They(Games) taught me many things about life. Especially RPG games. Various stories of various people. Various hero character with kind heart, courage to uphold truth and justice, friendship, honesty, integrity, fight the evil, to save people, save the world. Feel what the characters feel in it. They guided me what should I do.
Perhaps that was engraved deep inside mine. Making my personality as it is today.
A game that is no longer easily found nowadays. Most just simply adopt a pleasure to do everything freely.
GTA style. Nothing is wrong. Which one is the placement of the rating as adult games that should be played by adults, not by children or teens.
I still remember when my brother played the game called "Urban Chaos". There we played as female police officer. there as the police, our mission is to catch criminals with handcuff it. But also no restrictions after we disarm the bad guy, we could kill him. Mission will keep running, no efect. Adopt a free play to go anywhere aroud city. He(my 2nd brother)shoot down criminals after disarm it. And beat civilians.
Saw it, my 1st little brother shouted angry with my 2nd little brother. He said; "You're a cop, be a cop not a bad guy!". Although it's just a game. But deep inside my heart, i proud to my little brother.
The situation is different when playing "Megaman Legend". There is a scene where after Megaman catch bad guys who rob some money from the bank. Normally we walked to the police inspector, handed the money to him and the mission is complete. We can get out of the scene. Curious. I'm trying to find a way out of the scene without having to speak with inspectors. There is a path to sewer. That not all the players know/realize about it. Wogh! It can!.I did it!. The money to be mine. But there is consequence. My Megaman body became black not Blue again. Altrough all like normal. No one capture me or no one not friendly with my char(including inspector).
In a city newspaper that had a different article in every mission. Written Megaman friend or enemy?
You can call this a social sanction/social punishment.
The first RPG Maker that i know was RPG Maker for Playstation. I had been read about it in a Game magazine that I subscribed(Game Master) circulating in the town where I live that time. But I was not interested in buying it. 2 dimensions Graph and appearance of the character that I think is not attractive. Games makes games that can only be played alone. Especially if you had to type every sentence conversation using Joystick .. Well, ah no thanks.
The years change. The computer is a luxury object that not everyone can afford it. So it is with me, since my father died, the desire to have the computer seemed closed. At that time, before he died he had planned, consulted with my mother to use a thirteenth salary to buy a computer unit, that can be a medium of learning for their child(me and my little brothers). Every time i remember it, make me feeling sad and regretting my ignorance in the past.
The years passed. I was work as an employee of one private companies. My oldest little brother was now also employed. Finally now we can save money and venture to buy a computer unit, feels happy, like having a new toy. The current Internet is still expensive. We are saving to buy a plug and play modem (not Speedy) that the access price is much more economical and affordable.
Oh yeah, before that. While waiting for our money enough to buy a computer, sometimes i go to the Internet cafe to download tutorials about computer science. One day at blog post, i downloaded the e-book how to make RPG games with RPG Maker 2003. In the end of the article the authors express the hope that we can be a game developer that can widely known. Given that Indonesia is still very low in game development. We can realize our dream to create your own game using RPG Maker. After that in books exhibition, i had several times seen a book called making a game with RPG Maker. In the newspaper also wrote a short article about RPG Maker that has a lot of fans. Did not require knowledge of complex programming. Began to think about it; “create your own game!” A new knowledge, which certainly was not exist in the days of high school.
Complete!. A computer unit, complete with softwares support, as well as complementary learning modem neatly displayed in our home. Me and my siblings watched in amazement the results of our efforts. And tell my brothers promise to use it as much as possible as a means of learning (Although today was a little disappointed, because now most of the usage is used to open facebook). Daily activity makes me did not get to learn the high-level sciences such as Visual Basic or C + +. But still took the time to learn what I can learn from buying a computer.
I was started browsing looking for RPG Maker software that many people talk about. And find RPG Maker XP. I downloaded it and began studying the tutorial on a website. For the age I am now, it is not wise to spend a lot of time just to play a game. It's time to become a better person. I want to create work that can be enjoyed and inspire many people. Not just a player, but a developer. A work that can add positive value. Work that can make the people who play it into a better person. This masterpiece, which could change the way people think. My first project was Rainbow Profile. I made it not for commercial purpose.
The story of seven young men and a dog who uphold the values of truth, justice and the morality from behind the shadows(you can call it "Silent Justice").Work hard to do our best to our city.
After working hard, trying to finish up progress been running up until to 66%.
Suddenly my computer hard disk crush. Damaged and can not be used at all. Automatic all my project data stored in it go missing. I was shocked. All the time I spent .. my hard work just vanished. I didnt had back up at the last progress. Fortunately there is cd back up my progrees in early time. But I had to repeat it from the beginning. Huff, It is still a long road.
As a refresher, I tried to make another game. That Numemon Special; digimon game that has a very short gameplay time. Based from short Sci-fiction that i wrote.
Until now I am still working on the completion of the game that I did not know when it will be completed. But I will not stop half way through and gave up.
To me RPG Maker is a very useful tool. I did not consider it just a game to make a game software. For people like me who did not have jobs related to programming, also did not have much spare time to learn all the programming language to make a game. This is software that is very helpful to realize the dream of making games without sacrificing quality.
So Friends, if any of you who have the same dream as me... To create a Master Piece. What are you waiting for. Make Your Own Game!