Tahnryu 6 Posted September 16 Hello, I'm obviously new here.^^ I was semicative in RPGmakerWeb for a while (not with this name), more reading than writing. But the forum was just not my cup of tea. Thats why Im looking around for other nice communitys. I had my active time in the past in another forum which died years ago, never got really into other forums after. Im currently planning to get into forumlife again. Want to try to be more active and also finally releasing stuff. Which I never did before and I'm using the Maker since years, but I'm never satisfied with my projects. So Im working on my projects mostly for myself, it's therapeutic somehow, I guess. But my current could reach demo status and I probably will release it then. If anyone has questions I will answer, if I can. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rikifive 3,464 Posted September 21 Hello and welcome! That's a nice way to approach game dev, it's important to enjoy your time and have fun making stuff. 🙂 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AVGB;KBGaming 1,434 Posted September 21 Welcome to the mostly inactive, misfit fam. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remi-Chan 109 Posted September 22 One should make games for the sheer joy of it. The clowns at RMwebs and some other select places have a whole thing about status and prestige, which is hilarious given the rpgm community is at best stigmatised and at worst hated blithely. It has no status other than being 'the toy engine for people who can't code' outside of the community. Hell, most people who aren't part of the community don't even know it has one until I tell them. Status in this community means nothing, but if you're making games for the sheer joy of it, then you're already creating for better reasons than most to the "Elite" as they like to call themselves. In case it isn't obvious, I do have a bit of a chip on my shoulder with rpgmakerWebs and the people who manage it. I'm sure if you'd had a completely bullshit plagiarism claim thrown on your character for ten years that you could only finally disprove due to slowly and surely gaining a presence on social media big enough to compete with them, you might too! Anywayyy, rm drama / politics aside, welcome here to this place! It's dead sometimes but me and avgkb here do our best to make it as welcoming as possible! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tahnryu 6 Posted September 22 Thank you all. @Remi-Chan Seems like you had a very unpleasant encounter with them. I'm gladly had not much conversations with the "Elite", I guess. But I have to admit the arrogance and questionable decisions sometimes shined trough in the forum. Maybe thats why I never really got to like Web. Well, I just say "pride comes before a fall". 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AVGB;KBGaming 1,434 Posted September 22 14 hours ago, Tahnryu said: pride comes before a fall I think it'll actually end up being a voluntary cliff dive into the salt flats, but yeah, this. ... Me? I dunno what the deal is, but they don't like me either. Oh wait, I'm an Anarchist, that's likely why. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remi-Chan 109 Posted September 23 With how salty they get with me for having the guile to not let them get away with character assassination that might be more on brand than you realize! The general rule is if you don't pamper them and treat them like royalty they will treat you like ass. I hold everyone to the same standard, if a moderator or admin acts like a twat, I will tell them they are acting like a twat. The title means nothing to me. So, they don't like me, because i didn't make exceptions, among other reason, probably. Hilariously, it's because of how unprofessional and tactless they were that I'm now in a position where i can cast shade on them from what was once their sister site. But like rpgmakervx.net and later rpgmakervxace.net (or this place before it was renamed to rpgmakercentral) they left it to rot. Just yet another world and community they ruined in their infinite mope as an infinite fucking crybaby. The lives they've ruined, the careers they've destroyed. I'm one of the ones who was able to give them the middle finger and stand my ground. I dread to think how many good people fell to their toxic self-absorbed bullcrap. Eheh~ Anyway... After the massive drop off during MZ and MV kinda being where the engine peaked, I don't see them surviving too much longer. Unless they try just making a good engine and not resorting to their old tired back of tricks. Such a predictable bag of tricks I called them out on it before MZ released and they have steadfastly proven me right time and time again. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tahnryu 6 Posted September 23 @Remi-Chan I'm actually using the MZ for my main project, what was the problem with the engine? I also must say I'm using some of the free Visustella plugins. I assume some of their team count as the "Elite". But I always try to replace them with other plugins of more unknown pluginmagicans, if I can, though. Since I'm not very fond of their practices. I followed most of the discussion on Web about Visustella and do not agree with their stance of obfuscating their (paid) plugins. I also found it really concerning most discussion was always shut down about it, while a Visu dev is admin there. I hope they will reconsider their behaviour someday. I think the biggest problem nowadays is: The Maker is too commercial. It is understandable the product forum is somehow supporting that. But it's unhealthy for forum and people. I joined the Makercrowd after the Golden Age (2k/3) when the VX Ace came to Steam. I guess, somewhere 2012-2014. Forumlife at this time was more healthy in my opinion and way more creative. That's actually why I joined here and maker.net, now. I'm trying too find the old Maker Soul, but maybe I'm just too nostalgic. Well, I guess, we will see.^^ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remi-Chan 109 Posted September 26 Oh it's a big topic. There's still some of the old guard forums around. My personal favourite is save-point.org, the admin there is genuinely well meaning and keeps the site popping with weekly news and various other activities. This place is good due to the general skill level of most makers being fairly average or low, so i can actually be helpful when i feel so inclined, and just flex elsewise! (THIS IS A JOKE MOSTLY OKAY HALF ANF HALF W/E LET ME HAAAVE IT!) HBgames (once rmxp.org) has gotten very dated, it has similar issues technically as this place, only PNG's linked from imgur have not been working for ages which has cut its appeal down a buttload. There's actually nothing super wrong with the MZ engine itself, its RTP- especially on release, was VERY hit and miss though. My friend Coyotecraft might have done a huge thread on it. My gripe with them is the same as yours, its very commercial or corporate nature sickens me. I kept clear of rpgmakerwebs even when it was new. The only reason I was banned from there is because i was banned from here and that was just like 'oh yeah lets ban remi from this place she never fuckin visits LMAOOO'. Jokes on them though. I've managed to be allowed back in here, twice. I joined the maker community back in late 2007, and it's been a sad state of affairs to see how far its declined. But the past is dead, the best we can do is honor the memories we had by sharing them around the campfire with those who came after so they may lead with better principles than those who came before. Either way, welcome to the forum~! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tahnryu 6 Posted September 26 @Remi-Chan Ah, I can agree. The RTP is really a let down since MV. The Tilesets even since VX, but I like the Facesets of VX Ace and MZ, though. I'm working on some MZ Face edits currently, just for fun, which I will share then, It seems this forums MZ ressource thread really could need some love.^^ But that's also something I miss, people really do not seem to making edits anymore. You could find so many crazy things when Ace was around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remi-Chan 109 Posted September 26 The MV RTP is easily my favorite. MZ definitely had... issues though. Hell, MV is the only time I've made a game using majority RTP. Usually I go wholly custom. Edits might be easier to find in more populous locales. This website is actually one of the least active of the non-rpgmaker webs boards. i can count the number of active users / regulars on a single hand. I make edits and combinations of RTP stuff often, I just don't often bother sharing it because I've usually concocted it for a singular specific purpose. Just as an example: This was forged from various title images in MZ. Night and Canyon most notably 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
