RPG Game Jam

[asahelix]

I somehow haven't replied to this thread despite keeping tabs on it lol.

All the ideas I've seen thrown here are pretty great, a bit iffy on the Discord server idea, however. My take on that is this: I won't join the server if one is made. I also think that the jam should be limited to traditional JRPG games since I feel it's unfair to compare something like that to an action RPG if one were made for the jam.

The date y'all picked is perfect!!! Hopefully I'll be able to join in on the fun and get a lil something made in the time frame. I hope this jam goes as planned!!!

            

[beetledragon3869]

This game jam looks so cool! I'll definitely be joining. :-D And the multiple month timespan gives people plenty of time to learn the basics of RPGmaker, too. I am so very excited for this, and to see everyone's games!!! 

[BlackMageGaming]

I am very interested in this and hope to hear more.

I have made hundreds of little RPGMaker projects in my time and mostly just give my friends advice on how to actually use the program so maybe this will be good to actually get something out the door.

Would TRPGs be allowed? (Tactical RPGs, kind of like Final Fantasy Tactics or Fire Emblem?)

[Slyonics]

Bumping this thread now that the game jam has officially started! Looks like the itch jam page has been updated with the final theme selections:

THEME: BEFORE THE SUN SETS

Additional themes you can incorporate but don't have to:

1. Harvest
2. Blood
3. Festival
4. Strings
5. Bark

I'm excited to start incorporating the jam themes into my RPG project! I've got a good idea for Bark (one of the dungeons will be a giant world tree that the player can climb) but the others might take some more thinking. For the Blood bonus theme, maybe one of the recruitable party members could be a vampire? I've got a pretty good idea already for 'Before the Sun Sets' that I'll show off during the first progress update in like a week or two.

[totel]

Bumping this thread now that the game jam has officially started! Looks like the itch jam page has been updated with the final theme selections:

I'm excited to start incorporating the jam themes into my RPG project! I've got a good idea for Bark (one of the dungeons will be a giant world tree that the player can climb) but the others might take some more thinking. For the Blood bonus theme, maybe one of the recruitable party members could be a vampire? I've got a pretty good idea already for 'Before the Sun Sets' that I'll show off during the first progress update in like a week or two.

woah thats really cool! :D i kinda hoped the jam would get more people to join the forum but i guess most people are on itch :0c

in any case i'm glad to not have discord for this lol i feel its more in jams theme.

i really like your idea! personally hmmm unsure how many lil themes i'll be incorporating. my current idea is with a postman needing to deliver a letter to a city that only exists for one day every 100 years when ley lines are thin. 
though i had another idea of you leaving for college and needing to say goodbye to your friends/family and hash out the drama... still unsure with which one to go; i feel the first one is more adventurous while the second one might be more in my ball, with most of stuff being on interpersonal relationships. :u

[Slyonics]

woah thats really cool! :D i kinda hoped the jam would get more people to join the forum but i guess most people are on itch :0c

in any case i'm glad to not have discord for this lol i feel its more in jams theme.

i really like your idea! personally hmmm unsure how many lil themes i'll be incorporating. my current idea is with a postman needing to deliver a letter to a city that only exists for one day every 100 years when ley lines are thin. 
though i had another idea of you leaving for college and needing to say goodbye to your friends/family and hash out the drama... still unsure with which one to go; i feel the first one is more adventurous while the second one might be more in my ball, with most of stuff being on interpersonal relationships. :u

I like that this jam is being hosted just a little bit off the beaten path. Lots of accounts on itch these days but I don't know how many are genuine humans. While both your ideas sound good, the postman quest feels like a more natural fit for RPG Maker whereas the interpersonal relationship idea could also be done in Ren'py or a similar visual novel maker. Alternatively, maybe combine the two ideas where the introduction is about saying heartfelt goodbyes at home before embarking on a quest to deliver a letter to the vanishing ley-line city. Maybe the recipient of the letter was involved in the original drama or is a descendant of a long-lost family member? That way the quest comes full circle back to the interpersonal home scene.

[maecom]

casually being reminded that i have rpg maker 2003 - and XP, and XV Ace, and 2000 :V - on steam...
may make something for this, the theme has given me a perfect idea using one of my favorite tropes ever.

would have to relearn everything though :P