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[ashpaine]

as I have said before I am disorganized. on consultation with my wife(2 years as of yesterday, thank you) she said that I should focus on one project and finish it. well I would have to write a projects list of things I have to get done to start on the projects I have in my projects list.(yes its confusing)so which project should I work on.hmmm.all of the projects I have in mind I want to be flawless.My standards are very high especially of my own work(I haven't drawn or written any poetry in ages becaus I dont want to produce forced work)so I came up with this "great Idea",I'll write one from scratch.no preconcieved late night denny's session "awesome game idea".Just a game. no "1000 different items,100 different spells,27 playable characters, H.U.G.E. WORLDS, doomed to fail because it is to big to write 'Masterpeice'" just a game.so the list of features=
*world will be small maybe 20 or so "rooms" all within one major geographical area, a province or small kingdom( hyrule sized from legend of Zelda 1 or 3 maybe smaller)
*graphics will be simple yet eloquent,cel-shaded pre-renders maybe
*sound will be midi of of a pd midi site
*maybe one or two characters(ok maybe more,maybe only one)
*real time combat, secret of mana style -ish maybe star ocean style
*6 or so dungeons 5 to 7 rooms each
*1 or 2 weapons
*3 or 4 sub weapons
*2 to 4 magic types
*a simple yet compelling story
*anything I missed ?
comments questions complaints rants raves and cash appreciated
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[Vexen]

Sounds like a nice little neat and tidy rpg. Can't wait to see the graphics. I love cell shading.

[IsmAvatar]

A new genre of RPG is always appreciated, and normally does well.

6 or so dungeons 5 to 7 rooms each

those are some BIG dungeons. And I thought Pokemon's 3 room dungeons were big

best of luck.

And your wife is right. Most people don't realise it until late in life, but one of the most important things in life is the ability to finish something you started, and the best way to do that is to only work on one project at a time, and stay devoted to it. no side projects, because those will just distract you and you'll wind up with an abandoned project.
It's called motivation.

[megamushroom]

hmm, sounds good, keeping it sinple is a good idea, because then if you feel like making a sequel the engine is there.

[hamalnamal]

u should make some items like flippers or something, things like that