RPG MAKER 2025 JAM DAY 3.5 and 4 DEVLOG

Rpg maker 2025 Game Jam

Development log.

Jam Day 3.5

20:45 pm - debating on using gacha life sprites to make scenes look better in MVs scene creator GENE.

21:56 pm - so I added more database entries and tested some enemies in battles.

Jam Day 4.

Today's going to be one of those days I can already tell.

4.36 am - My turn ! (Upchucks)

5:06 am - Created Contestant 2025 and Dill on Gacha Club (credit) with a normal, angry and sad emotions and pose to test in MVs Gene. 

8:52 am - So having characters is great but another issue I have currently is backgrounds , so I jumped over to itch and found and purchased Combat RPG Full Collection by BKX1 (awesome asset pack btw) this will hopefully provide me with additional Terrasur enemy's and a large set of background images to use in battles and cutscenes.

15:16 pm - So The majority of the day has been me searching through the combat RPG full collection to find the assets I'll be using in the project alongside the character art from Gacha and the in game sprites and side Battle sprites.

Time to start planning out the opening scene so I can see how everything looks before diving in fully.

17:43 - drafted a rough opening scene battle Tutorial and opening scene ending to be expanded and polished once the main game is in place.

20:13 pm - Not gonna lie today's been dreadful, I've spent the day feeling like poop while the kids have taken advantage of my be ill.

It's been a super long day but I feel like I've made a bit of headway.

I spent a couple hours this evening playing with the gacha designs and replacing the rpg maker faces for both 2025 and Dill.

I also had a brief chance to play with Gene the scene maker… Tutorials make stuff look too simple.

I'm going to try to get all my maps and quests up and running before I start on scenes as I feel its going to drain a huge amount of time.

If I do anything else this evening it'll be planning out dialogue for quests and rivals and to be honest I doubt I will. 

I'm exhausted.

I hope everyone else's projects are coming along nicely 

Side note 0.5

As a solo developer in this Jam (and not much of an artist) and the rules stating no AI images, I've decided to try using Gacha Club to design full body artwork , my daughters introduced me to it a couple of years ago.

Side note 0.6

Now you might be wondering why I'd purchase backgrounds rather then work with an artist.

I love working with people , I love watching creations come to life but I'm also aware of life.

Life sucks and throws all sorts at you on a daily basis , maybe if this was a long term project I'd put a team together but as it stands I'd rather try a solo development this time around.