haven't said much here about my big project, there's a lot to say but i'll try to sum it up quickly:

it's a massive 3D rpg world done entirely in Game Maker. right now i'm not using any external libraries but there's a possible i may have too, to improve the performance in some situations.

the game will be… hard to explain, the game is fully customizable. you can customize everything about the games interface, you can change your controls, your character, the camera's perspective, the games battle system (from turn-based to action), the color scheme and font of the menues, and so much more.

it'll be a traditional RPG. so it's not online. good old classic leveling system with some very unique traits that i won't reveal yet.

the most un-traditional part of the game is the massive world it'll take place in. basically… think of Majora's Mask but bigger. every character (even townspeople) will have a back story and a life in this world. they wake up in the mornings, go to work, return in the evenings and sleep during the night. you can interact with these people and everything else in the world. even the enemies have shelters!

this of course means there is a day-to-night system as well.

the game uses a very dynamic system for talking to people. when you talk to someone, a menu displays showing a list of questions relevant to the situation that you can ask them. they can give you many different answers depending on the person!

with a virtual world like this, now you know why i call it a big project.

here's a screenshot of the games graphics during noon:

i'm very very dedicated to this project as it's been in my head for years, basically like my "dream project". i've had sketches, plans, graphs, charts, stories and outlines for this game building up over the years. of course i don't plan on finish this any time soon at all lol xD

i've already been working on it for about a year now, i stop every now and then, than i start up again. with lots of other mini's projects in between. i've still made a LOT of progress, mostly with the core programming. the battle system (1/2) is complete, menues and speech system works, the day-to-night system is.. functional. right now i'm busy building the world, it gets very repetitive at times but it's also pretty fun. overall i'm still no where near finished though, there are so many main elements still missing such as characters sprites that i have to start working on eventually…

EDIT 1/23/11:

what do you think about this little light beam i put in?