project1 breakdown

okay so, starting rpgmaker2003 was really fun; you dont have to type code yourself, it has everything inputted already so you just need to figure the way things interlock and work together really. 

so i started with the tileset for jerrys house, originally i was going to make jerrys house proper and it was ORIGINALLY going to be The Start of my 'juhrry game' (yet to be actually named) (actually wasnt TheStart of that either but one of the maps within) BUT

when i was starting to tile things out in rpgmaker to see what they look like in it, i fit everything together into what it is in project1 (thomsons warped dream jerrys house) and decided to just continue and just Do Something instead of being overwhelmed with what i want to accomplish with juhrrygame eventually

then it turned into looking at gamejam2022s theme (nature) and wanting to sort of loosely play along with it, and made thomsons chipset because i thought thomson and nature matched the most- hes also easier to write than juhrry in little oneoffs for me

everything was sort of slapped together and being mindful of my skillset with this program and with my first project- fell into itself. 

i really got into making events where when thomson would interact with certain objects, he would talk about them. i LOVE that sort of thing in games myself and it was simple enough to start out :-}

i was vaguely playing around with drawing the forest area tileset, sort of thinking about making a whole new game with it but thought to try to make another map within project1 instead. more of experimenting with teleportation aspects/maps in gen

AND THEN BEGAN THE ENTERING THE TUB ASPECT- i think i was really into how thomson looked with the star transparency on that tileset because it looked like he was sitting/submerged in the tub like the hot springs in pkmn rubysapphire LMFAO

unfortunately had to switch to the top squares of the tub being completely transparent while the bottoms were unable to move through- because when i had him enter the tub it would clip his sprite.

i honestly cant remember why i added smiles, but shes like a package deal with thomson almost. makes no sense for her to be at jerrys but thats why this is a dream LMFAO- also giving me a chance to have two characters talk to eachother and wasnt that hard to code! (if i remember right, its good to keep in mind my roomie angel helped with every roadblock i had which was ALOOOOOOT. i managed some things coding wise but very few on my own <3)

i spent a lot of time trial and erroring the tree border surrounding the forest area, and i think it was super worth it in the end, i made them star walkability so you could walk underneathe them 

the music was taken from a free music site specifically for rpgmaker assets but unfortunately i dont have that on this computer and cant seem to remember the site- ill have to edit it back in here when i find it again <3

I ran out of steam/forgot really much else to do with proj1 but let me know if you have any questions about how i did something or if anything i described doesnt make the most sense, again, i cant wait to move onto bigger and better things with proj1 behind my back! BUT STILL IN MY HEART