Hello everyone! I’m the indie game developer 2D_Cat, the cat in the picture below. “Iris of the Remnant World” is a role-playing game developed by me with RPG Maker MZ, which tells a series of stories that happened when three unacquainted survivors of the remnant world escaped from “Worm City” together.
This game carries a lot of my personal emotional sustenance. Its tone is generally tragic. You will experience regrets and partings many times in the game; but the game story is occasionally warm, and you will witness a lively scene. How life blossomed into the brilliance of humanity in the icy remnant world.
Since it is a game with a plot as the core, too much introduction will inevitably lead to spoilers… Therefore, please allow me to share with you the staged story about myself in the process of making this game.
1. Carefree period
From childhood to adulthood, although I was an ordinary person, I lived happily under the protection of my family. My family had no high requirements and expectations on me. After graduation, under the arrangement of my family, I lived in a state-owned enterprise in my hometown. Five night life.
Until I was in my 30s, I never experienced the real suffering in the world, and I never felt the pain of losing a loved one, which kept me as carefree as a child during this period. When it comes to things, I always play around with my temperament and never focus on one thing; when it comes to people, I am so stingy with my time that I miss many opportunities to get along with my family and friends. Here I would like to evaluate myself with great shame: I was an ignorant giant baby at that time.
2. The period when the heart is ruined
In the three years since 2018, my peaceful and comfortable life has undergone drastic changes: I am unemployed, I am constantly tossing between home and the hospital, I have been attending the funerals of my next-generation relatives one after another… The pressure I have never felt before One after another.
It all seemed to ask me, “Look at what you’ve done, what have you done? Can you take responsibility for yourself? Look at the people around you, don’t you feel sorry for them? Don’t you feel bad for them? Does the encounter have any relationship with you?” At that time, similar questions were haunting me like a ghost all day long, and I fell into it, trying to escape, and the title was like a ruined world – this is why the game world It’s called the “wrecked world”.
3. The period of rejuvenation
As a person, what do you think is the original motivation for his continued struggle? I have heard people say an answer: money, power, sex. I will not comment too much on this. In my understanding, even in pursuit of this kind of thing, the fundamental premise is that one can still preserve oneself, which is no different from other ordinary pursuits. But there is one kind of thing, because even if I lose my life, I have no complaints – when my heart is ruined, there are two things I haven’t told you: 1. I am married; 2. I have a child.
The wife, an ordinary teacher whom we had known for many years, chose to marry me when I seemed least hopeful, and she encouraged me, helped me, and stayed with me until now. I know that she has endured a lot of pressure for my current situation, some from the expectations of my parents, some from the eyes of others, some from the pressure of reality, and some from the future.
The child is a daughter, now more than 3 years old, innocent, lively and lovely. She talks a lot and is always nagging; she has a strong curiosity about everything, just like a “100,000 why”; she is very playful and always asks me to do something very “boring” with her “The game, over and over, never says it’s over.
In getting along with them, I decided to come out of the sinking. Yes, that person is eager to change, that person has to change, the me who has never focused on one thing, the me who always ignores the feelings of others, decided to put this transformation into practice in “Iris of the Remnant World”:
In this world, I must always focus on my goals, I will definitely remove any obstacles, I must reach the port of Mount Klush – even if the road is full of thorns, I will not back down; in this world, I must Protect the people around me, I will never allow myself to ignore their feelings, and I will never allow them to leave me—even if they are smashed to pieces.
Fourth, the period of repeated defeats
How can it be as easy as you think to develop a game by yourself? At the beginning, I naively believed that with my previous understanding of programming, art and music, I was competent enough to develop a game, but the final reality slapped my face. In terms of developing games, it can only be regarded as a three-legged cat kung fu. The following is the version that I abandoned during the development of “Iris of the Remnant World”.
1. The original version of “Iris of the Remnant World” was developed with GameMaker Studio2. At that time, it was called “My Dear Fia”. The protagonist was a white toy rabbit, and the heroine was a little girl named Fia. , The script at that time was still very imperfect, and it was very different from the current script. This edition was finally abandoned for technical reasons.
2. The second version of “Iris of the Remnant World”, developed with Godot engine, this version is called “Nuclinter”, which is a combination of Nuclear and Winter. The game script at that time set the story in the winter after the nuclear war. One point is similar to the current broken world, but the setting of the protagonist and heroine, as well as most of the other scripts, are the same as “Iris of the broken world”. This version was intended to be an RPG game with strategic elements, but was eventually abandoned due to technical reasons.
3. The third edition of “Iris of the Remnant World” was developed with Godot engine. At this time, the name of the game has been determined to be “Iris of the Remnant World”. The script is almost the same as it is now. The technology in the use of game engines has been improved to a certain extent. I have learned to first draw out the requirements according to the gameplay, then build the game framework according to the requirements, and then realize the game through the framework. But in the end, this version was abandoned because I found that drawing all the art materials by one person was a kind of “lifetime” work, and I couldn’t afford such a huge amount of work.
5. The early stage of iris bloom
The above difficulties have troubled me for a long time, but the moment I met RPG Maker MZ, these problems were solved easily. In my opinion, a game engine is not good or bad, the key is whether it is suitable or not. For me, RPG Maker MZ is the most suitable one.
First of all, compared with other engines, RPG Maker MZ has a very low entry threshold. It provides developers with a complete set of RPG game framework in advance, which saves some programming work. For functions that some engines do not have, You can choose from a large number of plug-ins on the Internet. If this still does not meet some game requirements, you can also implement them through the easier-to-learn JavaScript language.
Second, the RPG Maker series has a wealth of pre-made resources, plus a larger number of other free or paid resources, which have almost everything you need to build a world. Now, I don’t need to do all the art or music resources myself. Even if I encounter missing resources, I can simply create them by splicing or modifying them, which greatly saves development costs and time!
Finally, the RPG Maker series has a huge fan base and community, you will easily find like-minded partners, and in the process of communicating with them, your game development knowledge and vision will also be greatly improved.
In this way, in the blink of an eye, 2022 is relatively smooth. The development of the plot and gameplay of “Iris of the Remnant World” has finally come to an end, and it will be officially released on Steam on November 14, 2022!
Link to the Steam store of the iris of the disabled world, sincerely hope to join the wishlist!
6. Wish
Hope, take this game to miss the past, and may they live forever in everyone’s memories.
Hope, this game tells everyone – cherish the beauty that you have around you, and don’t make life more regrettable.
I also hope that many years later, when my daughter learns about this game, she will feel the most selfless love from her family for her.
Seven, thank you
Special thanks to publisher ParasGames for their great help with this game! Including art (for example, the optimization of the faces of the three protagonists in the picture below, the old one and the new one), publicity and other aspects of help are not mentioned. More importantly, with their constant encouragement, I have always been there. Complete follow-up development in a state of confidence and motivation! This also made me realize that the so-called “independent” game does not exist. If it is just me, without the support of players, publishers, channels and family members, this game cannot be achieved now!
Lastly, dear player friends! My gratitude and expectation to you in my heart, even if there are thousands of words, it is difficult to express. I only hope that “Iris of the Remnant World” can finally give you a satisfactory answer!
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Author: 2D Cat
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