I love this game.

Hey, glad to hear it, Acid, Pat! Have you managed to finish it yet? :)

Styles, you should seriously consider drawing manga. With how much effort you put into this game I'm sure it would be about the same amount of effort.

Draw manga, eh? Sounds like a neat idea, except for my lack of artistic skills, alas. :) Ah... I am fond of RPG Maker 2000, because it's given me the chance I would never have had, to tell a tale like Love and War. But sometimes I find myself pretty frustrated with its limitations. For one thing, subtleties can sometimes just get lost in the mix. When Lavie nervously chats with Ryan at one point or another, how can I show her fiddling with her hair a little, or shuffling in her seat, or examining her shoes? I can't, really. You try to compensate with cues in the dialogue, and portraits, and that kind of thing, but ya can't catch them all. Maybe someday, if I become a multimillionaire, I can go and create Love and War, the manga series/animé series/professional RPG!

Hmm, LAW: The Manga sure would be cool... Even something much more minor, like releasing a number of small self-contained issues covering some of the more important moments in Act I would be awesome. Ah well. A guy can dream, can't he? :)

    I want this game to prove to the world that they don't have to worry about graphics, and inspire newer game creators to create better STORIES, and stop trying to have the best game play, because lets face it, if you want to focus on game play, you'd be better off just learning programming.
    This game has seriously been a cushion of hope to my anime, telling me that I CAN do it, and not to give up on my writing.

And if people just wanted a good story, they'd just read a damn book.

Mind you, I'm a big fan of this game because it does so many things right.

The great writing makes you not mind talking to NPCs all the time, the level layout of this game is good. The levels themselves, however could stand to be a bit prettier.

This game is not a one trick pony, it has plenty to offer that books dont. That mini game towards the end of the first act was especially good.

Looking forward to act 2.

They have a forum. You could check it out, right?

Well, uh... Hey everyone, look! It's Twinfoxtails! And he's doing stuff!!!

Seriously though folks, concrete progress has been made recently on Act II. With new additions to the LAW team, if all continues as it has, I am hopeful for a release sometime this year. :)

Could you at least give us a screenshot of the game?

Sure, although much of the mapping is currently being redone, likely making at least some of these screenshots obsolete. :)




Ryan asks about... marmalade?



A pricey clothes boutique.



A restaurant. Ryan probably can't afford anything in here.



Juno ponders his situation.

is there secret ending?

I might sound kind of picky by asking this, but could we see a revamped map just to compare it with one of those that you just recently posted. I also just noticed that Ryan is sporting new threads ​.

who found all endings?

Rulezz, er... What are you talking about? 

Examples of new mapping, ahoy!





The new clothes boutique.





The new restaurant. Ryan still can't afford anything in here.

I also just noticed that Ryan is sporting new threads ​.

I figure a summer adventure needs new threads.

Nice maps ​.

This really does have everything going for it. This could be the next 'The Way'

yeah, I really enjoyed act 1 but I wish styles would hurry up and finish act 2. I've been waiting ages.