Anyway, I'm back now with some exciting news! Though I may have been lax with my blogging, I've decidedly not been lax with my game dev work! I'm here to present you with the culmination of my development efforts over the past month: my twelfth and final #1GAM game, Corridor - Part I!
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| The title screen! |
Here is the link to the MediaFire download!
As is perhaps obvious from the image, Corridor is an RPG Maker game (made with RPG Maker VX Ace, specifically). In this game, you play as a mercenary who has been hired to venture into a dangerous labyrinth to rescue a group of kidnapped children. You are accompanied by an official from the village who hired you, who is hoping that negotiation is still an option. But things aren't always what they seem, and this grim cavern might just hold more secrets than you can handle...
I sort of hashed this game together through trial and error, and learned a lot about RPG Maker on the PC in the process. When I was younger, I used to make games on the PS2's RPG Maker 3. In fact, that program was in large part what inspired me to be a game developer in the first place, so returning to RPG Maker (even this new version) was a special experience for me.
Corridor is made with only the default resources that come packaged with RPG Maker VX Ace. I used the built-in character editor to make the portraits. The game is quite short, and mostly narrative. Also, as the title implies, it is only the first part of a series of games that I hope to work on in the future. RPG Maker is a lot of fun, so I definitely want to return to it later :)
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| Hooray for #1GAM!! |
Also, as I said, this is my final #1GAM game! WHOOOHOOO!!! :D
I've officially made 12 games in the past year, all of different kinds. I learned so much that I can hardly believe it. I'm so very glad that I took this challenge! I want to extend a heartfelt thanks to McFunkyPants, the architect of the #1GAM challenge. If it wasn't for what he does to keep the ball rolling, I probably never would have completed even one single game, let alone 12! Thanks so much also to all the people who play my games, and especially leave comments and ratings! You all are what keeps me going!
Now, in the upcoming months, I'm going to be getting to work on my ultimate dream: creating a commercial (read: sell-for-money) game. I'm in the late planning stages for what this game will be. I can reveal that it will probably be pretty small (and have an appropriately small price tag), as well as that I hope to have it out sometime around the middle of next year. Things can change though, so please don't think of that date as set in stone or anything!
In the next little while, I will probably continue to post erratically on this blog. I hope to have my own website online in a few months, so I will probably shift this to being a more personal blog where I can post my thoughts on games and maybe the odd tutorial or two. My final semester of Junior College ends in about a week and a half, and after that, my attempt at making a career of being a game developer begins! Wish me luck :)
See you all later on!
