What's up I guess?
So I've lurked around here for basically too long and I figured I should try not to be so antisocial to the point where I'm selfishly playing games and reading other peoples opinions when I could be offering my own input. Anyways I've been playing pokemon reborn for a while now, I think when episode 8 was out and you know just checking the discussions on the forums, hints, opinions, whatever's recent. I thought maybe if I joined I could get into some really good discussions particularly about the design of pokemon reborn. Like the ruby/sapphire art style that's being used. The limitations of pokemon essentials along with rpg maker. And of course the difficulty of the game because we all know that's something everyone seems to go back and forth on. I'd like to discuss the challenges pokemon reborn brings to players but I should probably get my introduction out of the way.
I'm a big time gamer, lover of most anime/manga and forum reader even with my part time job and an obligation to set up a neat portfolio for getting a job in game design development. I enjoyed learning the process of developing games in school though there always seems like you don't have enough time to actually finish the project. Besides that it's always fun to dream big during preproduction.
I learned to use a few scripting languages in school. Now, I'm no heavy duty programmer(though I sort of was one semester) but I understand the basic idea of if statements and loops. I bring this up now because I saw a topic somewhere about the development of pokemon reborn. I don't know if there's a need for spriters or programmers but I don't mind trying to learn both. I'd like to join in if its possible of course I understand if its a no noobs type of project since the general goal for release dates was I think but I'm not too sure was one episode a month. Anyways let me know if I could be useful.
Besides that I still like just looking at art for what it is. My favorite style of art ,particularly character art, in this case tends to fluctuate between anime/manga and 3d final fantasy models.
I can't really pick any favorite anime shows over the list I've watched so I'll name some recent ones I liked: Ranma 1/2, Princess Resurrection, Attack on Titan, Rozen Maiden, Fairy Tale, Ramen Fighter Miku(it goes back to Pokémon and DBZ...sighs).
Some of the games I play are Pokémon Black and pretty much all the other main series games except R/B/G/S/C/HG/SS and platinum, Kingdom Hearts 2, Megaman Zero 4, Final Fantasy 12, Legend of Zelda(mainly the 3d games), Blazblue Calamity Trigger, just too many to name; sorry no money for Xbox.
I hope the forums have room for another gaming dude!