Phew... saddle in (*RIMSHOT!*), folks, this one's gonna be a doozy.
So, a while back, me and a friend came up with this idea for a Final
Fantasy-styled My Little Pony RPG that would involve characters and
settings ASIDE from Equestria. But not in any way you've ever seen.
Ideas were tossed and turned, batted and cartwheeled, smashed and
incinerated left and right, but finally, it was decided. The story would
involve a young pony living on a remote island traveling to Equestria
with her partner in an attempt to stop a power crazed maniac from
destroying their home.
However, what's interesting to note is that not only is their island so
far out of Equestria's boundaries nopony outside of the island is aware
of it's existence, the island lacks many of the things that Equestria
has, including deserts, dragons, and even alicorns.
And yes, the islands current ruler is a unicorn, not an alicorn. On the
island, alicorns are believed to be only "Myth"; Make-believe beings
created for the sole purpose of foals bedtime stories.
So imagine this young travelers shock and surprise when she arrives in
Canterlot, and meets Princess Celestia for the first time. That's not
going to give her a sense of deja vu, now is it?
Anyway, your ultimate goal in this game is to find the villain and put a
stop to his evil plot, and sure, while you can just go straight to his
lair and do that, you'd be missing out on about 80% of the game by doing
so.
The real center stage attraction in this game is the sidequests, kind
of like Zelda: Majora's Mask, where you don't HAVE to do all the
optional side stuff, but doing so will not only net you a better ending,
but multiple means to boost your characters strength and powers that'll
give you the edge in battle.
Now, all of this is awesome to talk about, but there's just one
problem: I'm a one-man force with little to NO budget to develop this
game with! The best engine that I have to develop this game with is RPG
Maker VX Ace, which is all fine and dandy ( it beats 2003 by a long shot
), but I can't create sprites for all the games characters ( whether
they're from the show or not ), sprites for the background environments and tilesets, or compose a soundtrack
that fits with the style of the show. If I had those two things, I'd be
working on this game from dawn till' dusk right now.
So, here's what I need help with: I need someone to volunteer their
time to get me the character sprites, environment sprites, and
soundtrack that I need to make this thing a reality. I'm sorry to make a
request of this scale with next to no money to kick around, but it's
all I got to work with right now. I'm just glad I was able to catch a
Steam holiday sale and get a better engine to develop the game with then
RPG Maker 2003.
If anyone thinks they're good enough to do that, PLEASE let me know and I'll get back to you as soon as I can with what I need.
Thanks a lot, and see you again soon!