RM.Coalition Returns

hyde9318 · 2017-11-05T21:48:30+0900

A rather long time ago, in a galaxy really not that far away.... Yeah... still working on a slogan five years later... --------------------------------------------------A Short History... In October of 2012, I began work on a small pack of free resources for RPG Maker with the hopes that others could use said pack in their projects. When another member caught wind and agreed to help with the pack, the RM Coalition was born. The Coalition was a group of various members who wanted to work together towards the sole purpose of providing free resources for budding RM'ers to use in their projects. Some of these resources could be used commercially, some were just for free users, but all resources were worked on with the community at heart. To give back to the community that had treated us so well, that was our goal. The first pack was only a humble 7 music tracks, with only myself and a single other Coalition member at that time. After a huge success, the second pack caught on and a lot more members joined the Coalition, making the second pack significantly larger. The second pack hit before Christmas of 2012, then the third pack hit in March of 2013. But due to real life issues and significant life changes, I was unable to keep working on frequent packs and the project was officially retired shortly after pack three. The retirement announcement came with a Super Pack that included all three RMC packs, along with a small bonus pack, and a small website where people could further download all the packs for a good time after. But late 2015, the RMC Website was shut down and access to the packs was officially gone for good.... until today! After years of being away from the community, I wanted to come back and try to contribute again. Going through old files, I found my old RMC files and decided that maybe it was time to re-release the original packs, and then finally get started on the talked about fourth pack. So now that I have you here, let's announce it... RM.Coalition Pack 4 IS on its way! It's been a long time coming, and it may not be as large as pack two or three, but I'm getting back into the swing of things and its my goal to do AT LEAST a second RMC trilogy (maybe more depending on popularity and how I feel). But before we begin, some things need to be answered... Spoiler What about the website? The website is dead and gone, not much I can do about that sadly. I do have the original files in their completed form, so I will be releasing those in this thread, downloadable via DropBox, but the original site is not going back up. That said, if demand and participation is high enough, I may build a newer landing site specifically to host downloads. Said site, if ever made, would not have a community so as to never compete with RMWeb, and would ONLY be to download packs, nothing else. This is all moot until demand is high enough to justify it though. Where will packs be released after this point? I will be holding the second post of this thread as soon as I can. This thread will be the home of RM.Coalition and its packs for the time being, and all packs will be downloadable via links found in the second post of this thread. I will announce new releases both in my status AND in this thread via a new post, so make sure to check back every so often. What will/do packs consist of? This is a difficult question as it changes from pack to pack, but examples of things you can expect are... Titlescreen background, titlescreen borders, icons, basic tiles, music, sound effects, etc. Each pack will be different and completely depends on who all participates in said pack. If you download our old packs, or are familiar with the Coalition, you will know how it goes, and I highly recommend at least checking it out in the meantime to understand better. What Engine/Maker are RMC resources compatible with? As with what each pack will contain, this is difficult to describe totally. As each pack will be fairly different, its hard to tell what resources will be for what engine/maker, but we will have a system in place to let you know ahead of time. In the second post of this thread, you fill find the download list. Each download will have a quick description of that particular pack, which will include what makers that pack covers. RMC Pack 1-3 and the Super Pack all cover RPG Maker VX and VX Ace, but pack 4 and onwards will begin to include MV and eventually the Visual Novel Maker. Who can join? RM.Coalition was always a project I was proud of not so much because I got to release stuff, but because I got to work with such incredible talents as PandaMaru, Andinator, Neon Black, Dekita, McTricky, ShinGamix, and so much more! Each pack was a team effort and the project as a whole couldn't have been so successful without the Coalition Members. But with the retirement came a disbanding of the team, so I open it up again for recruitment. If you would like to contribute to further RMC packs past this point, please contact me via priv…

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hyde9318

#21 Dec 26, 2017, 11:53 AM Source

Most of Lovecraft's works are Public Domain, but some have other copyrights, so I put that in there to cover RMC mostly, nothing too huge.
EpicFILE

#22 Dec 26, 2017, 12:38 PM Source

@hyde9318 :
I already sent you a PC. Please check it out :D
hyde9318

#23 Jan 1, 2018, 03:31 AM Source

Alright everyone, literally last update of the year!

Thank you everyone for the support lately, we have been getting compliments on our uploads and through private messages. Its so cool seeing this come back and I'm having a blast coming back to the community and working with all these awesome people in our team! I'm so grateful for the chance to do this again, so thank you all for the support.

We have added two new members to the team now, @Owltears and @EpicFILE . Owl will be doing, and has already begun work on, battlers! Owl's battlers fit perfectly with the cartoon style battlebacks Ive been doing, so expect some sets in future packs! Then Epic is our newest musician to the group, doing some awesome futuristic sounds and music tracks to round out our packs! I'm excited to work with both of them, and excited to see what they will do in the future.

Pack 5 will begin production as early as next month, so expect updates on that soonish. We are still recruiting members for Pack 5, so if you want to join, let me know. We accept all kinds of members for all kinds of resources, and we have no limit on how much you need to submit (so you can submit one piece, you can submit a hundred, whatever you want!). Contact me if you are interested!

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Anyways, final thing before I go, I wish everyone a Happy New Year!
EpicFILE

#24 Jan 1, 2018, 04:32 AM Source

It's a pleasure for me to join this team.
Looking forward to see the 5th pack release :D
hyde9318

#25 Jan 1, 2018, 05:36 AM Source

Well its a pleasure to have you! I think pack 5 is going to be fun!

Small note for anyone curious, we have a discord now for chatting with out team, making requests, applying to the team, and/or just general RPG/VN Maker discussion.
hyde9318

#26 Jan 10, 2018, 01:58 PM Source

Alright everyone, quick update, not a ton to share yet.

First up, as said before, the Discord is up and ready if you wish to chat with the team about whatever. The RMC website will be open before the next pack and will host all past and future downloads. The new website is significantly better than the original if you ask me. Each pack is sorted out into easy to access pages with detailed explanations about each pack, its contents, previews of the contents, and so on. More information on the website and Pack 5 as more things happen, Ill keep everyone updated.

While on the topic of Pack 5, I don't have an image preview just yet of whats being worked on, but to give everyone a taste... EpicFILE is doing some great futuristic music tracks that are sure to liven up any science fiction project! Owltears has a whole series of awesome snowmen battlers for a cool winter setting, and that is only the beginning! AnimeSocks has some more great character artwork, top notch quality as always. And there is so much more coming soon, Ill make sure to toss up some images when I get the chance!

New note, we now have custom signatures for anyone wanting to support RMC! Check out the end of Post #2 on this thread, I added three signatures to the spoiler in code tags so you can just copy and paste!

Make sure to let me know if you have any questions, comments, or want to apply to join the team, we would love to hear from you!
hyde9318

#27 Feb 3, 2018, 11:47 AM Source

It's been a bit of time, so I feel its about time for an UPDATE!!

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Alright, we are back from our end of the year break, the RMC is back on the prowl! And with the team back together, I want to spread the word that our website is finally back up and running! Some of you may remember that the RMC site was at one point the only way to get old packs, but due to inactivity and not keeping the site up, I had to remove the site all together. Well, after a lot of work and a MAJOR facelift, the site is finally ready for the public to use once again, but this time it was revived with a few new features. Not only does the site feature quick downloads for each pack, but each pack has a comment section, previews of said pack, information regarding what is inside, and so on. The site also has a suggestion box, links back to RMWeb, and other cool little tidbits to make it worth checking out! You can find the link in my signature as we speak!

On a related but separate note, we have a new member today!
I would like to introduce @Gabrelik to the team, who will be with us for the next pack helping us with even more great resource works!

As for Pack 5, we aren't completely set on a date, but I personally am shooting for a mid to late February release. What all is going to be in this pack? Hard to tell just yet, and I don't want to give anything away already, but I can promise that we have some cool stuff in the works for you! With our biggest team on a single pack yet, you can assume this next pack is going to be big!

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Side Note - I am still looking for a guest creator for pack 5! If you are staff and/or restaff on the site here and would be willing to toss in a resource or two, we would love to have you! Guest creators are our sort-of "Celebrity Guests". As a guest contributor, you don't have to work on more than one pack, and any contribution is taken. Our past guest contributors include PandaMaru, Andinator, and recently Thalzon. Leave a message with me if you are interested!
hyde9318

#28 Mar 4, 2018, 06:37 AM Source
Surprise to most, the time is here! On the anniversary of the largest pack of our original run, its time to finally release PACK 5!

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RMC Pack 5 - http://bit.ly/RMCPack5

Spoiler
- Pack 5 consists of graphics usable in RPG Maker MV and VN Maker, as well as music resources usable in any RPG Maker.
- Pack 5 Credits: Hyde, Matseb2611, animesock52, Owltears, EpicFILE; Terms and Conditions found in pack.
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Everyone, make sure to let us know what you think of the latest pack, I know our team likes getting feedback! Also, if you have any suggestions or requests for future packs, please let me know. We are also looking for new team members all the time, we even added a new member this past week! Contact us whenever to get involved!

To everyone, thank you for the continuing support, we can not thank you enough for all that this community has done for us. Have a fantastic night, everyone.
cabfe

#29 Mar 4, 2018, 07:33 AM Source

@hyde9318 Thanks but, are you sure about your given URL? Bitly cannot match it.
hyde9318

#30 Mar 4, 2018, 07:53 AM Source

Oh lord, you are right, I'm sorry guys! I made a mistake with the URL, it works now. My bad everyone
jonthefox

#31 Mar 4, 2018, 12:47 PM Source

-Some good BGMs in here
-Matseb's SV Battlers (The Minotaurs) are great

In the future, I would like to see more regular size battlers that match the RTP style. Owltear's battlers are even more cartoonish than the RTP and don't really match the default style.
Marquise*

#32 Mar 4, 2018, 01:15 PM Source

Hey I finally DL-ed it even if me and my computer hates Mediafire. Thanks; seems great stuff!
Matseb2611

#33 Mar 4, 2018, 01:53 PM Source

@jonthefox, do you by any chance mean static battlers or animated?
Owltears

#34 Mar 4, 2018, 05:38 PM Source

@jonthefox
I'll try to size them better, currently I use a rtp battler as a size ref when i draw in the background.

-by RTP style do you mean more detailed? Or would you like more humaniod battlers?
I have some RTP edits but they're Done in a pixel style instead of drawn.
jonthefox

#35 Mar 4, 2018, 05:56 PM Source

@Matseb2611 Static. Until the collection is bigger for SV enemies, I'd only use static enemies in my projects. Your SV Minotaurs are great though! The Sahagins are pretty cool as well, but we'd need a sprite to go along with that.

@Owltears - I mean a style that matches the RTP, I'm not an artist so i don't know the right terms for the difference here. I think the kind of battlers also does make a difference - personally I'm not into the silly battlers like snowmen and trash cans lol, I prefer more of the classic enemy types like imps orcs goblins etc.
Matseb2611

#36 Mar 4, 2018, 06:27 PM Source

No problem. I'll be making more SV battlers as time goes on, so hopefully will create a huge selection as I did with Ace ones. There were also some in the last pack (RMC 4) and the X-mas minipack too (Cthulhu).
:)
jonthefox

#37 Mar 4, 2018, 06:41 PM Source

Awesome. Yeah, I think SV Battlers are getting close to the point of having enough to use - the big thing we're missing with those is the boss ones.
Owltears

#38 Mar 4, 2018, 07:53 PM Source

@jonthefox noted. I'll try to think of something along those lines
hyde9318

#39 Mar 13, 2018, 08:58 AM Source

We are a bit off of the Pack 5 release now, I wanted to check in with the community. How is Pack 5 treating everyone? Has anyone gotten a chance to use any of the resources yet? Have the resources been useful in any way?

On that note, if you use RMC resources in a project, feel free to let us know, or drop a link to your game here! We would love to see how you used the stuff.

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Update wise, little news for everyone. We are outlining a release schedule for the next couple packs, and we think we have come up with a decent time frame. While nothing is set in stone, we would like to present a Spring Themed Mini-Pack soon-ish for the community. As with the holiday 2017 mini-pack, the spring mini-pack will be considered a supplement to Pack 5 and will expand on what we already have released, but the theme will celebrate the turning of the seasons.

Pack 6 will be started production just after the mini-pack and will probably release close to april/may. I cant promise anything concrete, but I believe that Pack 6 will be our largest pack yet. AS of this moment, everyone who contributed to Pack 5 is coming back, plus we have a couple newer members contributing as well, and that isnt including any recruits we bring on between now and then.

I mentioned the mini-pack has a theme, but I dont believe Pack 6 will have one (Pack 4 and 5 didnt either). I think from here on out, mini-packs will have themes and main packs will just be more geared towards the resources themselves. This doesn't mean said packs won't have resources to match each other (I tried to do backgrounds for Owl's Snowmen in P6), but each member will be more encouraged to make quality resources instead of forcing a theme. All of that said, feel free to leave suggestions on stuff you would like to see in the following packs.

Recruitment is up, our numbers have grown a good deal, but we are always recruiting new people. If you want to be a part of our team, feel free to let me know!
hyde9318

#40 Apr 1, 2018, 04:51 AM Source
As promised, the time has come and the 2018 Spring Mini-Pack is here!

2018 Spring Pack - http://bit.ly/RMCSpringMini

Spoiler
- Holiday Pack consists of graphics usable in RPG Maker MV and VN Maker
- Holiday Pack Credits: Hyde, Matseb2611; Terms and Conditions found in pack.
Let us know what you guys think! Remember, this is just the mini-pack, a supplement to pack 5 (similar to the holiday mini-pack being supplement to pack 4). This pack theme was Shamrocks and Flowers and is mostly spring themed, so make sure to get your green on and break out your spring gear!

As for Pack 6, we are beginning work already, so expect news and previews on that next month! Happy Easter everyone!