SO ABOUT MYSTERY MAN ZERO...

Wow, it's been over a year since my last update. That isn't very good, is it?

Every so often, I'll get an email or message from someone asking me what's going on with Mystery Man Zero. I never saw myself using RPG Maker again, so it was really painful telling people that the game will probably never get finished. But sometime last week, it crossed my mind, and with RPG Maker 2003 finally having a legal version  released forever ago, I decided to give MMZ another go and actually finish it this time.

I bought the program a couple of days ago and spent most of my time with it re-importing my resources to the "new" project. One by one. If it sounds agonizing, let me tell you, it was.

I got all that done, so now all that's left is to copy the maps over from the old version to the new one. I thought I could copy one map and then all of the maps under that 'family' would be copied too, but noooooo, I have to copy each map individually. Fun, fun, fun.

But I shouldn't complain. Even after all these years, people still care about this game, so it really means a lot. My plan is to write out the plot by hand and then transfer it to the game. I've been pretty good with handwriting stories first, so I'm hoping this will motivate me to finally finish this. If the story is finished at least, I can chip away at the other stuff until everything is done.

I'm going to throw in so many secrets and optional content, as a way of thanking people for bugging me about this for so long.

Hang in there y'all. A full-game will be released in 2018 AT THE LATEST, so help me God.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I'm only about 23 days late with this.


I don't really have anything new to report, just wanted to write a new post, basically. I touched up Gatekeeper's blog page a teeny bit, uploaded a script for a 1 minute film I wrote last year which you can check out now! The film is currently being edited but is nearing completion. I'm trying not to rush the editors because, uh, no one's getting paid for this. lol I'm beyond glad I managed to find a really dedicated team who stayed with this to the end.

Some other Gary news. A while ago, I contemplated posting The Unseen's manuscript here, but I don't think I'm going to do that. Reason being, I'm still working on it. I use the feedback provided by my critique group to make adjustments. Right now, I submitted chapter 7 to be critiqued, so basically what you have is the first, like, 3rd of the manuscript polished/as polished as it can be for now while the rest of it, err, isn't. I'm also handwriting, what I hope to be, my second manuscript, Yours, a horror/fantasy/romance novel. I never wrote romance before, but it was in my spirit to write one, so I'm currently reading a ton of romance novels to figure out the common plot points that make a romance story ~work. I've learned quite a lot so far.

I MAY decide to rewrite Barbarians soon, really take my time with it, figure out what didn't work (a lot lol) and try my best to fix my mistakes. People seem to really enjoy the dialogue and the premise itself, and so I don't want to abandon it, even if I wrote it during a hard period in my life.

LAST THING. I have two flash fiction pieces that I may revise and post here, so be on the look out!

THE FUTURE OF SUNNYDALE...

...Is bright! I just got my data back from Best Buy, and everything is as I left it. So glad! Maybe MMZ will come out after all! heehee We'll see.

A NIGHTMARE IN SUNNYDALE MAY BE SAVED!!!

Best Buy called me this evening, saying that (most of) my files have been recovered. They mentioned that while the ANISC folder was saved, the files may be unreadable, so I'm hoping that's just because RPGM VX itself wasn't retrieved, for it would be BEYOND crappy if the folder was saved, but the files can't be accessed. But I must keep hope alive! I'll pick up my files tomorrow evening, so I'll post then about the FUTURE of 'Sunnydale.'

A NIGHTMARE IN SUNNYDALE IS STILL IN LIMBO

It would be my luck if Best Buy is able to retrieve everything on my hard-drive except 'Sunnydale' and MMZ. XD I just called them. They're still trying to save my files from my damaged hard-drive, but will call me when they have a significant update.

Well, you know what they say, hope for the best but expect the worst! I still have the beta version of Sunnydale on mediafire, so if need be, I can download it again and play through it a fourth (!!!) time and make all the changes I made again. Either way, the game WILL come out. I put way too much time in it.

As for MMZ, if that game isn't saved, it's probably gone forever. =(

A NIGHTMARE IN SUNNYDALE IS MY MOST EXPENSIVE GAME EVER

Not hard, when my other games cost all of $0 to produce. =P

Basically, 'Sunnydale' has endured two computer crashes, the first which almost took 'Sunnydale' (and everything else I've done ever) out with it, but the game was saved by Gillware Inc, for a truckload of $800. My, I guess, now old computer randomly crashed last Thursday. I mean, at least the other time this happened, my computer fell, but this time, my computer just stopped working randomly. That morning, it was working fine, but when I came home from work, it wouldn't let me sign in. The DELL screen was on loop. And then eventually the automatic repair screen was on loop. What a drag.

Hopefully, best buy is extracting the data from my hard drive as we speak. Luckily, I had my writings up to date, but my games, including Mystery Man Zero, hadn't been updated (on my flash) for well over a year. Last year was hard enough without the few actual good things to come out of it being rendered obsolete via a computer crash. >.<

Anywho, gillware's services and best buy's geek quad combined has cost me over $1,000. Or close to. I still have Sunnydale's script done, but I've made soooooooooooooo many changes to the actual game, even after I gave the game to testers, so if Best Buy calls me tomorrow or Wednesday and says they were unsuccessful in retrieving my data, I'll be really, really disappointed. Crushed. And then I'll demand a refund.

PS: Omg, the weather lately has been a-mazing. Does this mean Spring is finally here??? 'Bout time!

Minor Updates

The Me page was in dire need of an update/revision, so I sorted that all out. I also moved "Barbarians" to where I put all my other shitty screenplays are because it sucks. One of these days, I will write a good screenplay. ONE OF THESE DAYS! *holds up fists*

I resumed my search for editors for The Unseen and googled Ebm Services, suggested to me by a young lady I met at a writer's conference all the way in JUNE. O.O I also reached out to Harbor Light Writers in June as well, a writers' org of which I was apart before I moved to the big apple. 7/20 is their next meeting, and they will probably be the second (my friend Steve was the first; he's a really good editor, btw) pair of eyes to glimpse upon The Unseen's third draft. So I'm excited yet nervous all the same!

- G Holt

PS

Random, but my favorite song atm is Kelis' "Forever Be." It reminds me of me, which I know sounds vain, but it is what it is. =P

Btw, her Food album is really good! I think it's her best yet?

BLOG GETS A FACE LIFT

So, until last night, this blog was a total mess. There is still plenty of work to do, and eventually I am going to get around to revising the content, most of which I haven't looked at in over six years (eek), but I'm getting there! I've already been 6x more active in 2013 than I was in 2012 (hee hee), so progress is being made.

Before, the blog pages linked to a webs.com page, which I'm not even sure if people are still using, but anyway, last night I did away with my webs.com account for good (after having it since the days it was called freewebs.com). I moved all of the content on blogger. Best decision I made all night. God only knows what took me so long to make ~the move, but I did it.

Of course, I am open to suggestions, so definitely let me know what you guys want/don't want. I am here to serve YOOOOU! [/Soulja Boy]


- A Clyde

VANITY: EXTENDED DEMO (Coming Now!)

Hello all! Vanity's demo that I promised you like 20 months ago? Well, it is here now! Sorry for the procrastination. Life + other duties got in the way, you know how that goes. ;)

Anyway, enjoys! Any comments, questions, rants, death threats, etc, can be placed right here on this blog OR emailed to me at: Eikichi@juno.com

I look forward to hearing from you!

- A Clyde

PS: Stuff about the new demo:

- It's twice as long (the original demo wasn't that long, don't worry)
- You get to actually choose your pathways
- Balance issues fixed
- Plot-holes/dialogue addressed
- I changed the way some of the pictures were presented to give them a slightly more...'unified' look, if you will.
- There is a 'chart' Book that you can access from your menu screen that will explain the strengths and weaknesses of each element (since the game doesn't use traditional elements like "fire, water...etc".
- A new title screen

And of course, the mainstays:
- Colored arrows to direct you to your next destination (in addition to hints)
- When backtracking you can skip battles - meaning you don't have to flee from the same enemies over and over

Linky: http://www.mediafire.com/?vjsdpteddtcrd5c

I Lied

The full released version of Complete Chaos is still in the works, but it will not be coming out in mid-August like originally planned. HOWEVER, I only have three more dungeons to complete, and I expect to start working on one of them next week. Furthermore, the optional side quests are coming to an end. I have to finish the quest between the brothers and Fiona, as well as George's summon creatures side quests, but those shouldn't take too long.

Unfortunately, because of the game's size, the game and the guide book will be released separately.

In summary, expect this game to be released NO LATER THAN OCTOBER. If it isn't released by then, then I probably had killed myself.

[please don't take that last comment seriously]


- Adrian Clyde