RPG Maker VX Ace on steam

[Grandy]

For only around $60


I'll admit, seeing it has relit my desire for game making.

But I ain't paying that ****.

[zuhane]

Made me laugh when I saw it finally come up today! Yeah, eff that up the A!

[Prpl_Mage]

For only around $60

Sorry but is this irony? 'cuz $60 sounds like a lot of money.
Sure they have some cool stuff and people might get seduced (I hope they do, we need more people making games) but 2k3 is still my pet-peeve. I can't picture moving up to those weird shaped charsets and stuff. I'm bad with changes.
Just laughed my *** of when someone said like "Omg, it looks like a really good GBA game. Man, they must've worked hard to make that!" about the trailer for VX. Hilarious.

[Archem]

Yeah, I saw that about a week ago when they added it. For about five seconds, I wanted it. I quickly remembered that it's $70, and that I don't have it in me to actually do anything with it. A friend of mine just about jizzed his pants when he saw it, and I had to regale my tale of ancient RPGM-ing.

OH FUCK, STEAM WINTER SALE!

[fruckert]

*pushes in snob glasses*
i prefer failing at xna thankyouverymuch

[Grandy]

Sorry but is this irony? 'cuz $60 sounds like a lot of money.
Sure they have some cool stuff and people might get seduced (I hope they do, we need more people making games) but 2k3 is still my pet-peeve. I can't picture moving up to those weird shaped charsets and stuff. I'm bad with changes.
Just laughed my *** of when someone said like "Omg, it looks like a really good GBA game. Man, they must've worked hard to make that!" about the trailer for VX. Hilarious.

Yeah, it was sarcasm.

Ill be honest, I prefer the new, GBA-ish models, but I could barely sprite a non ugly faceset, so why would I want even more complicated stuff?

[Felix-0]

I liked XP's character set.
It was a challenge and working with their sprites was fun, now VX has these ugly 1x1 square high sprites.
All of my hatred.

[Phayre]

I never liked the aesthetics of VX, and I just can't be bothered to do a thorough enough batch of graphics to overcome that. Maybe I'll change my mind at some point, but for the time being, I'm in the "don't have time" boat.

I suppose $60 isn't objectively unreasonable, but too steep for me. Doesn't Steam tend to have big sales, though?

[Archem]

It's actually 20% off right now. Winter sale and all.

My wallet weeps for the coming days...

[Prpl_Mage]

Anyone knows any good games to check out during the sale?

[drenrin2120]

Ace is good, I mean, it really is. But I think a more fitting move for rm2k3 users is to try out Construct 2. It's aimed more at simple phone app development and platformers, but with plugins it is more than capable of producing quality RPGs. It also has an event system very similar to rpgmaker, which is helpful. Of course, it is a much more powerful program. I've been playing with it for a week now and I'm very tempted to buy the full version.

Also, as for games on steam, take a look at "Don't Starve". I've also been tempted to buy that.

[Archem]

I practically own Steam.

Ask me about any of these, and I'll give you an honest answer. Most of them are great, but some are casualties of the "it's at least worth $1" trap that Steam has.

[fruckert]

Also, as for games on steam, take a look at "Don't Starve". I've also been tempted to buy that.

I'd buy it through the game's website.
If you do that, you get the normal 2 for one bonus, AND two Chrome Web Store keys.
So you can play it in your browser.

But yeah, made by the guys who made Shank?
And having a deliciously gothy-quirky atmosphere?
****ing SOLD.

[Prpl_Mage]

Apparently this is on sale for $29 now.

[GaryCXJk]

I don't know about you guys, but I put it in my wishlist the moment it was on Steam, and proceeded to purchase it the moment it was $29. I'm not going to ruin my one good chance to get this piece of software, even though I might eventually do nothing with it.