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So  you have wanted and found your way to develop games already when you were a child and you still are doing it, you really impress me as a developer, I was right to want to learn from you, you definitely are the kind of developers that I aspire to become. :-)

Say, have you kept a copy of every game you have created? I am interested in witnessing your evolution as a games developer by playing your games from your first to your last which has already become my favorite RPG Maker game even though it is incomplete yet. :-)

I look forward to experience the complete version of Renryuu: Ascension, I'm jubilating thinking about it! ^L^

I can totally relate to your story because I lived a similar one. I grew up in worlds of imagination, video games, cartoons, books, my mother was a librarian so she used to bring lots of books at home and my younger older brother was a hardcore gamer who transmitted his passion to me, passion which has grown even deeper than his, growing up in worlds of imagination has developed my own imagination to make it quite creative, think about the ideas that your game inspired me to enhance it that I shared with you and that you liked. :-)

So, naturally, having grown passionate about video games and having grown a creative imagination, I obviously have always been inspired a lot of ideas of video games which don't exist and have wanted to make them real since I was a shonen.

However at this time, coding was mandatory to create games because there was no software to take care of it like there are now or I didn't know any at this time.

So I attempted to learn coding... Until I gave up because I was so bored that I couldn't stay awake, I kept falling unconscious on my keyboard, my brain would just switch off from boredom and my body would collapse. :-3

Then I gave up on learning coding and on my dream of creating my own PC games and I didn't think about it...until I discovered softwares "to make games without coding", my Helldorado!     :-D

I discovered that such softwares exist 5 years ago and I was very enthusiastic about them, dreaming about what I could do with them... *L*

First, I wanted a PC worthy of me.

At this time, I was starting a new life in a new town where I knew nobody and nothing and arrived empty handed, so I had to set up my new home, which was empty, I had to equip it with everything I need progressively, which took me years.

I have just recently finally bought a PC worthy of me. :-)

Also, I am an user of open-source softwares so naturally I got interested in Linux, remember that I started Renryuu: Ascension on Linux then switched to Windows and told you that it is possible to move the save folder from one OS to another? ;-)

I have spent a lot of my time and energy to search about Linux, gathering theorical knowledges and preparing myself to move from Windows to Linux, actually my new PC was originally meant to be a Linux PC...until I confronted the theory to the practice on my previous PC before choosing a Linux PC in order to make sure that it was the right choice...which turned out to not be. :-3

Linux seemed to be Helldorado in theory, it turned out to be Hell in practice. :-3

So I gave up on Linux and eventually chose to stick with Windows because there is really no satisfying alternative yet.

Therefore my new PC turned out to be a Windows PC after all. :-3

I still spent a lot of my time and energy for Linux though. :-3

I have also been searching for games creation softwares and for games made with these softwares in order to get an idea of each software's possibilities, I have been looking for and playing a lot of games made with various such softwares and I have been impressed and amazed by what some people have made with these softwares! *L*

Like you. ;-)

Also, I have always loved to help so I spend a lot of my time and energy helping who I can in any way I can, beta-testing games, reporting flaws, giving feedbacks, sharing inspired ideas, etc... :-)

Since I am aware that I am not talented in drawing nor in composing musics nor sound effects, or at lest I don't believe it is in my reach, I have also been gathering places where to find resources made by people more talented than I am to use in my own creations. :-)

I have also always been curious about video games' history because it fascinates me to witness evolution, how did things and people came to be as they are now, just like how I want to play all of your games in the order that you have made them in order to witness your evolution. :-)

So I spend a lot of my time and energy to search about video games' evolution, download and play a lot of games from all times, my PC is a true museum dedicated to video games' history, I have gathered quite a collection and have grown quite knowledgable about video games' history, I am now like a video games' museum's professor. :-3

Also, since I got into subbed anime a few years ago, I have grown quite fond of otaku culture and I wanted to live in the place where these wonders of imagination come from. :-3

So I wanted and attempted to learn japanese.

I have acquired some basic knowledges of japanese but I lost my motivation so I gave up.

Actually, I have learned a lot more japanese from watching subbed anime than from actual lessons of japanese. :-3

I also got into visual novels so I read a lot of them. :-3

I am also interested in esperanto, the fair international language, I plan to learn it as well, and I know it it the easiest language to learn and use, since it has specifically been created to be easy to learn and use by everyone. :-)

So as you can see, I have been quite busy with quite a lot of things, and now that I finally got a PC worthy of me, I am currently preparing it, customizing it, optimizing it, installing the softwares that I need, cleaning my previous PC that I have sold, choosing what I care for and want to move into my new PC, what I don't care anymore and just erase, then once I am done with my previous PC and my new PC is ready, I can finally get started on my first game after 5 years of dreaming of it and preparing for it! :-D

First I am finally going to get to learn esperanto. Because I want to provide my games both in my native language which is french, in the most used language which is english and in the fair international language which is esperanto. :-)

Then once I master esperanto, I'm going to pick a software and experiment with it until I grow experienced enough to master the software and use it to create what I want. :-)

Since I have grown familiar with RPG Maker as a player and since I have been enjoying many games made with it which motivate me to try it too, I think I'm probably going to start with it. :-)

Now you know how to code?

Hmm, so, artists don't charge a standard price per CG, they tailor their price from the amount of work each CG requires, interesting, thank you for explaining to me. :-)

Where do you find your artists?

Hmm, I'm thinking... Hey, Naughty, I can't afford to provide money on a regular basis because I don't have that much money and I never know when unexpected expenses will come, however I can provide money on an occasional basis, I can afford to provide 100 € from time to time. I really want you to achieve Renryuu: Ascension. So when you need money to cover occasional expenses like CGs for example, let me know, I can help, I will use Itch's pay what you want system to provide some money when you need it. ;-)

This is what I said, even though Renryuu: Ascension's CGs have been drawn by different artists, they have all managed to fit with each otherin harmony, the only exception is the artist who has drawn the last Mira's CGs and the beach ones, this artist obviously didn't actually paid attention to how the characters actually look before drawing their characters. I say "their" because they definitely are not the game's. The colours, the outfits, the clothes, the shapes, the sizes, the proportions, this artist didn't respect anything from the original characters, they have drawn what they wanted but this is not the game's characters, I have grown familiar with them so I can tell! Moreover, their drawing style is really bad, the colours feel bland, the skins are colourless, they don't even draw iris in eyes so the eyes feel empty as if the characters have no soul, every woman's breasts are oversized, this artist is definitely not a high quality artist, every other artist who has contributed to Renryuu: Ascension has done better.    >:-(

By the way, speaking about CGs, you told me that you wait for CGs to be ready in order to add scenes into the game and I thought about it, tell me, Naughty, couldn't you add scenes into the game with texts only beforehand then add their CGs later once they are ready instead of making us wait for the scenes just because their CGs are not ready yet?

I like that you are not greedy, we are going to get along as long as this doesn't change. :-)

You don't have fun developing games? It is only work?

What do you do when you take a break in order to get the motivation and inspiration back?