My last release for Dragonfaith on RPG Maker MV contained little more than the prologue - which isn't much, but you gotta start somewhere. This release adds in the first town, which is fully explorable. I've renamed it "Greendale Village" in honor of my favorite album from one of my favorite bands, to give it a little more personality. The first town in my RPG is thematically inspired by many classic video games whose first stages are green, grassy stages (Super Mario Bros. 3 is one of the more prominent and memorable examples). The idea is to start the game off somewhere calm and unthreatening, before throwing the player into progressively more intimidating locales (e.g., forest, cave, mountain, desert, volcano, tundra). Greendale also represents the protagonist's hometown - a gentle, welcoming village to fight for and dream of returning to later on - and subtly introduces the player to a prominent theme of the game - the importance of nature and the conflict between living with it, and becoming victim to it. So, go ahead and explore!
I actually have a bit more of the game done already, but as I think I've explained before, getting the combat working is putting a hold on me releasing that just yet. I think I'm going to eventually have to just live with releasing parts of this game in a more and less unfinished capacity, just to get things moving along, because I'm not going to be able to fit all the pieces together neatly like a puzzle until I have the whole thing from start to finish at least storyboarded and constructed in some kind of outline format. I tell you, my OCD and perfectionism is wreaking havoc with my productivity on this project, but I'm trudging forward, however slowly at times. If you have the time and the inclination to check out this latest release, as always, let me know your impressions, if there are any bugs, and any comments or suggestions you might have. It's a work in progress, and there's always room for improvement.
Dragonfaith (MV) Alpha 2.0
Download (~130 MB): Windows | Mac
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