Rorasuketo Dev Blog

Who remembers opening that crisp cardboard box - or, in many cases, that plastic clamshell from the used game store? And that instruction manual would tumble out (in the latter case: if you were lucky). I have especially fond memories of the FFIV instruction manual, which actually gave explicit directions on how to defeat one particular boss. No need for a Nintendo Power or strategy guide there, thank goodness.  "Why not give Rorasuketo a 1990s instruction manual?" I thought to myself. So I treated myself to a little side project.  I wanted to recreate that sitting-on-the-floor feeling, so we have a carpet backdrop. I debated throwing some (very tangled) black controller cables in the background, but we'll see. Rorasuketo is a weird game. My target audiences are: 1. People who love JRPGs, but probably don't know anything about roller derby. 2. People who love roller derby, but probably don't know anything abut JRPGs. There are some in-game tutorials, with addit...

  I like to sneak in some quiet little moments for the player. It took a little while to make some ocean sounds and a crackling bonfire, but I think it's worth it. Here's Las Estrellas at night. Totally optional, and nothing much to do. It just... exists. Playing video games as a kid in the '90s, there were not really any open worlds like there are now. Instead, I would go to one of those areas in Super Mario World where the setting was a starry night, and Bullet Bills be damned, Mario and Yoshi would stand majestically upon an outcropping. I'd put on the "Under The Stars" track from The Lion King and just let it play out. Yes, I am melodramatic as fuck. But I also know how to piece together a nice scene. At least, I'd like to think so!