What if EoFF shut down?

[Shoeberto]

We're all ignoring the first RPGmaker game Psy made too. If someone has a copy of that I would appreciate not having to dig through storage and hooking the old computer up for a copy.

I was thinking about that one! I never actually finished it. I sort of feel like I need to make it a point to play through all of the EoFF RPGs now. I think Sick Irony is the only one I ever finished.

For posterity, I did upload my very old, very bad EoFF-based RPG Maker game for download just now:
https://expectnomore.net/misc/Endless_Idiocy.rar
I got it to run a few years back but can promise nothing. I made it when I was like 12. But it's absolutely Canon.

[Psychotic]

We're all ignoring the first RPGmaker game Psy made too. If someone has a copy of that I would appreciate not having to dig through storage and hooking the old computer up for a copy.

I've actually made three. I disavow BAoTW Forever as a cringy mess, the magnum opus of an edgy unfunny teenage boy. Even by standards of RPG Maker Game for a FF Forum cringe (which are cringy by default) it's terrible. Don't waste your time if you do still have a copy, it is bad and it should stay forgotten!

This is long so I'll spoiler tag it - if you're interested in my second gameThis was an abandoned project where you would play as a Cid's Knight. You could choose your name, join date (so if you were an oldbie or a newbie people might react differently) and even your avatar, represented by hundreds of sprites from generic Mage #4 to Cloud Strife, C3PO, Aladdin, and so on.

You'd start off by having to win the Eyes on's Next CK contest, making your way through a series of tasks before the final round which I had intended to be an open world Battle Royale/Hunger Games style event where you could recruit and betray allies, and you had to hunt for food and scavenge resources.

Once you won, there'd be a ceremony at the Ciddies, presented by Cid himself, before a bomb goes off, killing Cid. The sign above his head splits in two: CID DIES. Subtle. This was in the Four Admins era, and all four of us are utter lazy troutbags far too interested in our own stupid games. Del was a crooked boss extorting people, Shlup was a hedonist, I was just a stupid jackass who would randomly show up and change people's names and avatars for fun and so on. In the absence of any real leadership, you as a CK kind of take on the role of a cop/detective, and you have to solve the murder of Cid while doing jobs and quests for people.

The battle system was a tactical RPG like FF Tactics. I think it had job classes like snarker, troll, creative type and so on. I don't remember too much about it.

Its downfall was that it was entirely too ambitious. There were multiple ways to solve every quest and dialogue with NPCs. You'd also gain different types of reputation depending on what you did - if you always give snarky responses, you get known as a bit of a joker. While the cool kids might like you for that, a quieter member is not going to hire you to help with a sensitive quest. There were all sorts of scores tracked - if you were friendly or mean, intelligent or dumb, suave or uncharismatic, trustworthy or a charlatan, and so on.

It is now literally unplayable because RPG Maker XP is awful. And, yeah, far too ambitious. But I think a dozen people played my demo.

[Raistlin]

Found it. Look, it's me, double posting. Heck.

http://www.aiyon.com/keke/eyeonff.zip

Thank you! Now I have that and Death of a Fansite downloaded.

I never played through Sick Irony but from that walkthrough and everything I've seen of it, it's clear that Mike/BOU/gokukid put a lot of effort and care into making it.

Mike did do a great job, even if I'm a much better waiter/spinner than him.

[theundeadhero]

It stays as forgotten as Friggin Fantasy 7, sorry buddy.

[Big Ogre Umaro]

The version of Sick Irony DT posted requires you to install RPG Maker or RPG Maker RTP, and it's not super obvious how to get it to work. Here is the game in one zip file, fully playable on modern machines (every platform you can imagine is supported by EasyRPG), hosted on my GDrive: Eyes on FF: Sick Irony DOWNLOAD

Here is Marcus Huculak's walkthrough. I also included this in the zip file.

This game actually did take a lot of work. I spent all summer and most of Fall during my Sophomore/Junior year of high school making it, I'm pretty sure. Erik Ramza assisted with dungeon design. Many games did not have sprite rips that you could just find on google, so a lot of the sprites that look ripped from popular Squaresoft games were actually screenshotted by me from emulators, imported into Paint Shop Pro, and then cut and pasted into spritesheets compatible with RPG Maker. When it was finally done, I stayed up all night bug-squashing, and then the next morning stayed home from school to upload all FIFTY MEGABYTES of game files combined with the RPG Maker asset pack on my 56k modem. My mom was pissed when she found out why I didn't go to school, and why she couldn't use the phone all morning. The final sequence of the game where I write a love letter to the community on a black background was thrown together at the last minute because I really, REALLY didn't have an ending. But the sentiment was good and it still stands.

BoBo, this choice can't be easy for you. I'd hate to see the forum go, but I'm very glad to see that there are people who are invested in keeping this beacon shining in some form for years to come no matter what.

[Raistlin]

Thanks, Mike! And ahaha I never knew that story about uploading Sick Irony. Kids these days will never understand the struggles we faced with dial up internet.

It stays as forgotten as Friggin Fantasy 7, sorry buddy.

Pffft, Frig7 will never be forgotten. PIPE!

[Loony BoB]

"I'm Batman... wait, no, that's not right..."

or something to that effect. I probably still have Frig7 on my PC somewhere too. You guys know me, I keep everything as much as I can.

[Shoeberto]

This game actually did take a lot of work. I spent all summer and most of Fall during my Sophomore/Junior year of high school making it, I'm pretty sure. Erik Ramza assisted with dungeon design. Many games did not have sprite rips that you could just find on google, so a lot of the sprites that look ripped from popular Squaresoft games were actually screenshotted by me from emulators, imported into Paint Shop Pro, and then cut and pasted into spritesheets compatible with RPG Maker. When it was finally done, I stayed up all night bug-squashing, and then the next morning stayed home from school to upload all FIFTY MEGABYTES of game files combined with the RPG Maker asset pack on my 56k modem. My mom was pissed when she found out why I didn't go to school, and why she couldn't use the phone all morning. The final sequence of the game where I write a love letter to the community on a black background was thrown together at the last minute because I really, REALLY didn't have an ending. But the sentiment was good and it still stands.

This is amazing. Thank you for providing the commentary, what a nostalgia rush.

[Mr Gashtacular]

did anyone lets play death of a fansite?

i tried it for the first time and couldnt beat sephex and his jerk hole and idk if can justify skipping more work today to try beat that smurfer

[Levian]

Someone obviously needs to livestream Death of a fansite on twitch. I will be there all night eating one cheese doodle at a time.

EoFF, I don't really feel I have a say in anything happening these days, it's been so long since I did much else than lurking. I had a blast here during my high school and even college years, but I guess it's just a whole different time and life now. I don't have the same patience for text as I used to have, there's that as well. I'm still grateful for some amazing friendships I've had, but not been able to keep up with. I still consider them friends regardless of how much time has passed to be honest.

Anyway, not much help from me as per usual I'm afraid, do what feels right!

[Loony BoB]

I streamed it on Twitch. It was ages ago so the VODs are gone now, but yeah.

[Shoeberto]

I started playing Death of a Fansite last night and it's wonderful. Only made it up to Sephex because I didn't have a huge amount of time.

Question for Psy: Did you make that with RPG Maker MV? Any chance you could make an Android APK if so?

[Psychotic]

I started playing Death of a Fansite last night and it's wonderful. Only made it up to Sephex because I didn't have a huge amount of time.

Question for Psy: Did you make that with RPG Maker MV? Any chance you could make an Android APK if so?

Yes I did. I can have a look at that, though I remember some stupid deployment issues the first time around.

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Also, as this thread is diverging slightly and while everyone is still here, I just want to say it's been good to see you all again. It's brought back a lot of memories and though I'm terrible at expressing emotion here goes nothing.

Thanks for bringing fun, laughs, enlightenment and good times, and thank you for both tolerating my stupid dumb sense of humour and supporting my creative endeavours. I truly hope you've all found joy and purpose in wherever your lives have taken you. I can't think of anything more profound than these clichés so I'm sorry if this all seems a little superficial and generic, but please know I mean it and wish the best for you, regardless of if we've had a handful or hundreds of interactions over the years.

[Shoeberto]

I started playing Death of a Fansite last night and it's wonderful. Only made it up to Sephex because I didn't have a huge amount of time.

Question for Psy: Did you make that with RPG Maker MV? Any chance you could make an Android APK if so?

Yes I did. I can have a look at that, though I remember some stupid deployment issues the first time around.

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Also, as this thread is diverging slightly and while everyone is still here, I just want to say it's been good to see you all again. It's brought back a lot of memories and though I'm terrible at expressing emotion here goes nothing.

Thanks for bringing fun, laughs, enlightenment and good times, and thank you for both tolerating my stupid dumb sense of humour and supporting my creative endeavours. I truly hope you've all found joy and purpose in wherever your lives have taken you. I can't think of anything more profound than these clichés so I'm sorry if this all seems a little superficial and generic, but please know I mean it and wish the best for you, regardless of if we've had a handful or hundreds of interactions over the years.

[Mercen-X]

I don't recognize anyone here anymore, so it really doesn't matter to me.