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Jonah Davidson

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Jonah Davidson talks about his time as part of the rpg2knet RPG Maker community. We talkabout the desire to push the limits of the tool's strange constraints, the rite of passageof dealing with terrible translations, and how a community can spend a lot of effort tryingto emulate the games it loves, only to slowly discover that the games that break out arethe ones that are nothing like them. Hangedman Design / @JonahD Usborne BASIC programming books gorillas.bas Construct RPG Maker RTP Don Miguel    (interview,     original site) rpg2knet Verge The Rare/Obscure RPG Maker Games Request Topic - a centralized list of downloads of RPG Maker community works A Blurred Line Legion Saga Power Trip (Video) Space Funeral Yume Nikki Off Dogs can't climb trees laughy's tetris    (Don Miguel's Tetris contest site,     rpg2knet review) Super Turbo Power Man Enter Password FPS Banana OHRRPGCE

Jonah Davidson talks about his time as part of the rpg2knet RPG Maker community. We talk about the desire to push the limits of the tool's strange constraints, the rite of passage of dealing with terrible translations, and how a community can spend a lot of effort trying to emulate the games it loves, only to slowly discover that the games that break out are the ones that are nothing like them.<ul> <li><a href="http://hangedmandesign.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hangedman Design</a> / <a href="https://www.twitter.com/JonahD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@JonahD</a></li> <li><a href="https://usborne.com/browse-books/features/computer-and-coding-books/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Usborne BASIC programming books</a></li> <li><a href="https://archive.org/details/GorillasQbasic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">gorillas.bas</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.scirra.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Construct</a></li> <li><a href="https://wiki.easyrpg.org/user/player/rtp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RPG Maker RTP</a></li> <li><a href="http://rpgmaker.wikia.com/wiki/Don_Miguel#Don_Miguel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Don Miguel</a> (<a href="https://vgrants.wordpress.com/2010/05/29/don-miguel-interview-december-2008/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">interview</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20020606232037if_/http://rm2k.phantomrpg.com:80/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">original site</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20020605114438/http://www.rpg2knet.com:80/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rpg2knet</a></li> <li><a href="http://verge-rpg.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Verge</a></li> <li><a href="https://rpgmaker.net/forums/topics/22883/?post=814175" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Rare/Obscure RPG Maker Games Request Topic</a> - a centralized list of downloads of RPG Maker community works</li> <li><a href="http://rpgmaker.wikia.com/wiki/A_Blurred_Line" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Blurred Line</a></li> <li><a href="https://crowbarska.itch.io/legion-saga" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Legion Saga</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040929162953/http://pt.gamingreality.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Power Trip</a> (<a href="https://youtu.be/QdQnPoCj5D8?t=5m4s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Video</a>)</li> <li><a href="http://harmonyzone.org/SpaceFuneral.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Space Funeral</a></li> <li><a href="http://yumenikki.wikia.com/wiki/Yume_Nikki" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yume Nikki</a></li> <li><a href="http://offgame.wikia.com/wiki/OFF_Wiki" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Off</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1982/01/19" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dogs can't climb trees</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050111124520/http://www.laughy.8m.com/Tetris.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">laughy's tetris</a> (<a href="http://rpgmaker2000.narod.ru/contests/tetris.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Don Miguel's Tetris contest site</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20020606123020/http://rpg2knet.com:80/games/games.php?game=14" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rpg2knet review</a>)</li> <li><a href="http://www.rpgmakerarchive.net/2016/10/reference-gaminggroundzero-games.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Super Turbo Power Man</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.angelfire.com/rpg2/mastersean2k/enterpassword.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Enter Password</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20051124022604/http://www.fpsbanana.com:80/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FPS Banana</a></li> <li><a href="http://rpg.hamsterrepublic.com/ohrrpgce/Main_Page" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OHRRPGCE</a></li></ul>

Episode 4 - Jonah Davidson