I don't know if anybody remembers it, but way back when, I made a little Verge 2 demo called Rainbow Despair. Well, the urge to make an RPG has returned so I'm starting production on a sequel (even though the original was never finished). Expect it to be spooferific - gonna toss every RPG, videogame, and anime reference I can think of into it. :)

Haven't decided if I'm going to stick with the latest build of Verge or switch to another system. The customizability of Verge is very attractive, but on the other hand, I'm a horrible artist so I'm tempted to use one of the systems with existing graphic sets (don't know if Verge has anything like this - didn't when I was around many years ago).

Most inspirational V2-demo ever!

Need art?

http://www.verge-rpg.com/files/detail.php?id=582

Wow, people remembered my little old demo. And here I thought calling the new game Rainbow Despair 2 would be especially fitting since it'd be in honor of my fans. Both of them. :)

After messing around with the various RPG Makers, I've made the decision to use Verge 3. The other systems have their pros and I think I could probably make a full game much quicker if I used one of those other RPG systems, but I'm afraid the gameplay would be rather simplistic. Verge, on the other hand, gives me much more freedom so if I wanted (for example) to include a customizable skill tree system (say Growlanser style) along with a combo magic system (ala Chrono Trigger), and a battle conversation system (ala Persona or Megaten), I could do all of that without too much trouble (not saying that I will do all that, but it's an option). Of course, I imagine I could do similar things with the other systems, but I would have to work outside the system instead of working with the system.

Thanks a bunch for the graphics link. I'm going to try to use mostly premade and ripped images and music for the game since I have no skill in creating either although later on when the game is nearing completion, I'll probably ask for some help making a couple of custom pieces. For now, my short term goal is to study up on the Verge 3 documentation, review my old code from Rainbow Despair 1, and try to convert the stuff I'll need into Verge 3 code. Also plan on making some improvements to the old code (like having backgrounds for battles). I'm hoping to get all of that done by the end of the week (don't have much else I need to do this week since I don't start my new job for another week or two).

I'll keep you all informed on the game's progress. :)

Incidentally, if you're feeling larcenous, I bet it wouldn't be too hard to nab a 16x16 tileset from some other source and convert it to verge format (or better yet, convert it to a basic image file and then convert THAT to verge format).