I'm making a video game! Demo soon.

RickZarber · 04-01-2017, 05:55 AM

I feel the time is now right to officially announce a long-gestating project. I'm turning JAQ into a video game using RPG Maker! It follows the plot of my comics fairly closely, but the real draw for me was expanding the world to include as many NPFers as possible (and just in time, when many of them haven't posted in years!), including lots of references to stuff from the heydays of last decade! Haha, I'm selling this super well, right?

Seriously though, I'm kinda making, like, an interactive nostalgia trip that's hopefully amusing to play for its own sake? The main thing being a massive "NPF Town" map, with lots of stuff to poke at and explore, and plenty of side-quests to add some breadth to the otherwise linear story. I've put in over 300 hours of work on this over the last year or so! Still a long way to go, though.

That said, I'm going to drop a demo (which I guess will be like a pre-pre-alpha kinda thing) which covers the quote unquote starter area (ie, the top third of the town map). Following the comics, it only gets you through about the first nine and a half of them, but there's a lot more to explore outside of that. So yeah, I'm rushing to add the last few elements missing from that area (a few dialogue trees, items to buy, that sort of thing) and then I'll make it available, probably early tomorrow.

So, maybe this is a thing at least a few of you are interested in?

04-01-2017, 05:55 AM	#1
RickZarber Please Be Well Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,715	I'm making a video game! Demo soon. I feel the time is now right to officially announce a long-gestating project. I'm turning JAQ into a video game using RPG Maker! It follows the plot of my comics fairly closely, but the real draw for me was expanding the world to include as many NPFers as possible (and just in time, when many of them haven't posted in years!), including lots of references to stuff from the heydays of last decade! Haha, I'm selling this super well, right? Seriously though, I'm kinda making, like, an interactive nostalgia trip that's hopefully amusing to play for its own sake? The main thing being a massive "NPF Town" map, with lots of stuff to poke at and explore, and plenty of side-quests to add some breadth to the otherwise linear story. I've put in over 300 hours of work on this over the last year or so! Still a long way to go, though. That said, I'm going to drop a demo (which I guess will be like a pre-pre-alpha kinda thing) which covers the quote unquote starter area (ie, the top third of the town map). Following the comics, it only gets you through about the first nine and a half of them, but there's a lot more to explore outside of that. So yeah, I'm rushing to add the last few elements missing from that area (a few dialogue trees, items to buy, that sort of thing) and then I'll make it available, probably early tomorrow. So, maybe this is a thing at least a few of you are interested in? __________________ Twitter / Art Tumblr / Personal Tumblr