http://www.rpgmakervxace.net/forum/113-ace-academy/

^ Hoping to join this thing sometime~ if I can't finish my character by the 19th then I guess I'm waiting til the next semester, so I'd better hurry XD

Random commentary:

* I hope I can get into Diamonds house! And I love how all the houses got a bit of backstory for their creator!

* Damn it is really hard to choose only two classes! I hope we can pick more in the second semester after we finish these ones, perhaps?

* Holy hell I love how fancy everything looks! Random fact: I talked with titanhex back when this idea was in progress and they were gonna bring me in as an art-based staff member and then I totally failed and let everyone down and was eternally ashamed! XD But now I'm kinda glad that I never got that job, because the art the group got instead is INFINATELY better than anything I could have done! I especially love the house logos and the fancy character registration PSD!

* I had no idea that there was a free version of photoshop until I read the group info. Thanks, Ace Academy! (and thanks titanhex for pointing out that I completely missed the link the first time I read it XD Serves me right for skimming!)

Minor negative nonsense that doesn't really matter:

* It confuses me that "alchemy" is like.. the art of separating things magically, breaking illusions, dispelling Nether creatures, etc etc. I assumed it'd be magical equipment crafting like it usually is in videogames, but instead that's "weaponmaking and engineering" class.

* I'm kinda annoyed that Hearts house has "lol some of the members are 'traps'" in its description since I really dislike that sort of rude slang for crossdressers, transvestites and transgender people. But this site isn't exactly supposed to be social justice central so meh XD I've learned long ago to just shut up about this stuff. (And NO WAY am I ever drawing a crossdresser character on this site ever again after last time... *cringe*) *magically flies away to the land of shutting up forever*

* Though I do like how one of the founder couple was a drag queen, apparantly. Like I said, I love the interesting backstory for the houses!

Character ideas:

* Some sort of guardian fire spirit race, except I ran into a pitfall cos I was gonna call it "genie/djinni" but then saw that that's the name of the evil monsters in Ace Academy. Whoops! XD Probably gonna go with "domovoi" instead, even though that doesn't sound as cool.

* He is a cute kid that carries around a magic cauldron which he hides inside whenever he's shy XD

* Was supposed to be an alchemist (cliche videogame version) hence the cauldron. But now I'm not sure whether I should pick alchemy (ace academy version) or weaponmaking and engineering which is more of the kind of thing I wanted to do.

* And obviously, fire magic XD

* Idea for a unique skill = Soul Rotation: Power increases the more he's hurt. (low hp + low mp + amount of negative statuses - positive statuses) And the visualization of this would be a giant lazer beam launched from his cauldron even though that makes no sense whatsoever XD

* Of course, that's if I can figure out how to program that formula, lol! If not I'll do something less ambitious XD

* Name = maybe Aidan or Serafino? Would go with Ignatius but that's perhaps a bit too stereotypical XD

Pointless additional nonsense comment:

* I like Mana Khemia. I like alchemy games~ I keep getting the class names mixed up because of it XD

And they have really cool school uniforms in that game~!