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In preparation for the full release, I also updated the itch io and gamejolt pages for Nian-Xi Prelude.
I do need to learn HTML to make prettier pages at some point...
I do need to learn HTML to make prettier pages at some point...
January 25, 2026 at 8:19 PM
In preparation for the full release, I also updated the itch io and gamejolt pages for Nian-Xi Prelude.
I do need to learn HTML to make prettier pages at some point...
I do need to learn HTML to make prettier pages at some point...
#drpg #dungeoncrawler #nian-xi #rpgmaker #rmmz
#indiedev #solodev #indiegame #indierpg #gameupdate
Nian-Xi Prelude: Full Game Coming Soon! - The Nian-Xi Chronicles: Prelude
(Full Game is coming out early February!)
junsoft.itch.io/the-nian-xi-...
#indiedev #solodev #indiegame #indierpg #gameupdate
Nian-Xi Prelude: Full Game Coming Soon! - The Nian-Xi Chronicles: Prelude
(Full Game is coming out early February!)
junsoft.itch.io/the-nian-xi-...
Nian-Xi Prelude: Full Game Coming Soon!
Hello again! This is jUn (stylized as such because ?????). This will be a short devlog in comparison to others. But rest assured, it's as the title suggests -- The Nian-Xi Chronicles: Prelude will arr...
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January 25, 2026 at 3:57 PM
#drpg #dungeoncrawler #nian-xi #rpgmaker #rmmz
#indiedev #solodev #indiegame #indierpg #gameupdate
Nian-Xi Prelude: Full Game Coming Soon! - The Nian-Xi Chronicles: Prelude
(Full Game is coming out early February!)
junsoft.itch.io/the-nian-xi-...
#indiedev #solodev #indiegame #indierpg #gameupdate
Nian-Xi Prelude: Full Game Coming Soon! - The Nian-Xi Chronicles: Prelude
(Full Game is coming out early February!)
junsoft.itch.io/the-nian-xi-...
EO was a curse for me because ever since I played EO1 I made it my goal to make the healer class/character in every other game a Master of All regardless of how feasible it'd actually be.
This strat actually worked in every EO game. And DQ3, and FF1 somewhat. I powerleveled my Wizardry priests too.
This strat actually worked in every EO game. And DQ3, and FF1 somewhat. I powerleveled my Wizardry priests too.
January 25, 2026 at 2:04 PM
EO was a curse for me because ever since I played EO1 I made it my goal to make the healer class/character in every other game a Master of All regardless of how feasible it'd actually be.
This strat actually worked in every EO game. And DQ3, and FF1 somewhat. I powerleveled my Wizardry priests too.
This strat actually worked in every EO game. And DQ3, and FF1 somewhat. I powerleveled my Wizardry priests too.
On the topic of future ideas, one thing I'd like to try next game is create more enemies based on urban legends, hoaxes and similar stories.
Prelude had the Fresno Nightcrawler and Hodag, but I'd like to explore the idea further just because it makes for fun designs.
Make weirder enemies, really.
Prelude had the Fresno Nightcrawler and Hodag, but I'd like to explore the idea further just because it makes for fun designs.
Make weirder enemies, really.
January 24, 2026 at 2:03 PM
On the topic of future ideas, one thing I'd like to try next game is create more enemies based on urban legends, hoaxes and similar stories.
Prelude had the Fresno Nightcrawler and Hodag, but I'd like to explore the idea further just because it makes for fun designs.
Make weirder enemies, really.
Prelude had the Fresno Nightcrawler and Hodag, but I'd like to explore the idea further just because it makes for fun designs.
Make weirder enemies, really.
I've been busy these past few days, so I wasn't able to work much on Prelude.
That said, The Fourth Floor quests are all complete. And all that's left of the fifth floor is one cutscene. Basically one step away from completion, besides playtesting.
Enjoy Sassy Soleil, on the meanwhile.
That said, The Fourth Floor quests are all complete. And all that's left of the fifth floor is one cutscene. Basically one step away from completion, besides playtesting.
Enjoy Sassy Soleil, on the meanwhile.
January 23, 2026 at 2:56 AM
I've been busy these past few days, so I wasn't able to work much on Prelude.
That said, The Fourth Floor quests are all complete. And all that's left of the fifth floor is one cutscene. Basically one step away from completion, besides playtesting.
Enjoy Sassy Soleil, on the meanwhile.
That said, The Fourth Floor quests are all complete. And all that's left of the fifth floor is one cutscene. Basically one step away from completion, besides playtesting.
Enjoy Sassy Soleil, on the meanwhile.
Prelude is admittedly "safe" in the context of DRPGs. It is my first game, so I'm just testing the basics before trying anything crazy...
Next game I'll include dark zones with soundless spinners And you can't see your map.
Also there's warps that send you to the start. You can't see 'em either.
Next game I'll include dark zones with soundless spinners And you can't see your map.
Also there's warps that send you to the start. You can't see 'em either.
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Prelude is admittedly "safe" in the context of DRPGs. It is my first game, so I'm just testing the basics before trying anything crazy...
Next game I'll include dark zones with soundless spinners And you can't see your map.
Also there's warps that send you to the start. You can't see 'em either.
Next game I'll include dark zones with soundless spinners And you can't see your map.
Also there's warps that send you to the start. You can't see 'em either.
RPG Maker devs having their project dead in the water until they discover a free Japanese-only plugin on someone's github that solves all their problems.
It's me, I am RPG Maker devs
It's me, I am RPG Maker devs
January 14, 2026 at 4:24 PM
RPG Maker devs having their project dead in the water until they discover a free Japanese-only plugin on someone's github that solves all their problems.
It's me, I am RPG Maker devs
It's me, I am RPG Maker devs
I may not need it anymore since I draw everything myself, but man I really liked the character generator in RMMV.
It had a cool looking artstyle that allowed for various face types. MZ's character generator just doesn't compare to MV's..
(On that note, do we know the artist for MV's RTP assets?).
It had a cool looking artstyle that allowed for various face types. MZ's character generator just doesn't compare to MV's..
(On that note, do we know the artist for MV's RTP assets?).
January 13, 2026 at 6:28 PM
I may not need it anymore since I draw everything myself, but man I really liked the character generator in RMMV.
It had a cool looking artstyle that allowed for various face types. MZ's character generator just doesn't compare to MV's..
(On that note, do we know the artist for MV's RTP assets?).
It had a cool looking artstyle that allowed for various face types. MZ's character generator just doesn't compare to MV's..
(On that note, do we know the artist for MV's RTP assets?).
I did repeat this often, but it's true: I am *very* close to finishing Nian-Xi Prelude. So I'm making a list of remaining tasks for it:
-Complete the Fourth Floor quests
-Complete the Fifth Floor quests
-Complete the Fifth Floor cutscenes
And that should be it, besides playtesting of course.
-Complete the Fourth Floor quests
-Complete the Fifth Floor quests
-Complete the Fifth Floor cutscenes
And that should be it, besides playtesting of course.
January 12, 2026 at 8:58 PM
I did repeat this often, but it's true: I am *very* close to finishing Nian-Xi Prelude. So I'm making a list of remaining tasks for it:
-Complete the Fourth Floor quests
-Complete the Fifth Floor quests
-Complete the Fifth Floor cutscenes
And that should be it, besides playtesting of course.
-Complete the Fourth Floor quests
-Complete the Fifth Floor quests
-Complete the Fifth Floor cutscenes
And that should be it, besides playtesting of course.
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Actually, besides Giten (and, uh, the rest of my backlog) I should try and find even more DRPGs to play this year.
Shining in the Darkness, Last Bible Special and Arcana/Card Master have my attention currently...
*cough* give me recs *cough*
Shining in the Darkness, Last Bible Special and Arcana/Card Master have my attention currently...
*cough* give me recs *cough*
January 12, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Actually, besides Giten (and, uh, the rest of my backlog) I should try and find even more DRPGs to play this year.
Shining in the Darkness, Last Bible Special and Arcana/Card Master have my attention currently...
*cough* give me recs *cough*
Shining in the Darkness, Last Bible Special and Arcana/Card Master have my attention currently...
*cough* give me recs *cough*
I really want to play Giten just because I want to see what the map design is like in that game.
It has a "Real Time" combat system too, where you fight enemies by clicking on them and both of you can move around the floor simultaneously.
Also the eerie vibes that early PC RPGs give. Love 'em.
It has a "Real Time" combat system too, where you fight enemies by clicking on them and both of you can move around the floor simultaneously.
Also the eerie vibes that early PC RPGs give. Love 'em.
January 12, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I really want to play Giten just because I want to see what the map design is like in that game.
It has a "Real Time" combat system too, where you fight enemies by clicking on them and both of you can move around the floor simultaneously.
Also the eerie vibes that early PC RPGs give. Love 'em.
It has a "Real Time" combat system too, where you fight enemies by clicking on them and both of you can move around the floor simultaneously.
Also the eerie vibes that early PC RPGs give. Love 'em.
I wonder if someone will eventually try to make a guide for my games. Like "All maps", "All Quest Solutions" or something like that.
Probably not, but the thought does excite me a little.
Probably not, but the thought does excite me a little.
January 12, 2026 at 2:01 AM
I wonder if someone will eventually try to make a guide for my games. Like "All maps", "All Quest Solutions" or something like that.
Probably not, but the thought does excite me a little.
Probably not, but the thought does excite me a little.
Coming back to this since I was bored and tried redoing some of my tracks with a Roland SC-55 soundfont, just to see what they sound like.
And that gave me the idea: What if besides changing gameplay, Classic also changed the soundtrack? That'd be funny.
And that gave me the idea: What if besides changing gameplay, Classic also changed the soundtrack? That'd be funny.
One thing I'm considering once Nian-Xi Prelude is done is making a "Classic/Modern" option for the following game.
Basically, Classic makes the game play more like older DRPGs, with things such as the mapper spell showing coordinates instead of a minimap, disabling escape items and so on...
Basically, Classic makes the game play more like older DRPGs, with things such as the mapper spell showing coordinates instead of a minimap, disabling escape items and so on...
January 11, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Coming back to this since I was bored and tried redoing some of my tracks with a Roland SC-55 soundfont, just to see what they sound like.
And that gave me the idea: What if besides changing gameplay, Classic also changed the soundtrack? That'd be funny.
And that gave me the idea: What if besides changing gameplay, Classic also changed the soundtrack? That'd be funny.
Merchie needed key art, too.
January 11, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Merchie needed key art, too.
#nian-xi #rpgmaker #rmmz #oc #ocart #illustration #promosky #artsky #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #indierpg #solodev #digitalart
"Land of Spirits"
Art for The Nian-Xi Chronicles: Prelude. Full game coming soon.
"Land of Spirits"
Art for The Nian-Xi Chronicles: Prelude. Full game coming soon.
January 11, 2026 at 3:07 PM
#nian-xi #rpgmaker #rmmz #oc #ocart #illustration #promosky #artsky #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #indierpg #solodev #digitalart
"Land of Spirits"
Art for The Nian-Xi Chronicles: Prelude. Full game coming soon.
"Land of Spirits"
Art for The Nian-Xi Chronicles: Prelude. Full game coming soon.
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Can’t remember who it was but someone somewhere recommended Dragon Ruins as a simple / fun classic-style dungeon crawler and I finally tried it today and I love it haha. Strips away the barriers and complexity but keeps some of the simple hooks that made games like Wizardry so appealing. Diggin’ it
January 11, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Can’t remember who it was but someone somewhere recommended Dragon Ruins as a simple / fun classic-style dungeon crawler and I finally tried it today and I love it haha. Strips away the barriers and complexity but keeps some of the simple hooks that made games like Wizardry so appealing. Diggin’ it
Everyone should draw their characters doing the orobas pose. now.
January 10, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Everyone should draw their characters doing the orobas pose. now.
Tokyo Mono Hara Shi
Class of Heroes Final/3D
Elminage II and III
Like half the Wizardry games out there...
Japanese is a hard language to learn. And my favorite genre having so many games locked behind it doesn't help!
Class of Heroes Final/3D
Elminage II and III
Like half the Wizardry games out there...
Japanese is a hard language to learn. And my favorite genre having so many games locked behind it doesn't help!
January 10, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Tokyo Mono Hara Shi
Class of Heroes Final/3D
Elminage II and III
Like half the Wizardry games out there...
Japanese is a hard language to learn. And my favorite genre having so many games locked behind it doesn't help!
Class of Heroes Final/3D
Elminage II and III
Like half the Wizardry games out there...
Japanese is a hard language to learn. And my favorite genre having so many games locked behind it doesn't help!
Lots of moments in Etrian Odyssey 1 that still make it my favorite game of all time.
But in particular the way FOEs are used more as a "horror" element to the dungeons unlike later games.
For example: You enter a room with a treasure chest, and suddenly there's one behind you, blocking the exit.
But in particular the way FOEs are used more as a "horror" element to the dungeons unlike later games.
For example: You enter a room with a treasure chest, and suddenly there's one behind you, blocking the exit.
tell me about a time you were awed by a set piece in a video game. not a story beat, not an emotional moment or a cool mechanic, but something just There, in the world, that made your jaw drop or sent a chill up your spine
January 10, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Lots of moments in Etrian Odyssey 1 that still make it my favorite game of all time.
But in particular the way FOEs are used more as a "horror" element to the dungeons unlike later games.
For example: You enter a room with a treasure chest, and suddenly there's one behind you, blocking the exit.
But in particular the way FOEs are used more as a "horror" element to the dungeons unlike later games.
For example: You enter a room with a treasure chest, and suddenly there's one behind you, blocking the exit.
I feel like I should ditch the Visustella Frontview UI for Nian-Xi Prelude. There's an annoying bug in it that i doubt will get fixed.
The problem is that it's already part of many screenshots, and because so many events use the plugin command to hide/show it, I'm afraid it'll break the game.
The problem is that it's already part of many screenshots, and because so many events use the plugin command to hide/show it, I'm afraid it'll break the game.
January 9, 2026 at 5:49 PM
I feel like I should ditch the Visustella Frontview UI for Nian-Xi Prelude. There's an annoying bug in it that i doubt will get fixed.
The problem is that it's already part of many screenshots, and because so many events use the plugin command to hide/show it, I'm afraid it'll break the game.
The problem is that it's already part of many screenshots, and because so many events use the plugin command to hide/show it, I'm afraid it'll break the game.
Me: I drew over 50 enemy designs in my first game so I could reuse them later on when necessary and save on time
Also me: what if i turned every single one of them into sprites--
Also me: what if i turned every single one of them into sprites--
January 8, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Me: I drew over 50 enemy designs in my first game so I could reuse them later on when necessary and save on time
Also me: what if i turned every single one of them into sprites--
Also me: what if i turned every single one of them into sprites--
