MV - Arthur - My first RPGMaker Game

sy020 · 2020-07-18T20:29:11+0900

Foreword: Arthur was meant as a taste-test for me to learn the basic functions of a standard RPG Maker game using only the trial mode of RPG Maker MV. Yes, this entire game -characters, plot, storyline and all- were all conceived in under 20 days. My learning journey was so incredibly fun, it seeped into the game as well. I hope it's enjoyable! SECTION A: SYNOPSIS Spoiler Artur is a thief from a different RPG (most likely the stealth rogue genre) who got transported into a new RPG he has no idea of. He is knowledgeable of the "rules" and "plotlines" of classic RPGs, which gives him an edge in exploring this new land; he is very genre-savvy. While trying to avoid the "prophecies" a random outsider like him could flag, he chanced upon a sword. The surprise? The sword can talk. The plot-twist? The sword cursed him! IMAGES/SCREENSHOTS Spoiler DOWNLOAD LINK Spoiler SECTION B: CHARACTERS Spoiler ARTUR : Too straightforward but charming enough for a thief. The type who says he doesn't care but really do. SWORDY : The talking sword. Full of curious wonder, bounces Artur's more sordid side with pure innocence. SECTION C: STORYLINE/PLOT i am struggling with 350 words worth of a parody game Spoiler The story starts with Artur getting randomy transported into an unmapped island of unknown origin. He finds he had lost all of his possessions, including his levels and experience. Quickly, he tries to find a makeshift weapon and began to explore the area. Soon, he chanced upon a mysterious ruin, and within it; a sword in a stone. Being cursed by the very item he's stealing, Artur finds that he's unable to unequip a cursed sword. While he tries to ignore the cursed aspect of his life, he discovered that by equipping the sword alone, he has gotten much stronger! Traveling with the sword, Artur realized that this talking weapon is as clueless as he is of this land. The unknown feels less threatening with a partner, so Artur is thankful he has something to talk to. He is soon questioned on whether or not he wished to continue to be cursed or dispel it, but ultimately decided to at least find out a way to lift the curse. Just in case if things go bad. His adventure led him into meeting three key figures, rumored to be the very first Sorcerors of the land; The Great Sage Rye, an item enchantress The Whimsical Wizard Cosmicle, who blesses those he deems worthy to and The Wandering Warlock Vers, who cursed those who stops his path. Artur also learned these three Sorcerors drifted apart from one another due to a serious discourse. A discourse concerning his cursed sword. Artur is then caught in the whirlwind between their argument, since the sword is physically stuck with him now. He is tasked to settle their fights, with bribery by bread. Being a thief with a silver tongue, he doesn't see an issue in bribing some overpowered Sorcerors. Bread is powerful. The final plot tests Artur's trust -a topic he is understandably sensitive with- and questions him on why Swordy is necessary to him. At this point, whatever anyone would say, Swordy has become incredibly important to Artur, and he would go to great lengths in order to find out the truth behind the curse that lies in the sword. SECTION D: SETTING AND/OR WORLD DEVELOPMENT Spoiler The game's setting is a parody of one of the most widely used RPG stock stories; some unknown fantasy island, with a touch of teleportation to other places. There is no deep lore of things, since the story is fairly light-hearted and only touches the very surface of the world. Afterword: After 20 days of learning how RPGMaker MV (trial mode) works in the most basic ways, Arthur was published around 40 days ago. It was meant to be a one-time thing, just for the pursuit of learning. Since then, I have been getting positive reviews from friends and strangers alike regarding this game that's only meant for myself to learn, and due to their overwhelming support, I have recently purchased my own copy of RPGMaker MV (god bless RMMZ for dropping the price of RMMV) to further find out the possibilities of this engine. Thank you!

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Trihan

#21 Jul 28, 2020, 07:42 PM Source

sy, how long roughly do you think Arthur takes to complete? I'm thinking of making it the game I start my Let's Play stream back up with.
magnaangemon01

#22 Jul 28, 2020, 07:44 PM Source

It took me about an hour or two, but that's because I checked everything. There was some pretty funny dialogue with certain items.
Trihan

#23 Jul 28, 2020, 07:45 PM Source

That'll be perfect, should be able to batter it out in one go.
angeiicia

#24 Jul 28, 2020, 10:19 PM Source

Hey sy020.
I played your game and finished it. It was seriously hilarious! Loved it, very witty :D
I laughed at all the scripts and jokes!

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btw how do you add in the dark shades in the game? It gives some mysterious feeling towards your forest :D
sy020

#25 Jul 29, 2020, 02:00 AM Source

Oh my goodness, I wasn't notified of these messages at all! :kaoback:

Trihan said:
sy, how long roughly do you think Arthur takes to complete?
I'm sorry for the late response, but yes! @magnaangemon01 is correct, thank you so much for responding, magna!
It takes an average of 90 minutes in a single sitting.
The longest someone took to play is a friend who betatested for me. She took 4 hours because she did the voices and everything.
My brother who sped through the game without checking anything took 1 hour haha;; :kaocry:
Pretty sad to watch your own flesh and blood blissfully ignoring all the dialogues you worked on hahaha :kaoangry:

Trihan said:
I'm thinking of making it the game I start my Let's Play stream back up with.
:kaoback:!!
I'm so honored!! I hope you enjoy playing it!
The most current version is 2.1, if you want to see the aftercredits CG! :kaoluv:

magnaangemon01 said:
that's because I checked everything. There was some pretty funny dialogue with certain items.
:kaoblush:It does my heart good to know someone took the time and energy to check everything, I love you, thank you so much,,,

angeiicia said:
Hey sy020.
I played your game and finished it. It was seriously hilarious! Loved it, very witty :D
I laughed at all the scripts and jokes!
BRO..... THANK YOU... :kaocry:
Thank you for trying my game!
I feel like it's so laughably simple compared to yours, so your words truly honored me! :kaothx:

angeiicia said:

Spoiler
btw how do you add in the dark shades in the game? It gives some mysterious feeling towards your forest :D
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OH THIS, I used

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a png image I made in photoshop over the game!

Basically I colored the lower right part of the screen really dark and leave the rest of the screen only partly dark, while making sure to maintain the transparency!
So when you place the image over the screen, you can see the map itself except it's darker.
Instant night effect! :kaopride:
magnaangemon01

#26 Jul 29, 2020, 02:03 AM Source

I went into the end of the game with the best armor. That was the only thing I needed money for. Still a fun ride though. I'm pretty certain people will love the game as much as I did. But remember....

SWORDY SMASH!
Drokkkon

#27 Jul 29, 2020, 03:05 AM Source

Hello from Brazil o/

I'm playing the game atm.

Just meet Sage Rye, saved the game, will play later more.

Pros:
Very funny game.
Arthur and Sword are solid characters, you really know how to make a character my friend.
Amazing job with the interaction with so many things in the map.
Great job with characters moviment and baloons, I love it, makes the game "more alive"
I really liked the imortality, no need to heal is fun haha

Cons:
Sometimes the maps are just not beautiful. A little more work with map creation so they become more beautiful.
Too much enemies, sometimes it's boring just finding a enemy and attack attack attack.

Anyway, if this is truly your first game, well it's way better than my last three games I guess hahaha

Well done game my friend, and very good idea here, you could create a way bigger project and make it a mobile game IMO
akoniti

#28 Jul 29, 2020, 03:44 AM Source

Wait...is that musician in the tavern playing a piano rendition of Death Should Not Have Taken Thee? :LZSlol:
sy020

#29 Jul 29, 2020, 05:23 AM Source

magnaangemon01 said:
I went into the end of the game with the best armor. That was the only thing I needed money for.
:kaomad2:!!! You just gave me an idea!!!
Oh my god, I'm gonna make the mimic in the final dungeon to sell good defense items based on how much money Artur has considering money is useless that far anyway! THANK YOU, MAGNA :kaoluv:
I swear, you are such a good enabler for ideas!

akoniti said:
Wait...is that musician in the tavern playing a piano rendition of Death Should Not Have Taken Thee? :LZSlol:
YES!! :kaojoy:
As you can see, I am a big fan of that chaotic song :kaoluv:
Lowkey wish I can play the piano so I can insert my own rendition there HAHA

Drokkkon said:
Hello from Brazil o/

I'm playing the game atm.
Omg Brazil! So far! Hiya from Malaysia! :kaohi:
Thank you so much for trying my game and commenting here!

I appreciate the time and energy you've taken to play the game and sharing your thoughts with me!
I am immensely honored by the list of pros and cons you've written!
:kaoblush:I believe my strength is in writing humor ~~because my life is a joke~~ and I'm so glad the characters and interactions amused you!
I will most definitely take your advice to heart and improve! :kaosalute:
There's so much I can learn in this forum! I am trying other games to analyze what makes a game fun and your words are very helpful for me to narrow down what I need to work in, thank you!

Drokkkon said:
Anyway, if this is truly your first game, well it's way better than my last three games I guess hahaha

Well done game my friend, and very good idea here, you could create a way bigger project and make it a mobile game IMO
Nonsense, I believe all games have their own unique charms! :kaopride:And so are yours, once I check them out!

Thank you so much for your kind words! :kaothx:
magnaangemon01

#30 Jul 29, 2020, 05:37 AM Source

Uuuummmm....You're welcome? I am pretty good at coming up with ideas, but that was all you.
akoniti

#31 Jul 31, 2020, 02:30 PM Source

Hah! This dialog had me cracking up :LZSlol: :

No way!

One small thing - I keep pathing into the bench when I'm on the fountain map, activating the sitdown dialog. I guess you have the trigger set to Player Touch instead of Action Button?

Ze Bench

nbd, just all set on sitting down at this point, and keep running into it.
QuexpRPG

#32 Aug 1, 2020, 12:05 AM Source

Can you think of any reason why the title screen won't load for me (just black screen)? I opened the "Game" application file after unzipping the file but must be missing something because others have played it. Your Itch description (and feedback here) has piqued my interest though as I love parody-type stuff! :)
magnaangemon01

#33 Aug 1, 2020, 12:19 AM Source

Quexp said:
Can you think of any reason why the title screen won't load for me (just black screen)? I opened the "Game" application file after unzipping the file but must be missing something because others have played it. Your Itch description (and feedback here) has piqued my interest though as I love parody-type stuff! :)
How long did you wait? It took a few minutes on mine
akoniti

#34 Aug 1, 2020, 12:21 AM Source

Quexp said:
Can you think of any reason why the title screen won't load for me (just black screen)? I opened the "Game" application file after unzipping the file but must be missing something because others have played it. Your Itch description (and feedback here) has piqued my interest though as I love parody-type stuff! :)

Not sure if you're on Windows or OSX, but I can confirm that the current download works great on Windows 10.

Maybe a corrupt download? Should be 240MB on Windows.
QuexpRPG

#35 Aug 1, 2020, 12:23 AM Source

akoniti said:
Not sure if you're on Windows or OSX, but I can confirm that the current download works great on Windows 10.

Maybe a corrupt download? Should be 240MB on Windows.
Dang, I have Windows 10 as well. I'll try redownloading it. Thanks for the feedback!
QuexpRPG

#36 Aug 1, 2020, 12:27 AM Source

HA! It worked and, from the sounds of everyone's feedback, I'm in for a good laugh. :D
magnaangemon01

#37 Aug 1, 2020, 12:32 AM Source

Examine everything!
QuexpRPG

#38 Aug 1, 2020, 03:16 AM Source

Hey @sy020 - I just finished and love the quirky sense of humor. Nice job! :)
sy020

#39 Aug 3, 2020, 03:26 AM Source

akoniti said:
Hah! This dialog had me cracking up :LZSlol: :

No way!
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:kaojoy: He's so ridiculous, Artur was a joy to write!
Thank you for enjoying these small details!

akoniti said:
One small thing - I keep pathing into the bench when I'm on the fountain map, activating the sitdown dialog. I guess you have the trigger set to Player Touch instead of Action Button?

Ze Bench
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nbd, just all set on sitting down at this point, and keep running into it.
OH!!! :kaomad2:
THAT WAS IT, I kept trying to remember what is it that I forgot!
I intended to cut that bit and paste it over on the left end of that same bench because the right end was usually the mouse-pathing way! I completely forgot about it!
Thank you for reminding me!! :kaoluv:
Really need to write down all of these!

:kaoeh: Ohmygosh I cannot thank @magnaangemon01 and @akoniti enough for helping out @Quexp on their issue! ~~sobs in offline~~
I'm glad it's resolved!! :kaocry:

magnaangemon01 said:
How long did you wait? It took a few minutes on mine
:kaoback:Whoa, I didn't realize it took that long to load the title page!!
Goodness, I must keep in mind to lessen the animation layers next time!

Quexp said:
Hey @sy020 - I just finished and love the quirky sense of humor. Nice job! :)
I'm extremely glad you managed to make it work with my friends' help here!
:kaoluv:Thank you so much for trying my game and enjoying it!!
My heart swells 3 times it's size knowing this hhhh bless you!
QuexpRPG

#40 Aug 3, 2020, 06:41 PM Source

magnaangemon01 said:
How long did you wait? It took a few minutes on mine
EDIT: Sorry, I mistook a notification as a reply to my comment. Ignore my response below. Virtual delete! ;)

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I have no clue what happened but I ended up re-downloading it after others said it was working. It worked after that. I hope that helps.