Castle Paradox

cavemanerick · Joined: 03 Aug 2008 Posts: 74

I personally love seeing the world I designed come to life. The feeling can not be compared to anything else. I've taken small steps in improvement in art, writing, and other elements in my games overtime. Figuring out new plot twists or how I could do something better always gives me a feeling of delight.

What about you guys?

I've also discovered I love dialogue in general lol.

Sparoku · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 12:02 am Post subject:

Pretty much everything you said is why I enjoy making games/stories/art. Big grin

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TMC · Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 1:36 am Post subject:

Breathing life into a "world" whether that's literally a world, or just a mechanical system (e.g. Tetris) is awesome. Another (related) thing for me is the game design itself (i.e., planning rather than doing). I'm sure many people have the same problem ;). I like thinking about how to buck trends and create a unique game.
A lot of artists would also agree that imposing limits on yourself is a boon to creativity, or at least productivity. For example limiting yourself to 16 colours and both removes some choices you no longer need to make, and guides you down another path.
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Rya.Reisender · **Snippy** Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 821

TMC · Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 5:00 am Post subject:

Well I agree that working on games can also be very frustrating, especially, for me, having to draw graphics or fix bugs. But I've always had immense fun in entering 48 hour and other game making contests, just for the frenzy of the game making process itself, rather than for the end result (most of those games did NOT end well!). Especially if you team up with someone else who will handle some of the aspects you don't want to focus on.

On the other hand I've haven't made many attempts at creating a game outside of a contest. It seems less fun that way. Also, without the constraints of a contest the scope of my games tend torapidly get out of control. Then I lose the motivation to invest so much time in them.
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Powerstar · Joined: 08 May 2014 Posts: 41 Location: Suva,fiji

Everything is awesome when u have 8 ppl workin on 3 games... Razz

Ronin Catholic · Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2020 3:33 pm Post subject:

Because there are never enough turn-based RPGs out there about a small band of heroes coming together, killing some dangerous monster or evil tyrant, and collecting treasures. To make what difference I can, I try to make more of these.

My favorite parts of making an RPG are assigning stats/costs/effects to items and spells, designing the weapon/armor/item/spell systems and player-side economy (how much money per random battle, how much money for certain upgrades/options in the shops, etc.)

Because RPGs of the gameplay style I like tend to have abysmally terrible, and usually unskippable, stories attached. I'd rather have a story that doesn't suck, or if it's going to suck at least be funny or be easy to get through quickly. Other people want to flex their grand master film school storytelling muscles; I want a minimal story that's either hilarious and wacky or straightforward and makes perfect sense with what little is there.

How many professional RPGs can I think of that meet my criteria for an RPG story well-told? Not many. The first four Dragon Warrior games on NES, the first Final Fantasy and Mystic Quest, Pokemon Red/Blue but none of the sequels, Paper Mario 64 and Thousand Year Door, Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga...Golden Sun and FFTA missed the mark by talking a little too much for my tastes. A couple of RPGs I haven't played but watched thorough Let's Plays to have been pretty good in this department too, such as Chrono Trigger and Secret of Evermore. Their gameplay style isn't my thing but I'd probably enjoy them if I tried them. EarthBound, too.

The deeper the mechanics are, the deeper I'll tolerate the story, too; Super Paper Mario's story would have been alright if the entire game played better and the flashbacks weren't just white text on a black background (that sure sounds familiar...) and better paced to be mixed in with more gameplay. Instead what we got was a bare-bones platformer with bad platformer level design and some bare-bones RPG mechanics (an inventory of healing items, max HP and Attack power going up with experience but no choice in which to level up when, no character customization, etc).

So I'm here making sure the world has more of the kind of game I like to play and hoping others enjoy it too. Considering one of my games is the most-downloaded on the site, I've got to have done something right!
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