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Humble Weekly Bundle: RPG Maker VX Ace, copious DLC
This week's Humble Bundle gives you all the tools you need to make a 16-bit styled JRPG, offering up RPG Maker VX Ace and a boatload of associated DLC to assist budding RPG storytellers. Pay any amount (minimum $1) for the bundle and you'll get a Steam-redeemable copy of the game-creation toolkit RPG Maker VX Ace and a collection of four graphical and music resource packs. The pack also features six games made with RPG Maker, including Steam copies of Skyborn and Sweet Lily Dreams. Buyers who pay at least $6 will also receive the software alternative RPG Maker XP, more DLC, and six additional RPG Maker games, including To the Moon and Deadly Sin 2. The highest reward tier, which adds RPG Maker's Game Character Hub and Legionwood 2: Rise of the Eternal's Realm, can be unlocked with a minimum $12 purchase. [Video: Humble Bundle]
Fanmade Gone Home demake given the Fullbright blessing
The Fullbright Company's Gone Home has garnered plenty of fans since launching in August, but one fan in particular has parlayed his enjoyment of the game into an inspired development venture. Fan Seth Macy is in the process of developing a demake of the nostalgia trip, recreating the experience as a 16-bit RPG using the PC software RPG Maker XP. "I got the go-ahead to continue on with my @GoneHomeGame JRPG demake," Macy tweeted, indicating that even The Fullbright Company is anticipating the game's translation as much as we are. Gone Home tells the tale of a sister visiting her family after a semester studying abroad. Greeted by her family's unfamiliar new home, the young woman explores the quiet house and soon uncovers a deeply personal story surrounding her sister's whereabouts. The Joystiq review of Gone Home lauded Fullbright's debut, noting the game represented "a snapshot of a time and family gone by in your absence, but one that is expressed in a way that is practical, restrained and unique to the premise."
