So how far has the game been developed since Oct 2020? I think the game at the time only had lessons for the 1st semester and the 3rd floor of the Academy is pretty much barren.
What is the game going to look like going forward?
As of October, there was about... 50 or so classes to take, so about 10 semesters of content.
Since then, I've redone a lot of the artwork for the main character, added 12 or so new classes, added content to character sidestories, added a homeroom and secret tunnel passage system + central base hub system to the third floor (and a pool class!), a forest field area for free-time combat and gathering (and to house new dungeons I plan on building and travel options for secret passageways and tunnels to connect though!) and new H-scenes for much of this, including the tunnels, swimming class, and side-story.
The third floor is still pretty barren, but the original idea involved sports clubs and working out to increase physical stats (with perhaps some interesting H-scenes, do it like a club somehow?)
With the new homeroom though, there's an easy way up there anytime after you unlock it though, so that helps!
The funny thing is is that as soon as
DaBouncer asked about using a different engine... My first thought was also Unity. What you seem to be working here just wouldn't work with Ren-py, Unreal, Act or anything else quite as nicely. Honestly Unity would absolutely be the easiest (relatively speaking)to port across... though... I could see you having the issue about nipping and tucking too much on the coding. It really do be like that from what I understand. Let's be honest RPGM is kinda... well it tends to promote/favour a lot of the generic games we see made on that engine, it doesn't take kindly to new ideas but I have seen a select few others who have successfully moulded it how they wish and I hope you can find a working way of achieving that yourself.
Somehow I didn't notice that. I'll have to pay closer attention in the future. I'm a little bit of a nut when it comes to art, follow quite a few up and coming artists in part cause I do enjoy watching each one develop as an artist.
Thanks for responding, I was tossing up actually following you and joining patreon so I may just go ahead and do that now. Hope you're doing well anyways.
There's several games that break the mold of RPGmaker that I've seen!
Violated Heroine is a bit older (on RPGmaker 2000 I think?) but was a direct inspiration of my game's style.
Memoirs of a Battle Brothel takes the engine and twists it on its head to make an interesting Final Fantasy Tactics-style combat system.
While somewhat more conventional, MGQ Paradox combines its storytelling with a unique job/race system for interesting combat in standard RPG format.
I know there's a lot more too, judging by how often I see such plugins show up on the RPGmaker forums! Everything from tactics games to top-down shooters!
The engine just... sometimes resists... And I have to punish it.
