Must-Do Monday 5: Keep on writing

This week I really need to focus on writing again. I am very much looking forward to when the script is all done - it's taking much longer than I thought as my writing habits aren't the best.

NaNoWriMo is coming up though, so I'm thinking of joining that for the first time.

Have you ever done NaNoWriMo? Any tips or fun stories to share? ^_^

Screenshot Saturday 5: design documents

Lately I have been focusing on documenting various aspects of the game, inspired by this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Level-Guide-Great-Video-Design/dp/1118877160

God willing, if I ever release this game, this document could easily turn into the official guide with strategies and things :)

Here are some screenshots:

'Beat chart'

Crafting items 

Ingredients

Meals

Freebie Friday 5: MV 'homely inside'

Time for some MV love!

Similar to the VXA Inside edits, this one is tweaked to be more consistent with what you'd find in a normal house (i.e. I replaced the thrones/pillars/etc with more pictures, furniture, etc).

Terms of Use:

• (C) Enterbrain
• Free for use in RPG Maker MV, or in other RPG Maker versions provided you own RPG Maker MV as well, for both non-commercial and commercial. 
• Please don't redistribute or claim edits as your own.
• Credit not required when using in a game, but appreciated (Sarah_yt)

Check Out This, Thursday 2: Spritemight

I first found Spritemight through her free panoramas.

I rediscovered her through her beautiful bottle icons. Those bottom left two are so beautiful <3

Check out her work!
https://spritemight.deviantart.com/

World Building Wednesday 5: Converting character concepts into sprite art

The past three weeks I've shared character concept art for three of the seven playable characters - Bimbi, James and Wedge.

I thought this week it would be fun to have a sneak peek at the sprites that the concept art inspired!

I'm using the 'MACK / Looseleaf' style rather than the standard VX Ace or MV style as I prefer the proportions - more realistic and yet still rather cute and anime-esque.

I use the Game Character Hub (GCH) to make my sprites as it has a large number of clothing items that you can add easily to the character. GCH has a bit of a bad reputation (as per this review) but for my purposes it's ok. The feature I like is a little window in the corner that shows what the sprite looks like walking in all four directions (up/down/left/right).

Anyway, without much further ado, here's Bimbi, James and Wedge.

You may NOT use or share these sprites.

Technical Tuesday 4: event triggers

I wanted to share this tutorial by AvalonMelody (https://avalonmelody.deviantart.com/) on event triggers in RPG Maker.

https://avalonmelody.deviantart.com/art/RPG-Maker-Event-Triggers-543683421

This would have been a handy tutorial when I first started out ;____; hopefully it saves someone else the pain!

(as it's quite a large picture, I haven't directly linked it. You can read it at the above link).

Must-Do Monday 4: Create a list of maps needed

Must Do Monday! Time to once again outline goals for the week.

Since I've gotten a bit more of the way into the script, this week I would like to start a list of maps needed so far.

I'm hoping, God willing, to include things like:
- atmosphere
- types of enemies
- expected events (probably won't share that with you though ;) )

Can you think of anything else that would be good to include in a list like this?