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OMORI Kickstarter - Earthbound just became creepy
- Thread starter Cheddahz
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Yep. Awesome
This seems like the kind of game you play on your 3DS while in bed just before falling asleep.
MrChowderClams
Member
How much is the vita stretch goal? It's it way higher than the 3DS?
Edit: derp never mind $250k
Edit: derp never mind $250k
Did a little bit of looking around the artist's work, and the game seems like an exploration of a lot of the themes/influences I can really dig. I'm fairly picky about what I kickstart, but this seems personal enough and has an enormous wealth of art and passion behind it.
Don't think they'll make it to the Vita tier, but I'd love to see it on my other handheld.
Don't think they'll make it to the Vita tier, but I'd love to see it on my other handheld.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
The programmer is in the stream chat right now and she works for the people who dev RPG Maker.
That doesn't really answer the question. The engine doesn't port.
I literally know nothing about the subject, but how was To the Moon handled? As far as I am aware it was made in RPG Maker and yet still ported to other OS's
Just OS X and Linux. Not sure about how To The Moon does it specifically, but you can use WINE and similar tools to get RPG Maker working on those systems. It's a much easier process than 3DS.
They're giving a 'no comment' on the stream. This Kickstarter smells like a fucking scam to me. Either that or they're clueless to what they're doing. EDIT: Actually I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume it's the latter but still.
Just looked into it and she works for DEGICA artist. She has no involvement with developing the engine itself.
It could totally be that they are just excited that this is happening. They might not know how to port the game yet and maybe even only put the goal on to gain popularity. But no way this is a scam.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
They could be contracting the port out and have just not finalized whose doing it quite yet.
Asking for money for a goal they have no clue how to achieve is what I'd call a scam, personally.
I've had a friend ask for clarification on their Facebook page.
Then they wouldn't need a 'no comment', would they?
It was just a assumption of me. And I would only call it a scam if they plan on not carrying to deliver on that promise. As far as I can tell, they will dig into it and search for a solution to this though.
Yes, that's true, but I'd like them to clarify if that's the case. Sorry if I'm coming across as aggressive, I really like what crowd funding allows game devs to do, but feel projects gone bad sets a dangerous precedent, which is not good for anyone and this project is setting off warnings in my head.
I'm also going to jump on the "how are they going to port this to 3DS/Vita when RPGMaker doesn't allow for it" train. I'd actually like to know, because my trying out RPGMaker hinges on that
If they're going to get someone to rewrite the entire game for a library that supports 3DS and Vita (does such a cross platform openly available library exist? Are the licensing fees going to be covered), it would still take a tremendous amount of effort to not only rewrite the game but also the entire RPGMaker framework that the game is built on.
If they're going to get someone to rewrite the entire game for a library that supports 3DS and Vita (does such a cross platform openly available library exist? Are the licensing fees going to be covered), it would still take a tremendous amount of effort to not only rewrite the game but also the entire RPGMaker framework that the game is built on.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Well they're answering questions and the programmer says they're porting for other platforms and they're the main dev on the Steam version of RPG Maker. Comments on the 3DS version seems to be implying that support in RPG Maker is coming.
Edit: They have a publisher for eShop version.
Edit: They have a publisher for eShop version.
Can you clarify what this means?
Is there a name for that publisher? I gave up asking in the stream, couldn't get a proper response. Interesting the publisher is only for eShop, they're using Greenlight for Steam
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
They maintain and dev the Steam versions of RPG Maker and about the publish I'm not too sure I went to do something after I posted.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
Looks really good, but I could not donate. Hope they deliver even if I also have doubts about the project.
Colonel Mustard
Banned
I'm actually kinda worried about this, because it sorta seems like something Nicalis might pick up. They published Grinsia from Kemco and then started a poll asking if 3DS owners would be interested in more JRPGs.
What engine does Kemco use to make their phone games? If it's RPG Maker, then I think we know who's fronting part of the bill...