played oct 28th for rpgmaker october
i was trying to avoid gamemaker bc while it does have some links to rpgmaker scenes & games made from it that arent too far off from something made in rpgmaker, i think its too flexible of an engine to be in the spirit of playing games made under a similar set of constraints. i made this exception bc its made by vgperson, a legend who translated MANY rpgmaker/wolf rpg games, including 3 that were on my list! i figured it would be fitting to give a shot out of props
but i didnt like it :( i liked the use of the textbox (v clear why she went for gm over rpgm considering that mechanic) but i feel like much of the game is putting things in that mightve sounded clever on their own but dont contribute much in the grand scheme. for example the use of puns n wordplay that game goes v hard on, since the game is all abt words n such, never leaves the realm of "thats a little bit cute" at best, like its not utilized for anything to seriously talk abt. and i just dont care for the themes here in general idk. ig if nothing else i got a better idea of what vgpersons style is that she brings to her translations thru it. not in a good OR bad way even, just that she has a voice she brings to these games, which is easy to forget when we play these translations and just think of them as getting transcribed mechanically to be legible in english, or something like that. it does give some appreciation for just how much she contributed for english speakers' experience w rpgmaker
i was trying to avoid gamemaker bc while it does have some links to rpgmaker scenes & games made from it that arent too far off from something made in rpgmaker, i think its too flexible of an engine to be in the spirit of playing games made under a similar set of constraints. i made this exception bc its made by vgperson, a legend who translated MANY rpgmaker/wolf rpg games, including 3 that were on my list! i figured it would be fitting to give a shot out of props
but i didnt like it :( i liked the use of the textbox (v clear why she went for gm over rpgm considering that mechanic) but i feel like much of the game is putting things in that mightve sounded clever on their own but dont contribute much in the grand scheme. for example the use of puns n wordplay that game goes v hard on, since the game is all abt words n such, never leaves the realm of "thats a little bit cute" at best, like its not utilized for anything to seriously talk abt. and i just dont care for the themes here in general idk. ig if nothing else i got a better idea of what vgpersons style is that she brings to her translations thru it. not in a good OR bad way even, just that she has a voice she brings to these games, which is easy to forget when we play these translations and just think of them as getting transcribed mechanically to be legible in english, or something like that. it does give some appreciation for just how much she contributed for english speakers' experience w rpgmaker