I'm trying to build a game of my own in VB. I know absolutely no ruby, but I'll probably be learning it in the next couple years, anyway. Languages aren't that hard for me.

If, however, you need someone for pixel work, I can manage that quite nicely. I can PM you a couple sample tiles from my project, or maybe just send a full-blown Gaia avatar edit.

Hypothetically, I may have a translated copy of RPG maker XP. I've never used it, but I hypothetically I may have it. If someone were to pm me, I could find a way to get it to someone with the expertise, time ane will to use it.

Oh man add me in as a summoner/super mage. My character would be the one that takes five rounds to use a spell that destroys reality (literally it would give our guys super haste for 2 rounds, or kill an enemy.)

As for contribution to the game, I guess I could do artwork (box art, illustrations, etc.)

I also have the english version RMXP. All of the script comments are in english, and so is the help file. Only illegally translated versions have japanese in them, though that's not to say that there aren't illegal copies of the english version.

I don't mean to push RMXP so hard, as there are a lot of other great options out there. I just want everyone to know how much better RMXP is compared to its predecessors. :) Sadly, the RPG Maker community is mostly stuck on 2k3, and not a lot of games have come out for RMXP.

I'll help you lazy suckers ¬¬

https://gna.org/projects/tactics

Just browse around... there are other free game engines besides RPGMXP

I recall something like this "Galaxy mage" in program I got off of sourcefourge, and I never could compile the damned thing in my coding inexperience.

But a Tactics game sounds awesome, or possibly something online.

Y'see, RaiRo has actually been the only working "NPF GAME" for us here, because it's online and allows our forum personas to meet in a game world, and some other online game would work just as well, especially if we could more heavily personalize it to NPF.

As for RPG Maker XP, I'd need a copy to help, cuz I've just got the sucky 2000.

Anyway, as always I'd love to throw in my writing talents and ideas. here's hoping this one doesn't follow it's predecessors.

Edit: While it does look like a snap to edit and create for this "Galaxy Mage" thing, it doesn't look finished or up to polish, and doesn't have a way to end a scenario other than "defeat all enemies.".

I don't know how much use this offer might be at this stage, given that you haven't even started on the programming stuff yet, but I'm good at dialogue. I know nothing of actually building a game, mind you, but I can write. Let me write some dialogue, if you like--a few smartass NPCs, maybe, or let me throw in plot ideas.

You know what, I say go nuts and god bless. I'd actually love to see one of these projects really get off the ground.

RPG engines Pyros found while he should be sleeping:

http://hamsterrepublic.com/ohrrpgce/...Main_Page.html (Simple, yet indepth RPG making program.)

http://zeldaclassic.com/ (It's friggin zelda! I can see it now: the Legend of MAUVE!)

http://sphere.sourceforge.net/ (Dunno. Found it. Whatever.)

http://www.runesword.com/rs2.html (More complicated RPG game and RPG Maker, now free open source.)

Y'know, I am going to college in Arizona to Major in Game Programming.

Although I haven't so much as coded my own website yet. We'll see how it goes.

But, yeah, I would totally love to make a mini-RPG out of the forums. Maybe like .hack, without all the suck.

Although it would have to play like Disgaea. With team attacks and stuff.

And we would have to give Fifth the ability to ban any characters who hadn't pre-ordered Atomic Robo.