July 8th, 2004: STATE OF THE FALLACY ADDRESS
Wow it's been ages since I've updated this page. To be honest there was a long while there where I forgot I even HAD it. Suffice to say Final Fallacy has been on the back burner for quite awhile for me, while I've been working on other things. Y'know, like obtaining my BA and finding employment and stuff like that. IRL stuff. Yeah that gets in the way of RPGMaking, doesn't it? At any rate, it's hard to say yet whether or not I'll get off my butt and actually finish working on Final Fallacy II. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to complete it, and finally end my RPGmaking career. It all started over eight years ago (wow, was it that long?) when I made a dinky little RPG on the SNES RPGMaker 2. I followed it up with a prequel on RPGMaker 95 (and I also worked on an ill-fated 'remake' of the NES Final Fantasy II on RPG95, I got about half-way through before I quit), and while I wanted to continue that series, it fell to the wayside when I released Final Fallacy for RPG2k. The rest is history.
So that's the history lesson. Paying attention? Cause there'll be a test later. At any rate, I'd love to end my RPGmaking career with Final Fallacy II, I think it'd be good to go out with a bang. However I honestly cannot say when, if ever, I'll get to finish it. Hell, progress hasn't really advanced AT ALL since I last updated the page. I don't have all the free time I used to back in High School to work on RPGS y'know. I DO have the game planned, however, and the storyline drawn up. Trust me, if I ever finally get to complete it, then Gaming World will be the place I notify. That seems to have the remaining vestiges of the really really old RPGMaking community I was once a part of.
At any rate, here's a quick list of DOs and DON'Ts: 1) DO wait patiently for Fallacy II, and bide your time with all the other quality RPGs out there. DO)Continue to appreciate the original for what it is, a landmark comedy RPG which set a standard for many more to come. 3) DON'T email me persistantly asking whether or not I'm working on it, if I can send you a demo, or any other question relating to it. If there's an update to be made, it'll be on this page. 4) DON'T ask if you can do the sequel yourself, or take it upon yourself to do it. The game is mine to finish, the characters are mine, the story is mine, have a little respect for other people's work. (a far stretch for the average RPG2k'er I know...)
So that's all folks. Keep your fingers crossed, is all I can say. Either SpoonyBard will one day make one last hurrah in the RPGMaking community, or he'll slowly fade away in the mists of obscurity with nothing but a footnote to tell his tale.
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February 5th, 2003
I sure do seem to get in the habit of updating this sucker every two months eh? Ok, geez, where to start. A few things to announce I guess. First bad news, there'll be no demo of Fallacy 2. Yeah, I know, after all I said about there going to be, but I think it's for the best. There'll be no public release of Fallacy 2 until it's good and finished, which will, certainly, not be for awhile. However, after looking over what I have done, and what I plan to do, the game itself will be considerably shorter, which means you'll all get the final version much sooner than you would have. So it's a tradeoff I suppose. I can't predict when it'll be done, because I'm working on it irregularly (hey, real life gets in the way ya know) but I haven't stopped working on it either. So you'll all just have to be patient.
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December 1st, 2002
Two months overdue for an update, yeah I know. Shame on me. This semester in University has been HORRIBLY time consuming, and I really haven't gotten half the time to work on Fallacy 2 like I'd have liked to. Not saying I've done nothing over the past few months, but the previously announced release date for it that was going to be December 10th will have to be pushed back to sometime in January. However, to make up for this delay, I've posted some screenshots. In other news, a sprite comic called Online Life which I used to work on last year up until May or so (which I stopped working on due to losing a password and forkery with Keenspace) is now back again. Hosted by RPGClassics, it's new site is here. So go and read, because I'm in it and stuff! At least THAT'S something I regularly update. ;)
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September 28th, 2002
Well it's been nearly two months now, so I updated. I just added some new info in the Fallacy 2 section, no screenshots yet, but it's something. I'll have something to show hopfully in the next update, whenever that is ^_^
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August 9th, 2002
Er, yeah! And welcome to the re-opening (sorta) of my RPG Productions webpage.
Right.
Well anyway, I'm sure a lot of people are wondering why I decided to go back at Final Fallacy after pretty much STATING that Fallacy was over. Well two reasons and they are.. #1 I am an RPGMaker at heart. It's in my blood. I've been at it for YEARS now, I've seen the rise and fall of Kanji Hack, RPGMaker Gurus, The Nexus, RPGMaker.net, and so forth. I've been on the 'scene' longer than most any other now, only a few have been here as long, or longer, than me. I've been here too long to just walk away on a project. I can walk away for awhile, but the call to make RPGs just.. well... calls to me. Yeah. And #2... YOU PEOPLE WOULD JUST NOT STOP PESTERING ME!! It was a year ago that I stated that I gave up on Fallacy and every week or two I'd get more and more people emailing me about it. You wouldn't leave me alone! So there's a lesson for ya kiddos, keep complaining and eventually you'll get what you want.
Marge: That's a pretty lousy lesson
Bill Clinton: Hey, I'm a pretty lousy president.
Right, ok then time for the big explanation of why there are TWO titles up there. Well it's a bit of a long story, and they're each explained in their respective sections, so go on, click away, you'll find no more news here.
Go on, shoo!
This neato SpoonyBard banner was made by Vincent Knight, who I have not spoken to in a long time. Cool guy though.