah man, I get what you mean. Shame about the game, but these things do happen some times. Goodness knows how many projects I'VE abandoned. Burnout is an ass for sure. I've seen a number of bigger youtube game devs say they specifically try to make games they can create in a short amount of time so that they can finish them WITHOUT getting burned out. Still I really hope you continue to work on something. I really enjoy your devlogs and seeing how creative you get in your design. It's always a lot of fun.

I understand completely how you feel, but you shouldn't feel like you're letting people down! About five years ago, I decided I wanted to make a passion project (nothing serious, a little game to share with my friends), it was also made in RPG Maker. I was able to finish the first chapter, then decided to make my friends test it. Almost all of them did not play it, so I felt really discouraged and burnt out, and stopped working on it for a year and a half! Then, someone I met online, re-motivated me to finish it. By then, I had better experience with programming in general, that I could use to add new plugins and use the engine more flexibly (not to the extreme complexity you did😅 ), but I also had the time to review my thoughts about the game in general. The game is now complete, and I am proud of it despite its many flaws. The point is, if you feel that you should stop the development for now, you should not feel bad at all, and you are doing a great service to yourself (to keep being passionate about the project), to your game, and to the eventual players who will experience, hopefully, a really great game. Enough rambling now, Good luckkk, I am so glad I discovered your channel!!

Watching this I started to think how much work you've already done and how it inspired me to work myself, seriously. You've been publishing videos about this game for a year and a little more now. That's already a lot of entertainment for me and your followers. The game's demo is in a really good state too. It seems as if the core mechanics are there already (Maybe not the weapon shop). It's not a bad place to pause, even if you take your time you've given this world a lot of value. Mostly to me, I'm always happy with these videos. Well... I'm so excited for your next game ¡Hoping for Billy's fun hole! What an anachronistic comment I just made, so weird.

Hey, I'm here to keep the title of most positive spammer. Couldn't let these videos stay without a comment of mine. The pouch is such a good idea. Way more realistic too, no enemy would let you use an item in the middle of battle unless it's harmed.

Oh. There's a face, it's serious time. It's great seeing that your charisma is not just editing after all (Never thought that), you really are funny. I started following you because of all of those overscoped mechanics that you ended up realizing despite it being so difficult, but you are human as everyone else (Even though it's unfair the amount of talent you have!). I want to see the game you have envisioned and if you think you need some time to learn how to make it I wouldn't want it any other way. I've been improving my own life this past months that's why I couldn't comment, sorry (Also, UA-cam decided to stop recommending my favorite youtuber to me, wtf)

This is all part of learning. God speed o7

Its good to pick your battles, good luck on your next thing and be careful doing your deciding your project scope

The fear of feeling like a quitter is one of the most relatable things I've ever heard. Take your time my brotha, return to it when it feels right.

Serious question, why are you using RPGMaker when you have this level of customization The whole point of specialized engine is to cut the time and skill requirement, the trade off is flexibility in everything the engine wasn't intended to do, Building a whole system on top of a specialized engine is keeping the downside without really having the benefit, I only watched this video so I don't know your exact situation, but if you keep adding custom stuff, you'll cross the line of "should've used general purpose engine" at some point Not saying you should redo your current project, just saying explore more option helps a lot in the long run

Wait.... what programming language.... does RPG MAKER USE?! (googles it) OH NO! NOT JAVASCRITPT! EVERYTHING BUT FUCKING JAVASCRIPT! NO WONDER YOU'RE HAVING SUCH WEIRD ERRORS!

You know shit is real when the person is using good old RPG Maker to make their game.

well idk how to say it but 50% of cpu usage wont even slightly damage your cpu but great video nontheless

Tip: if you move those functions into a plugin and call them that way, you can then open the Console, go to Sources, find your code, and set _breakpoints_. The program will pause at those break points and you will be able to see what value each variable is at that moment. In general I just find moving things from CEs into plugins a bit easier.

Even though i do MV javascript i didnt expect this to be rpgmaker haha Well, i need to keep an eye on this project now ❤

0:02 What's the point of using that annoying buzz sound to censor stuff? It only makes people stop watching the video, therefore making you LOSE revenue

yo, was that deltarune footage at 0:42 ??? (even tho undertale is a greater example of a turn-based rpg) ok you know what, you are far better than I thought, I subbed to your channel bro

The fact that this guy is underrated cannot get inside my head yet also experienced the same thing on godot once so its relatable

oh my GOD you deserve more attention. This was a really fun video

"I FORGOT TO PROGRAM THE DAMN WEAPON SHOP?!" is such a relatable moment when you think you've done everything and then you remember something