Not as sleepless as you'd think tbh

The jam has ended!  We currently have 30 entries in the jam - amazing!!!  Please download and play some of em here!!!

A young girl awakens to find herself in a world devoid of color. Your goal is to help her return color to the world she found herself in. By accomplishing this, can she return to her former world? Or will she stay trapped forever in this strange new land?

This game is made by ZK using RPG Maker 2000 and it was released on June 6th, 2014. The American fan translation group, Memories of Fear, translated this game and released it on August 2nd, 2017.

If you don’t want to stick to the music already in the program what do you do? What program would you use to create your own sound effects and music? If you wanted to purchase music specifically designed to be used in games and creative projects where would you go?

What are some good programs to make sprites with?

Let me know if this reblog gets cut-off btw, and I’ll make it into an actual post!

MUSIC/SFX:

LMMS - Free - I use this for music. It has tons of great options for instruments/effects/etc…

Garage Band - Comes Free with a Mac computer - I’ve seen/heard good things about this! I believe quite a few musicians use this as well…

as3sfxr - Free - Really amazing online program– good for 8-bit SFX!

Amper Music - Free - Seems very crisp and clean despite still being in Beta. You have to make an account to use it, though!

Audacity - Free - Probably would be best for SFX, or editing already existent audio. However, music composition is possible!  (Pretty sketchy site though, click the blue download link to the left that reads “Download Audacity 2.1.3″)

Some sites that have music and SFX for free…

Freesound.org - A damn god-send. I use it 24/7 and it’s absolutely perfect. You can search based on length, rating, etc… Best for SFX but can sometimes be used for music…

Purple Planet - Free music for your game! Rad my dudde!!

Sound Image - there is legit over 1,000 tracks, and they’re all free for commercial/non-commerical use. With proper crediting, of course. (Requirements are listed if you scroll down to “IMPORTANT - …”)

SPRITES:

Paint Tool Sai - Costs money, but there is a ripped, free version floating about that has no difference whatsoever… - I use Sai for pixel art, using the binary/pixel tool. It’s simple and easy. But a pain the mcfricken toosh when trying to resize pixels…

^^ I’ve linked to the official site– but you can most likely find the free version by looking it up on youtube…

Piskel - Free, Online - Is literally built for spriting! It’s really awesome and I use it frequently. You can see separate frames, the animation playing in the top right, and there’s even a built-in dithering tool…

Aseprite - 14.99 USD, but there is a Trial where you can not save files. - I’ve seen good things about this one! I believe there is a bunch of color palettes for use. A lot like piskel but with WAY more tools. I repeat– you cannot save files on the trial version.

Photoshop - Price depends on the version - M’not very familiar with photoshop– though I do have an old version since it was gifted to me. It’s probably better than sai regarding the fact that you can resize pixel art without it being distorted.

MS Paint - Free with Windows - if you use this you’re gonna have to find a way to make things transparent… However… I don’t really know why you’d use this if you can just use Piskel, haha!

(Game Maker also has a built-in pixel art tool, I believe!)

PLUGINS/SCRIPTS:

You can find them EVERYWHERE.

Just go on google, look up what you want to do, along with the version of RPG Maker your using… (MV, Vx/Vxace, etc.) and explore! 

(ex. let’s say I want a fog effect, and I’m using Rpg Maker MV. I would go on google, and look up “Fog Effect RMMV” or “Fog RMMV” and sift through the top results…)

At times there will be more than one option for you so it’s just a matter of looking at the functions of them and deciding which would be best for what you want to do/your sanity.

However! If you want to add a few features and you’re not sure what to add, there is an MV Masterlist of plugins for you to explore. Along with one for Vx Ace.

Now, if you’ve searched valleys far and wide and can’t find the plugin/script that you need… There is an official RPG Forum with a friendly, helpful community where you can request for someone to make a plugin for you. Check the masterlist first, be very descriptive and polite, and someone will most likely help you out.

Congrats to all of you who ended up turning in your work on time! :D

Good luck to all of you who are turning in things five days from now!

And thank you so much to all 108 of you who entered!  I’ve had a lot of fun hosting this jam and the jam chat, and I hope you guys had a lot of fun as well!

I’ll be reblogging games for the next few weeks, including late entries and people who missed the deadline entirely.  Thank you all for coming out and celebrating Yume Nikki’s birthday.  After 13 years, we’re still kickin’.  ꒰⌯͒•̩̩̩́ ᴗ •̩̩̩̀⌯͒꒱