HI. I MAKE RPGS, BUT NOT WITH RPGMAKER

Hi everyone. I'm a software engineer and I develop open source software in my spare time. My main project throughout the years has been Hero of Allacrost, a project that I founded and started completely from scratch in 2004. I've worked on it off and on throughout the years and we've made several small demo releases (which you can find on our website).


I've never used nor had much interest in RPGMaker (although I do think it is an awesome product). So what brings me here? I decided to join for three reasons. First, I hope to learn from other experienced RPG creators here about certain areas of game design, such as making nice maps. Second, I'm hoping that by participating in discussions here, my own project will gain some exposure to a new audience. And finally, I'm seeking others who are interested in contributing to our project as game designers, artists, or to fill other roles. So while I can't really contribute to any RPGMaker discussions, I hope that I'll be welcome in discussions on general design topics. Thanks!


Oh, I suppose that I should probably leave some eye candy about my project as well. :)

A lot of samples of our artwork
http://www.allacrost.org/wiki/index.php/Artwork_Style

Some screenshots. These are unfortunately all two years old or more. The game looks slightly better than the most recent screens convey.
http://www.allacrost.org/multimedia/screenshots

Earlier this week I made a video showing the game in it's current state, along with audio commentary about what we're working on and where the design is heading.

Thanks!

Oh, I forgot to mention that the game is completely free to play. Always has been, always will be (despite some people that try to convince me to make it a for-profit endeavour).