Aveyn Knight
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Shouzou Kaga, the creator of Fire Emblem, hasn't made a commercial game in 10 years. Back then, he had just completed Berwick Saga, his second game after leaving Intelligent Systems around 5 years beforehand.
However things could be changing very soon.
On his purported blog, he has announced plans to develop a free doujin game (fan game) using the recently released SRPG Studio, used to create strategy RPGs like Fire Emblem.
Already, he has a staff of around 10 people, including professionals and is currently negotiating with a character designer–potentially an “amazing artist”. Music-wise, he already has somebody in mind (and even tells readers to hazard a guess).
Despite that, he is lacking a number of resources, mostly graphical.
To resolve this, Kaga is requesting users to donate assets to his project, so long as they abide by his rules and do not infringe on other peoples' copyright.
Kaga stresses that he and his staff have limited time to work on the game, so he can’t provide an estimated release date. But if everything goes smoothly, he will post about it on his blog.
His thoughts on SRPG Studio:
His final comment:
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Summary here
However things could be changing very soon.
On his purported blog, he has announced plans to develop a free doujin game (fan game) using the recently released SRPG Studio, used to create strategy RPGs like Fire Emblem.
This might be a bit sudden, but I decided to start making a doujin game with some friends, hahaha.
Already, he has a staff of around 10 people, including professionals and is currently negotiating with a character designer–potentially an “amazing artist”. Music-wise, he already has somebody in mind (and even tells readers to hazard a guess).
We're still negotiating with a character designer, but we might just get an amazing artist here.
Music is a future issue, but I already have a name in mind. (Take a guess, haha)
Despite that, he is lacking a number of resources, mostly graphical.
In order to increase the game's quality, we're looking for runtime graphic contributions we could use for free: unit sprites, battle animations, effects, map tiles, parts, background music, sound effects, background images, etc. Those who have made or obtained (with permission from the original author) such resources, please give us a hand.
Notably, we're in serious need of map sprites and battle animations, as they are sorely insufficient at the present.
To resolve this, Kaga is requesting users to donate assets to his project, so long as they abide by his rules and do not infringe on other peoples' copyright.
Kaga stresses that he and his staff have limited time to work on the game, so he can’t provide an estimated release date. But if everything goes smoothly, he will post about it on his blog.
His thoughts on SRPG Studio:
These tools seem to be very solidly designed. I've only fiddled with them for around 10 hours, but the test map I made didn't leave me a bad impression. We should be able to do interesting things once we add scripts into the mix.
I exchanged some mails with the creator(s), they were very polite and friendly. Of course we're completely unrelated, this is by no means stealth marketing, hahaha.
His final comment:
This is basically a project with friends and acquaintances, but we’d welcome a sprite artist. It’s our biggest weak point, so we’d warmly welcome you if you’re enthusiastic.
Translated blog entry
Summary here