Hello World!!!

[SquigglyCalamari]

I'm creating my first video game, so I joined this forum to learn more about the community.

I have spent the last year learning RPG Maker MZ and general game development. It has been challenging at times as I can struggle with making a level look pleasing and focused but I know I'm getting better at it slowly. I'm also a little embarssed about my game because I want it to be good and I know it is not there yet but hopefully I can make something cool and people will like it. I will say its intimidating making a game because when I look around there are so many good H-RPG games now that I don't know if I can compete with any of them.

A couple tidbits about the game is there is a female protagonist with big boobs, red hair, and her name is Rose. There will be romanceable characters, some basic combat, and the ability to do more daily self care things.

I'm hoping I can get a playable demo assembled before August with a few cool side quest and stuff. I haven't released any visuals yet anywhere as I'm constantly redoing things whether its tearing down a building to rebuild it back up or changing whole streets around. I want to make sure everything looks cool and detailed even if its not perfect.

When I develop I like to mute the game entirely and play music. Some of my favorite playlist to listen to while developing are the following:

Trapping in Japan - Ryan Celsius
Deep Lofi - David Bulay


Thank you for reading my post and I hope you have a great day!

 

[JennaJJ]

... welcum to the zone <3 ...

 

[Cajun Fox]

Hey there

Good luck with your game

 

[soprano31]

... welcome ...

 

[SquigglyCalamari]

Hey there

Good luck with your game

Thank you!!! I'm working on some sprite work tonight to help make sure the pixel scenes are nice. Do you have anything you enjoy in particular in games? Whether its themes or general designs? I would love to hear as many opinions as possible as I work.

 

[Cajun Fox]

Thank you!!! I'm working on some sprite work tonight to help make sure the pixel scenes are nice. Do you have anything you enjoy in particular in games? Whether its themes or general designs? I would love to hear as many opinions as possible as I work.

Hmm I do enjoy a good femdom game, a good plot is also a nice bonus

Other than that I enjoy a wide range of themes/designs

 

[XforU]

Welcome! What kind of art are you using for the game? Also planned tags?

Also, good luck!

 

[PsychicStress]

Welcome to the site. ^^

 

[SquigglyCalamari]

For Tileset I'm experimenting with Winlu Fantasy since the theme is medieval fantasy. Some tags related to the actual game include big boobs, dating, female protagonist, turn based combat, 2d art, and monster girls. There could be some planned cheating/breakup however I'm currently invested in making the first romance character and that stuff is put off till after a lot of things.

Recently I've been trying to develop some outdoor maps like forest, waterfalls, etc. Nothing is finalized because I still have a lot to improve upon but here are some screenshots below of some recent maps I developed.




I do struggle with designing and making maps but I know if I keep at it I can make something cool for now. I just want to make sure when people get to play it they can appreciate them. Tonight tho I work on learning the combat system more and testing out new formats for combat. I'm thinking something akin to other games where combat is turn based and moves can be sexual or physical and I do have some arts currently commissioned I'm using to test that out.

 

[SquigglyCalamari]

Honestly, been kind of tough making stuff lately. One thing I observed is that things will never feel right if they don't have a purpose. I wanted to make a shanty area of my city, so I created a dead end, but I had to try to give purpose to the road, houses, and people there.

I try to draw, then I redraw. I thought I had a good idea but now I see something of no idea. What I have now looks much better than where I started but that is not good enough. I realized today that I have to focus on a different approach working from the top down when it comes to purpose. I need to see what I'm lacking and it made me realize eventually an idea I want to try out for the introduction of the game.

So I'm creating a more on the rails area of the bad side of town to introduce a character, their goals, and some stuff I've been trying out for the combat system.

Here is the dead end I was working on during this time. Not sure I will continue to use it but it served a purpose of helping me learn my mistakes.