tillypope

Looks like it works. Thanks very much for all of your help!

Hello folks I figured I'd throw my hat into the blogging circle and post about my triumphs and many frustrations as I start to develop my own games. Why sign up for all of this torture you ask? I guess I hate myself, lol. Actually no, really I am just in a bit of a creative drought. I am a photography enthusiast, and have completed to 365 projects, *shameless plug* you can check out my photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/tmpphoto/. Since I finished the last 365, I have been getting my creative kicks through brushing up on some guitar but I still feel like I'm missing something. When I saw that RPG Maker was on steam I started thinking of all of the ideas I had though about for a game, and how I missed those classic JRPGs of my youth on the SNES. So I bought it, only to see it go on sale the next day for 75% off >_<. C'est la vie. Anyway since diving in I have been having a ton of fun developing and coming up with what I want to do for my first tutorial game. I have been adding on and adding on to really help flesh out ideas and push myself into learning more about this great development tool and to help me learn what i'd like to for future projects. My first game is called Donny's Dog and is just a simple quest of a boy trying to find his dog before breakfast. I hope to get a demo or something out soonish so i can have you guys critique and advise. Anyway I better get back to the grind, have a good one!

Thanks for the help Yeah I get the same error if I revive in battle. The part of the script where the error points to is I'm unsure of where exactly the typo is. please let me know if you know what to change. I can also post the whole script if needed.

Thanks! That's exactly the info I was hoping for. I'll have to start playing around with stuff.

Sweet thanks guys! Glad to hear that I can try some stuff out besides the RTP.

Generally, I like voice acting in my RPGs but I find too many indie and RPG maker games are riddled with terrible VO. Especially if it's a fantasy game...too many prepubescent boys trying to sound like burly knights lmao!

I like having the option to look up what is needed to unlock certain achievements. I prefer it to unlock something in game too. A new skin or concept art, I'm all over it!

So after listening to some of the music on here I have been completely blown away. There are so many talented musicians here it's incredible. I just have a quick question for you guys, how do you make such great music?!?! Obviously you're all talented, and know about music theory, but I doubt that you all have kettle drums, harps, pianos, and other instruments just kicking around. I play some guitar and read tablature fine. I used to play a little trumpet so I'm familiar with the music scale...it's just been well over 15 years and now I think in tablature and not proper theory. I have a few ideas of some tunes I'd like to make for songs but don't really know where to start. That's where you all come in! What software do you use for composing your tracks? Are there any good tutorials for it that I could check out to try to get a feel for it before I buy? Would you say that the software you use is pretty friendly for someone who is into music but has never used any composition software? Would you recommend your software or do you love it like your cantankerous in-laws, wherein you suffer through the flaws? Anyway let me know, any input is greatly appreciated! Thanks! *Edit* I did see the software topic already posted but I'm hoping for more of your personal opinions on the software available

I just saw a tutorial today that covered some of this, check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S8c8BOw7Qw. Hope that helps.

Hey Everyone! So a few weeks ago I saw RPG Maker on steam and thought about picking it up but decided against it. Over the next few days I kept coming up with all kinds of ideas for games that I wanted to try. I caved and bought it (the day before it went on sale, of course) and have been tinkering away at things ever since. I have been blown away by the depth of everything so far and can't wait to get active on these forums to start figuring all of this stuff out. See you guys around, I'll be in the tutorial section reading my behind off lol!