How long do you take on your projects.

good tons of ideas benos, sry for not checking this out sooner, had some school stuff  ( sometimes I feel like the holidays just ain't enough ), anyway I'm kinda the opposite I usually don't have a bunch of ideas instead I get many small ones and combine them in one or two projects only usually my projects are co-relating but with different plots in the same "world" different times e.t.c since most of my ideas are short I just build off them and sometimes get some impressive write ups. 

Then developing takes some time to get into because I have a hard time picking a maker usually between 2k3 where I have most experience or with XP where the capabilities are near limitless and seldom VX when I just want to get a game done nice and easy. 

So far I've been digging up some old ideas, editing them, tweaking the plot and now working on an X.P project thats become so imersive I forget about my chores e.t.c which pisses my mom off alot, anyway hope I'll get a demo out too before I over-load it like last time. Sometimes I forget to hold back, you know like close a chapter which is better so I can also take some breaks and summon new ideas e.t.c

... My first game now I remember it was  embarrassing lol but back when I was working on it It seemed like it was going to be the best game I had ever played, the most epic saga! but I over did it, never tested it or anything for most of the time and it was a huge mess, everything had an error of some sort. I got so frustrated with rpg maker but after a while I started it again from scratch, eventually leading me online for some help and I learned alot. Now making games are really easy just need some good time on my hands e.g a year or more if all goes to plan...

Wow seems you guys are hardcore   guess your games are all really epic! Good to know, I thought I was the only one who takes forever on a project. I also find that most games that are good ( rpg maker games ) are usually X.P ones of 2k3 games the new V.X games are either rushed or not yet complete so it makes sense that it takes a very long time to make a good and satisfying game. 

So how about just making a demo? For me that takes around half a year or a bit less. I feel if I just make a quick demo everytime I add something new e.t.c it would spoil the game flow, you know like you reach this really cool area then its like sorry games up wait another 3 months or whatever. Maybe thats just me....

 (Y)  good luck with your project(s) HOUND and the rest of ya!

Ah so I'm not alone.

I'm still working on a game for now maybe 1 year and its still very very early in post production. Still sketching up characters, monsters and re-editing the plot. ( The story's set but the rest is just in the beginning and its been a year. ) I was a little discouraged since I thought it would have just taken a few months...

Wow 10 years Zatham? Looks like I might take alot of time too since I'm also drawing everything, I'm now getting the hang of hand animation and the fact that my sprites are 5-4 heads tall chibi sized ( resized a little but still noticeably larger than normal sprites ) makes the maps very very large, this is going to take I think another year or more to draw up just the main characters and one or two maps then I have to make it work with mode 7 to achieve my vision for my game. And thats not even getting into the demo yet so I'm guessing its gonna be several years.

I guess to make a full game that you feel is how you want it to be takes a really long time especially if your on your own. Its still worth it no matter what cause its like making something you've always wanted to play yourself.

 ^_^  thats a hard one:

If you make a 3d game I will always be in awe but the time it would take would increase alot than a normal rpg maker game.

Try maybe making a small prototype games just e.g the first few scenes, play around with some ideas then when your solid you can make a 3d version and repeat. Kinda like rpg makers the testing ground before you take it to the 3rd dimension lol.

I was having a similar problem to make custom hand drawn sprites, maps battle animations and everything or just to edit resources and limit myself. I just did what I explained but getting the real deals going to be tricky. 

Cool, you must be a wicked spriter after all those years of experience.

Usually I work alot on my game during holidays or weekends, thats when I get most things done otherwise I just do a few sketches or writing.

I had a hard time with my main characters, they kept changing almost every-time it got frustrating so I forced myself to decide and have the rest as characters who are in game but not necessarily main characters, kinda like playable NPC's or something similar.

Hope its going well, sucks when you work so hard on a project then something happens and its gone like that. If it wasn't for that I guess I might have had something to show for myself but at least you can never lose experience so Its O.K.

Wow really? I'm an active member their also, I'll look for them, any recommended ones you're really proud of or think are most fun?

Right now I'm working on a prototype project, the real one is very experimental as I want to make custom everything so I'm making a smaller project to kinda lay it out as well as see test out a few features I had in mind before going and making the real long fully customized version, its gonna be alot of fun but also alot of work since I intend to sell the finalized one to my friends here but don't worry I'll make it cheap. Just want to get into the indie game making scene even if its small time and I don't make soo much cash it's fun doing something I would love doing for free even.

Hope enterbrain don't sue me ass for some crazy reason but I'm sure its legit as long as you buy a legal licence right? and don't use rtp i'm guessing ( or was that included in the license price? )

Benos, how many games have you made so far?