Blogs - CosmicArchitect

If you've come here, the title is probably what you've been thinking, and rightly so... Save the person or two who hoped to find angry fans beating on someone's door.(You've come to the wrong place-they don't know I'm here yet... Shhhh!) A lot has been done, but there were some planning issues. First, it was kind of a mistake to convert the project AND revamp the battle system at the same. Because of this, after not one, but TWO update periods, I'm still not done. I know, it's frustrating! But I would never release an update that looked like this-

So I decided against it. But I couldn't leave you all with one quick demo after all this time, so you can still enjoy this scrambled project if you so desire by contacting me here, or on twitter @WayotMagi.

So, why exactly does it look like this? I know I've had a lot of time, I've made the grave mistake of taking of the two biggest projects in this game at a time when I couldn't devote my fullest to it. Living in my basement while I worked on this was considered, but, I tell you with great shame, my friends and family just couldn't be made to understand. In making this update, I wanted to both Convert it over to RPGMaker MV, and vastly improve the battle system. It's something I've certainly learned to avoid in the future, but the end result should be spectacular. But that still doesn't really explain the issues does it?

To avoid repeating what I said before in just a little more detail without truly explaining what the problems were... I'll give those of you still reading this a little insight into what has been going into this update. Converting the project alone was a huge step. All resources had to be converted to 1.5x their original size(You can see the result above in the times when only paint was available to do so), characters and faces had to be remade, new resources needed to be found, everything needed to have the proper names used in the original code so that the new resources could take the old's place... One moment to take a breath... previous resources had to be exported and imported into their proper places in MV, improved sounds files from MV had to be worked through for compatibility, some resources completely remade to look good in the new resolution, and the language even changed from ruby to Javascript, requiring a LOT on it's own- New scripts had to be found, every now obsolete script call had to be removed or replaced, and any script I absolutely needed required sometimes hours of digging to find one that would replace it closely... And then I tried to build the battle system up, almost from the ground up. There were plenty of enemies, but the attacks, abilities, and system itself had been worked on to only a minimal extent, so it bothered me to leave them for later. It was kind of like someone who's really hungry before a marathon realizing that he has just enough time to grab some ice-cream, but nothing else. I should've waited... But it was hard to resist.

Thanks for reading! - The few of you who got this far(And for excusing my attempt at a joke or two xD)

-CA

I'm back, with some new content to be added :-) Unfortunately, I have not had access to my laptop for awhile(where all my work is- *cough* was held and done... I've learned my lesson).

Even so, I'm ready to get back to work, and weekly updates will now be released! These are ALL alpha, but I will attempt to keep the bugs to a minimum for most of you by releasing closed alpha versions on Friday.(Which will also stop me from deciding to add new things Sunday morning and breaking things xD) These will be followed by the corresponding version after I've taken Saturday to fix the known bugs that come up.

I hope you all appreciate this new system, allowing everyone to see the progress the game is making, and not have to wait long before you see the next part of the story unfold. ;-) Closed aplha testers, that means no spoilers! :P

Lastly, to accelerate progress, these updates are going to be even more focused than the last. This means that one you may see a lot of plot progression while lacking very good dialog, another there won't be much story progression to instead focus on polishing, while yet another will have whatever wacky mix pleased the voice in my head that you can thank for my story writing.(We'd prefer this to be left this out of any psych evaluation, thank you)

This means IT WON'T BE THE FINAL PRODUCT! That's why it's called alpha! Sorry, sorry, I could've sworn someone was judging my game prematurely for a second there. I'm fine. Probably. What, you didn't think a sane person could've written this plot did you? Oh yah, you haven't seen the GOOD parts yet ;)(mind, appropriate for 14+, I'm not talking an 'M' game here!) I guess you'll just have to wait. I challenge someone to guess one of the secrets before I weave it into the game.(PM me, and be aware that publicly I will deny everything until it is actually released) There are hints, you just have to look for them ;)

Happy hunting!

-CA

Way of the Magi has gone a long way since its initial .01 release and taken many great steps towards the version that will be available to the public. It has still get awhile to go, and even open Alpha will mean that just the first of many paths will have been done. even so, I hope these new additions and changed can make WotM a game one can enjoy playing. Also that people will continue to support it by trying it out, because the feedback alone helps me greatly.