Progress Report - August

August went by in a flash. But then again, I played way too much Total War and Crusader Kings to pay attention so hopefully the month went good for everyone else too.

My goal for September is to get refocused and get back into a more productive state of mind.

I did some minor work in RPG Maker to learn a few things and discovered an important thing about map making... It's tedious af haha Though world building in a more hands-on approach then just a handful of scrap papers is a lot of fun. 

I'm just working on getting the skeleton of the world in place and trying to focus on various tasks. I've group together into phases so you can follow along better.

Phase 1: Villages. Outside maps, inside maps and then populating them with catgirls. Good place to start because they will be smaller in scope so its a little bit of everything with the potential of not losing a lot if I have to restart a town to make something specific work.

Phase 2: Cities. Phase 1 but bigger. Cities should have multiple sections to them so each city will come with it's own army of maps. This will be a good way to get a scale of things moving forward.

Phase 3: Not sure yet. There's 3 major components that all play off of each other in some way so this phase may be a bit messy. I'm talking Characters, Items and the Battle System. I'll have a better idea as I wrap up Phase 2. Might take some time to pen and paper some elements of the world first and get a pile of scrap paper lying around anyhow. Old habits die hard haha

As you can see, I've got some busy months ahead of me. I'll, of course, continue to make these posts at the end of each month so you can follow along if you wish.

Also, if you are unfamiliar or just haven't played an RPG Maker game before and you wanted a better idea of how this new game will look and feel like, let me know. I have a few free 18+ games that I tried out to get a feel for the engine that you might enjoy.

I hope everyone's September is good. Thank you and take care.