Help me be creative in a consistent way!

[Darwin]

Okay, so I've been working on rpgmaker for a couple of years now and I've never managed to spit out a finishedgame.  My problem seems to be that I can't tell what to work on in a consistent manner so that I progress into my game. So now I'd like to make a request for a step by step guide to making your game. I've got all the good ideas, I know what I wanna make, I know how to - But I need to know in what order to do it.

Thanks ahead
Darwin

PS. Please don't flame me, my mummy told me not to play with fire before I go to bed. ^^

[aboutasoandthis]

I feel like this is being directed at me for some reason. <_<

I can't really tell you how to make a game, but I can give you some good advice. If your making a game with a story, it's best to completely write down your storyline. Here's how I made mine.

Start with a consistency chart like in my tutorial. Decide how magic works in the world of your game, the cultures of the people in your game, and how death/life/religion works.

Next, make a timeline or an event list. The Final Fantasy compendium has great examples.
http://www.ffcompendium.com/h/ff6story.shtml

Next, make your characters. Try to only insert characters that fit in your game. Write down backstories and quotes for your characters. It's a good idea to look at some personality tests for ideas. Here's a good one.
http://www.trans4mind.com/personality/

Next, make a little "Frequently Asked Questions" sheet. This will be for plotholes and unexplained events. Some are appropriate, causing the player to think more about the game. Some aren't.
Here is a nice one for Final Fantasy 7.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/file/197341/16725

After all the writing is done, you should be able to follow it like a script. Start making your game with the first part of the story, then the next...eventually you'll be done.

(For those of you reading this, Chapter 2 is almost done. I'm just being lazy.)

[Vlad Shadeu]

aboutasoandthis this is kinda off topic but this still aided me, so i am just gonna say that aboutasoandthis , you ROCK! yeah! you are wicked awesome when it comes to storylines!  

Random Question:
why does the flower look like a mutated blue smiley? it looks nothing like a flower.

[Darwin]

To be honest this was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very much aboutasoandthis ^^

Could you eventually link me to your tutorial? I seem to have some trouble digging it up. And the link to the FF compendium is broken but I managed to find the real page anyway

[aboutasoandthis]

http://charas-project.net/forum/showthread.php?threadid=20892&forumid=29&catid=6

How did you get to the tutorial section though?