I’ve been stuck in an unproductive rut for more than a few weeks now, and I haven’t gotten into the right mindset for working on the game. School’s not exactly tough, and it’s not like I’m super busy, but I just can’t seem to find “it”. I go to class, go back to my room, and just do nothing for hours. I’m sleeping at 4:30 every day for no reason at all. What am I even doing with my life?

It’s frustrating. Lots of things in my life are frustrating me at the moment. I don’t know when I’ll get back to this, but I hope that time comes soon.

School project’s done. Ever wanted to know what inspires me, or what I think about as I work on this game? Of course you didn’t.

Thanks for checking in! Honestly, with the new school quarter, I haven’t been able to do much. Most of the reason is that my work ethic’s been on a downward spiral, leading to more all-nighters than necessary, dropped classes, and an overall shitty feeling 24/7, but I’m trying to fix that real quick.

In terms of concrete progress, I’m still “stuck” at the opening sequence for John’s first chapter. I remember what I had planned, just that I haven’t worked on it in a while. Once my schedule stabilizes, i.e. when I stop wasting all my free time and get my priorities straight, you’ll start seeing new updates again.

In the meantime, I have this! It’s a project for one of my classes where we have to design a website and have it focus on a particular aspect of ourselves. Naturally, I chose this project. If you’re reading it right now and it’s, like, before 7 AM, you’ll find it’s not finished yet. Still working on it.

Eru - 迷宮III 千年ノ蒼樹海 || Kinoshita Forests BGM

(highres here)

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Like all the others, John crash-lands in the middle of this strange new world, without so much as a single clue about how he ended up here. Fortunately, his combat skills remain intact (beginning his arc at level 5 instead of 1), so even though he’s ambushed right away, surviving the forest should prove to be an easy task.

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(Similar to this, I’ll have a preview/collage for every arc chapter I begin, since I enjoy sharing my work.)

With seven story arcs for this game and 8.5 months until Christmas 2012, I think I can allow myself to set a deadline. Chapter 1, at least, should be finished by the end of April. If I decide to tackle one entire arc after the other, I should complete John’s story by the end of spring quarter; otherwise, I’ll set a different deadline when I’ve got a plan set up.

Hey folks. I worked on the RPG for quite a bit today, and since this is only the gameplay mechanics and not the story, I figured it’d be okay to upload a video (by request) of the character select screen.

The nation select graphic is a little out-of-place, I understand. I’ll fix it with a better-looking image later on, when I’ve taken care of the more important things.

MORE MAPPING

WHEN WILL IT END

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Norihiko Hibino - Labyrinth III: Woodlands of Frozen Forest

Theme of Westhaven, City Amongst Nature

Finally, something worth sharing. It took me long enough to complete this city, but hey, here we are. From here, I’ll be moving on to…making more maps, i.e. Kinoshita Forests. Actually making the story will come eventually

Yoshitaka Suzuki - Labyrinth V: Heavens’ Rock Seat