Posted September 26, 2023 by meaka
I spent most of today thinking that the 5th anniversary of the release of version 2.0 was today. It was, in fact, yesterday. Oops!
I thought today I'd talk a bit about what thoughts went into v.2.0 as well as what has happened in the 5 years since.
While the game itself is actually closer to 9 years old, the older version was a lot of me trying to slap what was popular in RPGMaker games at the time on and seeing what stuck. With the Renovated edition, I tried to scrape it down to the bear essentials and also refine parts I thought were weak.
Production began basically in a lull while I waited for my friends to beta test The Witch's Puppets. I thought that possibly, the release would bring eyes onto the original Living Playground, which wasn't really holding up to my personal standards for what I wanted my games to be. I wanted to polish it up and also flex my newfound RPGMaker Skills (tentative). Considering most of the bust portraits were drawn then after The Witch's Puppets was finished, they're actually a little better looking than the "sequel" game which is probably not the greatest idea, but this is how it is!!!