/fg/ - Fangames

Uh… help?

>>14417
Install the JRTP.

>>14418
RPG 2000 right? I've already installed it but the same error still pops up.

>>14419
The Japanese RTP, not "rpgmaker2000".

>>14420
Shit, i'm an idiot, thanks.

Those garbled names on your screenshot are supposed to be in Japanese. I'm using stuff like Applocale for this, and don't launch it with that EasyRPG thing. Are you playing on Windows?

>>10517
Wow.

Haven't posted in a while, I've heard that you've updated Fleschild even after the ywrd contreversy.

But I'm a bit worried about it being in /og/. But I also have a theory on Vis. ywrd said about stealth games; Vis' ability to form itself into a puddle of flesh seems to follow ywrd's exemplar.

Thank you.

I know Fleshchild has become something bigger than a fangame, so but I hope you still continue to advertise it as inspired by Yume Nikki so it can be classified as a miscellaneous game.

>>10919
>something bigger
That's debatable, it's just not a fangame anymore, but I agree with the rest, denying it's roots after getting so many fangame players would be a dishonest move.

Well, the game has been formally cancelled. I don't know how to feel about this. It was because Bleet was too stressed to do it. RIP Fleshchild.

>>12812
well, JUST FUCK MY SHIT UP

Yes and yes, I grant you my permission. Good luck with your project!

t. koronba.

>>14126
Ignore the koronbanon.

Many years ago, koronba (the creator of lcddem) disappeared from the internet entirely, requesting people to never speak of his projects again, I guess so they could be forgotten.

Obviously, this would mean nobody has permission to make a fan sequel, let alone use lcddem's assets. Plus, it would kinda defeat the purpose of the whole 'forget my works existed' request.

Of course, you could do it anyway, and I doubt koronba would notice. It would be rude though.

do it

>>14230
This is a really early scan. Probably a year ago now. I have polished up my artwork now :)

An early sprite sheet
(If you really want to use it feel free haha just give me a heads up)

Some redrawn concepts for encounters. The character isn't named chris anymore haha

>>14081
there's a point in development where you're in it for the long term. after that point it'd be easier just to start over from scratch. i don't know how far into development you are, but from your screenshots, it looks fairly significant. you might still be ok, but if you'll have to redo a large enough amount of areas, it's better to just scrap what you got and start again, or plow on through.

the different styles between areas have always concerned me. stylistically, some things just don't belong, and i was worried it'd eventually take it's toll on the project. in regards to the battles, you're pitting chibi final fantasy sprites against works of art. middens and off did similar, but kept a similar palette throughout to make differences less jarring. i don't know if that's the problem you're talking about however, but that's what I'm worried about. what do YOU think is wrong with the battle system? if you uploaded a picture of it, it might be easier to tell what's gone wrong and how to fix it. also keep in mind, you can position the characters and enemies sprites anywhere on the field. you don't have to just line them up on one side.

i really don't mean to sound overly critical. I'm a bit of a pessimist. still, what you have shown us so far is great, and I'm looking forward to more of it. i do have high hopes for the game, even if it doesn't sound like it. you are an amazing artist.
my complaint about the bedroom is that it's a bit flat. perhaps add more colorful decorations to it to make it feel more 'lived in', such as pillows or a carpet, or books, clothes, or a lamp.

>>14086
Forgot to add about battle systems, it might also be easier to do what games like earthbound had and do a first person dungeon crawler system.

>>14086
Hello once more. My issue with the battle system isn't its style (because after all it becomes interchangeable) but its implementation - How to for example make it so it's not too intrusive for the people who want to explore but not too much "just tacked on and easily ignorable" which is a delicate balance with a game of such a nature. As for the picture shown in my previous post, it was just there as an example of how my pixel art would look like (veterans however, might realize that this is a mockup of one of my earlier games )

Gif and picture here is how the battle system is like in its current state.

>>14091
plz keep making your game, it looks rad

>>14084
wew lad, sick yume nikki reference!

You lurk moar, faggit.

All those filters for content are beyond pointless when there's no content to behin with. And the reason there is no content is that people have no ideas to begin with. Nor any passion for the genre, really. That's the biggest limiter to the idea of Western 2kki.

>>14093
>And the reason there is no content is that people have no ideas to begin with. Nor any passion for the genre, really.
Pretty much this. The devs who worked on fangames aren't really interested in them that much anymore (we've been doing this for, what, about 10 years?). 2kki survives because the devs there love what they do, but people don't really like RPGM that much in the west nowadays (mostly for the reputation of steam games with default tilesets and such).
Your idea would work, hypothetically, if we had a bigger userbase/developers that would like to contribute, but sadly that's not the case anymore.

tldr

>>14094
At first I thought it wasn't that bad but seeing how little attention this thread has gotten now makes me think I've probably been wasting my time. Part of me still wants to try it out though just to see what the fuck happens.

>>14098
It's a dead fandom and an even quieter board. Nobody makes fangames anymore aside from people who missed Yume Nikki's limelight by a decade. Most people make fangames for attention (and that's not something bad), and the attention pool has mostly run out. If you want to try somewhere with active devs to ask, try going on tumblr or the uboachan discord.

>>14080
you're mentally ambiguous for not posting minecraft

MP4 for people who don't want to niconico.
Wat?

Set your locale to Japanese and then try again, from the start.

use locale emulator, just download it here https://pooi.moe/Locale-Emulator/ and once it's downloaded right click on the .flow application file and select "run in japanese"

>>14021
ようこそ！
uboachanで訳者があるから日本語で書き込んでいいよ

いい事といえば、夢現のような雰囲気があって、キャラや絵がいいで、イベントなどが多いの方が良いと思います。また、音楽がゲームと余韻/通じ合うしたらすごくイイと思います。それに、自然で溢れる景色も表示したら（雪、林、花など）、完璧なゲームになりますよ。
へたくそといえば、ゆめにっきに登場したマップやテーマやイメージなどがいつもがっかりです。オリジナリティに目指せばの方が良いと思います。

My only advice is that huge mazes that make your eyes hurt when you look at them are not good.
頑張ってください!!

http://kanoguti93.web.fc2.com/soft2/irp2/index.html check this program out, OP

>japanese

This might actually happen, good luck OP.

>>14027
Don't be racist, just because the dev is Japanese doesn't automatically mean the game will have good art or last long. Lots of Japanese fangames die out after the first couple of releases.

>>14021
Don't be afraid to do the unexpected. There's too many of the same things in a lot of games. Try for brighter colors and less eye/gore/blood gimmicks. Don't go with big empty areas and painful mazes (to navigate and look at). Consider also a protagonist who isn't a recolor.

>>13812
One word: Otaku. But the real meaning, not the meme.
Otaku means utter passion, losing yourself in your work, because you live it. It's not because you like it, it's not because you find it pleasant, it's not because it's a trend, it's because it's a core element in your life and you enjoy working on it instead of "making this cool fangame so everybody will suck my cokc and call me a dev xddd".
Most of Western people don't really understand this concept. For them, being otaku means liking anything that came from Japan. But that's just being a weeboo. That's also why most of the good artists on the internet are from orient. I'm not saying all of the art on this side of the planet is shit, nor that all the art from there is godly, but that's mainly the reason why you see such gorgeous art in blogs while in the west it's mostly kid who constantly copy each other and don't really progress.

We lack passion. We are not real otaku.

>>13812
Wrong. Westerners aren't lazy and unwilling to put effort into things; Normal Westerners. In the J-pan I imagine everybody is imbued with a strong work-ethic no matter what due to societal training. Over here, society doesn't force it on you as hard. The westerners who are successful and well-adjusted are total workaholic drones, it's just that they put their effort into stuff immediately beneficial to themselves. A good private lawyer over here works just as hard as one in Japan. Same goes for engineers, doctors, ect. Meanwhile, the fringes of society, who would actually give a fuck about YN fangames, over here tend to not have that work-ethic. The fringes in Japan however, do. These are just generalizations, but overall this effect makes a big difference. That's my theory.
Also, recognize your faults and work on them. Stop fucking up projects plz.

>>13812
I think it's important to see the difference between wannabes and actual developers.

I don't really consider anyone a developer unless they get to finish one project, and not a short one, but fangames are rarely short.

Someone who has the dedication to finish a game isn't lazy, but there are so many wannabes that it's just easy to think devs are shit.

As someone who reads japanese forums occasionally, let me tell you - an average Japanese anon is just as much of a useless retard as the Western one (albeit more polite usually), and the fact that Y2 came to exist is just as much a stroke of luck to them.

If I recall correctly though, a number of people who worked on the game already had a name to themselves, and assumed a separate identity inside the production, treating it as a passion project. So I guess the "otaku" argument is not entirely wrong; I certainly have a hard time imagining a Western dev doing that.

I have a rather novel idea. How about we take a leaf out of GNUs book and make our work opensourced? Create a repository for maps and sprites and sound effects, that anyone can use or alter in any form so long as people are properly credited. People would have zero restrictions for creations, and any person or team could take their work and edit and amalgamate it in an way for them to make their own final product.

As for a way to differentiate the game a bit and break the mold some, I'd like to be able to explore the whole protaganists house while awake, though still not able to leave. During dreams you could access the different world's by entering different rooms of the house or exiting. Having a non-static nexus or house as in not all words can be accessed from the nexus every time you dream. It could be a simple rotation, done randomly, or if an lsd em "tracker" is put in place it could relate to that. Or possibly just the scenery of the house and outside changes.

I don't think a tracker should be done in a 1 dimensional happy/sad fashion, but it should be a 2 dimensional map more like.