I really like the sound of this one. I like how the protagonist is driving the story by stealing the heirloom. Is the heirloom special in anyway? I'd say Fion sounds like my fave character. A playable merchant is definitely a rare choice. Might want to maybe see if there could be any side quests based around that?

I'd be very interested to hear about the camp area system as that's something I'd really to do in my game but not sure how to go about that yet.

Thank you! The heirloom is pretty much a trinket that holds a lot of personal value to the family, and has been passed down for many many years and is pretty much tradition to pass it along. In reality it's nothing special to anyone outside the family, but it's a huge important item.

My plan for the characters is that they all have their personal arcs, then maybe that opens up a side quest if I can figure it out (it's intimidating for first timers! XD)

The camping thing I really hope to figure out, because that little touch of a interaction during breaks is always something I really liked in rpg games but they seem so far and few between. (also kinda like the PA system in the Star Oceans games as well).

This actually sounds like a really nice idea you've got going, I hope you do manage to figure out those map skills -It could just be a case of common event points linked with reference to who's party leader-

For the camping you could always do what I was going to do and have a picture background with the characters and a select window at the side or even a graphic over the head of who you can/want to talk to.

Sounds good so far, the map skills remind me of Golden Sun. I like the thief angle and it doesn't seem like you're going too over the top with the story either which is good. I'll check on this from time to time.

Ohhh thank you Holder, once I get the program I will certainly give that option a try with the events with the leader skills and the camping/inn thing 8D

Oh and cheers Knight! I try really hard not to make huge ridiculous stories that run away from me, and for my first time project I really don't want to be hung up on the plot holes or utter confusion that can happen when writing such a large thing while trying to learn a whole new program. That and imo I like the stories that are "small" and keep more revolved around the characters and their actions to move the plot.

I'm sure, if not positive, I can keep it from running away from me and into something that I can't handle. I shall make that true! D8<

That's one hell of a cute dragon hatchling there...

I like the character-driven style of your project. I recently added a Camp system in my project pretty much the same as you describe.

If you're struggling with the issue of Map Skills, here's a very useful script from Yanfly: Button Common Events. It allows you to bind some of the generally unused keys (like Q, W, A, S, D) to a Common Event. From then on it's up to you to set-up the map skills with conditionals on who's first in the party and such.

The best of luck with your project, Omikuji!

That's perfect Hesufo! Thank you so much for the link and the luck (best of luck to you as well!), I saw that blog post and I thought it was fantastic to see another person doing a camping feature since it's so rare otherwise. 8D