Video Game Fables Dev Hopes to Contribute to a Turn-Based RPG Resurgence
The creator of Video Game Fables, and Momiji Studios, solo developer Matt Sharp, has been enamored by role-playing games for the longest time. After the younger years of being an enthusiastic gamer, he found out that creating games was not at all an impossible task but indeed a very achievable one. Coming across RPG Maker was a pivotal point, and set him on a course to bring back role-playing games to their former glory.
Sharp was especially intrigued by turn-based RPGs where a gripping story meets strategic battles. Creating a fantastical world is exciting but what makes the game, and the turn-based battle system, in particular, tick are the formulas and calculations underneath it all. Some of his early inspirations came from platformers, after all those were the first games he ever played, but a true influence for creating games came from later on with RPGs. Everything culminated in establishing Momiji Studios, which was created for his first-ever RPG. Game Rant spoke to Matt Sharp of Momiji Studios about developing Video Game Fables and the fraught future of turn-based RPGs.
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The first game he ever created with RPG Maker was a classic turn-based RPG called Lucid Awakening. The game would not see a wide release and was mostly enjoyed inside the RPG Maker's supportive developer community, that was crucial for the indie developer struggling with his first game. With the sequel, Lucid Awakening 2, Sharp wanted to test the waters. The game became his first ever Steam title in 2015, and a significant milestone in his game development career. It determined that Momiji Studios would create more RPG games for the broader public.
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