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In middle school (late 80's, early 90's ?), me and a couple friends used to sit around in class and dream up custom JRPGs like Dragon Warrior or Final Fantasy t
by NiagaraThistle 4y ago
In middle school (late 80's, early 90's ?), me and a couple friends used to sit around in class and dream up custom JRPGs like Dragon Warrior or Final Fantasy type games. We'd draw maps and build out stories and wish we could build out the actual games.
Today with tools like Godot and RPG Maker (regardless of how good or bad compared to others), I realize it is actually possible to build these games I used to dream about. But like the title of this article, I fear falling too deep down a rabbit hole now that i have a family and adult responsibilities.
But man does that inner 12-year fet super excited at the thought of building an 8-bit Dragon Warrior clone based on the old Middle Earth Role Playing TTRPG adventures.
- anthk 4y agoYou could do that 20 years ago with RPG Maker.
- NiagaraThistle 4y agoI don't even think i owned my own computer 20 years ago, let alone had the skills to do that in RPGMaker, let alone knew what RPG maker was. THat's why i worry about the rabbit hole now, because those things are no longer an obstacle. Sure I'd have to skill up on RPG Maker, and buy some assets - maybe even jump down the additional rabbit hole of learning how to make the assets myself - but I really just think I'd go head first in and not look up for a while.
- JohnClark1337 4y ago[dead]
- marktangotango 4y agoTo me the biggest obstacle to this endeavor was creating the pixel art; even with something like Rpg Maker. I believe Rpg Maker has stock assets but at some point you'd want to customize. And that can be a lot of work. Does anyone have experience with this aspect?
- cturner 4y agoBulding consistent-style pixel art by hand is real work. But AI may have lowered the bar. Earlier thread, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31012806#31029663 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31012806#31029663
- crtasm 4y agoIf you're OK with not having exclusive art there's also the option of paying a few $. I've seen huge packs of RPG pixel art on itch.io for instance.