Hard work is hard.

So, with the stability of a steady and decent job comes hard work and much less time for hobbies. The good news is that, in addition to being able to support myself comfortably, I have finally fallen into a routine with my new position and can start posting progress again. So with that, to the news!

BLACKJACK IS DONE! What a pain in the ass that was, too. It's finally done and working flawlessly, so the casino/minigame area in the game is that much closer to completion. More progress has been made on the main game itself as well. Below is a screen shot of the more calm area of bustling port town.


Sit on park benches... that's what all old people do, right?

Anyhow, it feels good to have progress to post again and for things to be finally settling back down to normal. I apologize for the delay between updates, but they should be reappearing with more regularity now!

PS. Dragon Quest 9 should be banned - what a production killer.

Blog redesign coming soon!

The obligatory independent project developer "I'M NOT DEAD" post.

My lovely girlfriend is the artsy type, so she has promised to make a new design for the blog that will reflect the name change of the game, etc.

I have a whole list of new things to update about too, but I'll save that for the site redesign. Look forward to news soon!

Quick news: A demo!

I've decided to release a demo on 09/22/09, for www.rpgmaker.net's "Release Something!" event. The demo will be about an hour or two long, depending on your play style, and your saved games will transfer over to the full version.

In other progress related news, I've gotten more maps fleshed out that belong to the main quest, and a couple maps of side content completed. Mapping is a very long, very tedious process in general so there's not much to update that won't spoil parts of the game. I can tell you, however, that I've gotten the teleport shrines that transport the player between continents working (these are needed to get around before the player has access to a ship).