Kayzee

What it means is that taking out the leveled monster grants the player more bonuses.

I set limits to various stats, limits that would please hexadecimal freaks like you and I.

Kinda yeah, though the exact mechanics of how it works makes it really risky. Because the enemies don't at all level up the same way player characters do. Most Mystery Dungeon-style roguelikes use a rank system where enemies have about 3-5 different palette swap ranks rather then enemies having a finely gradated levels. First rank enemies mostly show up at the start of the game and max rank enemies mostly show up near the end of the game. It only takes one kill to make them rank up. So they don't just become slightly more powerful, they get vastly more powerful, and often have better abilities too. The extra experience just isn't worth it most of the time.

My game doesn't have ranked enemies but enemies with classes and levels like actors instead, but I could probobly do something a lot like the Disgaea games do when enemies fuse (usually happens if you throw an enemy into another one in the item world dungeons). Basically when an enemy fuses, the first enemy acquires all the experience points the second (and skills and stuff too, but that's not as relevant here) and levels up. That is to say, all the cumulative experience points mind you. That means a level 5 enemy that fuses with a level 10 enemy gets at least enough experience to reach level 10 from level 1. The result usually ends up being less then both their levels added together, but often not that much less. Granted this is actually really really useful in the Disgaea games for leveling sometimes, but it's also really really easy to create an unstoppable behemoth who will utterly crush your whole party.

TL;DR: In most Mystery Dungeon-style roguelikes, a enemy accidentally killing another (often by shooting a projectile at you while another is in the way) is not something you usually want to have happen unless you are prepared for a tough fight, even more tough if it happens more then once. I don't know if I actually want to do that or not in my game. It might also be fun to just let you exploit enemies accidentally attacking each other. A large percentage if the exp you get in my game isn't actually directly from killing things anyhow.

There are actually a few enemies in Mystery Dungeon-style roguelikes that exploit this though: Some attack other enemies and rank themselves up, and they can be nasty if not taken care of quickly. Some others will spawn a weak but fast spirit enemy a few turns after they die that just runs away form you, but if it finds another enemy it can possess it, making it rank up. The little ghosts can be a total pain in the ass to deal with sometimes, but if you aren't careful they will make your other enemies too strong to fight. I guess I could still make versions of these two enemies without doing the rank up thing though. The first could be reworked to a cannibal effect which ate enemies it killed with an attack, and the second doesn't really require it.

*cuddles even more*

You are just too cute! Okay then, only one thing for a self respecting fairy like me to do in this situation!

*giggles and suddenly jumps up with you in her arms and runs off with you* Mine now! Tee-hee-hee-hee...

 I'm ok with this.

I thought you might have been.

What did I just watch?
lmfao

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty62YzGryU4

What is this? It isn't a badly animated flash animation collage of random images found from google image search and then reuploaded as a low quality youtube video at all! It actually has production values! I didn't even see even one JPEG compression artifact! This is an affront to my sensibilities!

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What did I just watch?

A video on the internet.

For the record, videos like the 1st one should be avoided at all costs! Watching such nonsense has been proven by the MHA (Mental Health Association) to be hazardous to your mental health & has been known to cause loss in IQ points, especially in long durations (half hour videos or longer). Please watch responsibly.

Signed, RPG Maker Central Neighborhood Watch Committee (PSA)

You say it's not safe for work as if that was something that you needed to clear up... I certainly wouldn't expect any different from you...

What? You think I am some kinda perv or something?

... Cause you would be right.

Pretty sure we all are to some degree...
Most would never admit it though, lolz

Also, you missed the opportunity to say

"ShUt Up AnD tAkE mY mOnEy!!!" lolz

No see, that would have taken more lucidity then I had at the moment. :3

I got it today! Been playing it basically all day long. :3 It's amazing!

Also: I was wrong, Misako is not Roxy and Kyoko is not Cyndi. Actually Roxy's original name is Hasebe and Cyndi's is Mami, and both of them also appear in River City Girls, though they act... uh... MUCH different. Though given that I think Misako and Kyoko first appeared in "Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no Banka" as Kunio and Riki's girlfriends even though Hasebe had at least expressed interest in Kunio, and Mami was explicitly stated to be Riki's girlfriend at the time... Yeah, there is a LOT of hostility being thrown around. It also explains why Misako and Kyoko didn't seem to really have much to say to Yamada (aka Slick/Simon).

Oh speaking of Yamada, his design is frigging awesome in River City Girls! Really sells the whole dark arts/psychic powers thing. That always kinda been a gimmick he had in various games, but it always seemed pretty understated. This Yamada though goes full tilt into it, complete with evil purple psychic lightning, and I love it! It also really clearly explains his backstory a lot better then any other game I think.

...I could just gush for pages and pages about this game and all the little connections to Kunio-Kun series lore. Seriously, the writers did their homework, or at least bothered to read the wiki. This game is definitely a labor of love!

Yeah, I have been feeling my share of being worked up, tired, and/or stressed out for a while. It's hard for me to pinpoint exactly why sometimes though... I have very few sources of stress in my life. I don't work and don't have to worry much about money (though I don't really have any extra either), I am in a very good housing/support program, ect. I guess it's more what isn't happening then what is. Like I feel kinda stuck in a rut.

Or maybe it's just that I end up spending so much time in the human disguised as a human, since it feels like the whole species gets themselves stuck in ruts all the time. Plus I am not really a fan of my human disguise, but it's not a form I can really change as it would be too suspicious.

In the end it's probobly just a bunch of "first world problems" that shouldn't actually matter, but first world problems are still problems.

Problems are problems. That's all there is to say. Putting labels on them only allows for illicit/immoral beliefs to occur.

I did make some progress today though. I'm getting there.

Well I do think that having priorities is generally a good thing, but there is a difference between focusing on what you think are bigger problems and completely dismissing someones problem altogether.

lolz

(she looks like she's cross-eyed)

Also, eight-directional sprites are a thing I've wanted to have for quite some time...

I don't think she looks that cross eyed, though maybe a little high. :P If I added some blushing and stuff it might even look a bit lewd. <3

Anyway I know you like your angled faces, so I thought you would like it. :3

There are a bunch of different templates for faces and stuff for people of different genders/ages, but yeah still not sure if there are enough good options. Fun to play with though.

Yeah, I do like the angled faces. I don't see why they went with forward facing faces for VX Ace.

I even asked people who were in development and never got a straight answer.

Ah, well, lolz

Oh now it works.

Sounds nice, really RPG'ish. 

Awww, shucks... Glad you like um! :3

Loving this for certain.

Hehe, Thankies!

Been not doing too well, kinda not been active as a result, and look what happened. I missed this.

(in tandem with banging head against the wall)
Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! ASS! ASS! ASS! ASS! lolz

Well, happy belated birthday, love...

Awww it's okay. :3 *gives PS a big snuggle*

Watching that video made me wanna fluff the dancing cat...lolz

Hehe, that's about the reaction I expected. :3

Yeah, well here's another blast from the past...lol

Probably the one I remember most is Crash Bandicoot...

Yeah. 'WHOA!' indeed...

I never really played Crash Bandicoot that much... not sure if I even had it. I never quite got into the perspective. I know my siblings played a lot of Spyro and Ape Escape, but I think I kinda thought they were too simple at the time.

Ape Escape was the first true Dual Analog game where the whole game was controlled with only the analog sticks...
I wouldn't call that simple, but hey, rose-tinted glasses and all that (actually that's another game I've never gotten to play and same goes for Spyro), lol

Anyway, decided to hold off on the current project, for now. I took a deeper dive into RM2003, the first time I've ever really had a long look into it, and despite its' flaws (not being able to use states to prevent other states for one), I think I can use it to get a finished side project...

I don't think of eight-directional movement as a must in most games, but it's definitely a must in roguelikes. It just opens up a lot more tactical options and makes chases much more interesting. Though I still actually only use four directional sprites because as much as full 8-directional sprites would be neat, making diagonal sprites for everything would be a pain in the ass. Maybe if I ever get a dedicated sprite artist or something.

I know of one asset pack that has diagonal sprites. One.
We've talked about it before, and I know it wouldn't work with your game...

It's a pity, but I don't think it looks too bad as is anyway.

Around here, they've been popping them off for weeks now, lolz

(someone actually took a large one and tossed it into the drainage pipe xD)

People in my area shoot them for like a week early up to a week or two after, but the town's official fireworks display was held on the 6th. x3

Anyway, got any screenshots of your Mario Maker stuffs?
Or, is it really hard to get those...

I have no idea honestly. I have spent most of my time playing the story mode anyway and havn't really done that much stage making. I have done a bit, but mostly just playing around.

Well, if ya get to doing that, and if it is possible to get screenshots, I think we'd all love to see them...

It was...okay.
Earlier this morning, a line of storms with radar-indicated rotation rolled through, causing the warning sirens to be sounded off. At the speed the storm was moving, if there had been any viable threat, that would of been too late...

I'm just glad I wasn't asleep...

Oh dear... *cuddles*

I iNtEnD tO iMpLeMeNt A dIfFiCuLtY sEtTiNg In My OwN gAmE, tOo.

lolz

But seriously, yep. It won't be overly complicated and will mainly affect combat.

Still not sure how I would want to do it exactly though... I kinda want to let the player select the difficulty of the current 'run' rather then choose it at the start of the game, though that would probobly involve making a copy of the actor. I kinda want to let the player start a run at level 1 whenever they want while still remembering their real stats and giving them a good reason to do so.

I did that by having all levels have static stats, and using a stat distribution script to handle increases.

That way, a New Game + would allow one to keep their stats but start a new game at L 1.

I'm going to have difficulty be based on a single variable. It'll only affect combat and EXP Points.

lolz

if $guitar_skill <= $Slash
  print "Go play Bass instead."
else
  print "Slash Unlocked, See Store."
  set $switch_Slash to 2
end #lmfao

Of course, that's all junk; none of that would work unless pre-defined, but there's some old game jokes in there. 

Just to be clear I don't want to do an if else because that only has one thing or the other happen and I want both to be able to happen.

The AVGN has reviewed both of them, lol

Ya know Kilo, they say to try tongue but hole to become grossly incandescent in that game

Tee-hee, i'm not that far into the game, but I hear there is a spot where people like to say that there is an amazing chest ahead later. :3

Glad you are feeling a bit better!

It was kinda weird, no idea why I was sick. Might have caught a cold in Singapore.

Oh believe me, I'm well aware of what you mean; I just simplified it is all, lol

I have two friends from singapore now, I don't know whereabout exactly but now I'm curious xD Everyone from singapore I've met have been incredible creators, and so very friendly >w<

People were very friendly to be sure! I had some trouble understanding some of  them though, hope I didn't annoy people!

Wine is bitter?

It's probably alcohol in general I find bitter... not sure, I don't really drink. Maybe more sour? But yeah, every bit of wine I have had always tasted like vinegar to me. Maybe I just never tried the really good stuff, I donno.

PROPERLY FERMENTED, wine is far less bitter than sweet or tart, depending on the nature of the grape, or other fruit.

A properly fermented red wine is very sweet, for instance. Strawberry wine is even sweeter (improper fermentation of strawberries leads to high levels of toxicity worse than arsenic but far less lethal-leads to a very harsh hangover after the effects wear off lol).

I went to Red Lobster a little while back; I got a glass of red wine and it was not that great, but I've had far worse. It wasn't fermented well, nor for very long. It tasted cheap but not so much toxic.

Like, properly fermented wine is a very long process, though how long depends on a number of factors including climate, elevation (very high elevations take a LOT LONGER BY A GREAT DEAL), the quality of the fruit, the method of pressing, the steps taken to begin the process, and so many more.

Back home, for example, the wooden barrels used to ferment wine grapes in, are washed and scraped regularly because otherwise, the toxins from previous fermentations will seep into the next batch. They always have a set of barrels ready for the next batches, and when the barrels have reached their limits, the wood is burned (and damn it smells fantastic).

Scraped? They scrape out two or three layers of wood out of the inside of each barrel as needed. A typical barrel of theirs lasts up to sixty-four fermentations. The grapes sit in the barrels fermenting for a whole season.