Welcome to my first post on my blog about the Federation of Interstellar Transporters video game I am in the process of making. I will give you some insight on what went into making the game and why we did what we did and some general ideas of where my mind was at the time of making said game. You can follow the link on the bottom to see what the game is all about.
I have been playing video games as far back as I remember. I used to play the Atari 2600 on an old black and white tv. I never once thought that I would be able to make my own game. I continued playing games heavily until I became an adult and my playing started to wane. My love of video games never went away but I just never had the time to play them. I started a band with some like minded friends that were fans of punk rock and science fiction. We talked at length about making a board game, card game and even discussed having a video game. I came across RPG Maker VX Ace in a humble bundle and decided it was time to reach back to my roots. I had owned RPG Maker on the Playstation and was originally apprehensive about VX Ace as the Playstation version was very cumbersome to work with. I figured I had very little to lose at the price point. It was a bit harder to make the game look nice and a lot of work to make the game really playable. It was a challenge that I have accepted and am going to push through until the end. Although the program allows a fairly decent art style (as seen by many games on here) we opted for the retro look and embraced the style. We also wanted the soundtrack to really shine and show off the band so we utilized the bands music as well as stuff written for the game. Being a huge fan of many science fiction media we put references and homages to the things we love in the game for everybody to enjoy.
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