I know I promised vids last time, but as it turns out, I haven’t been able to focus purely on battles.  I didn’t really want to focus on maps until later, but I wanted to get the tutorial battles finished, and then I decided to get the scenarios implemented, and that meant working on Sapphire City.  Hoo boy.

At first, I wanted to just do a 1:1 conversion.  Having RPG Maker 2003 and VX Ace open at the same time, docked on opposite sides of the screen, was a major help.  I heart my monitor so much.

As you can see, I decided to rearrange the city yet again.  I think this time I ended up with something more organic than the old version.

I think most noticeable was how large I made the stage area.  I may have overdone it.

World map… well, there’s always room for improvement.

I feel like there are both upgrades and downgrades in the new world map.  The one change I’m happiest with was how the southern continent no longer has the shape of a chili pepper.