A word of advice to Quote if he hasn't changed this yet, make a DEF instead of repeating yourself like 8 times with a ton of code, you can make just one then when you want it just call it.
if you dont know how it works then i can give you a tutorial i made explaining it.
otherwise its your code and its fine if you like it this way, not trying to intrude or whatever lol.
anyways..
@Jacob, uh actually it took me about a week (or however long you were gone lol)
anyways, before starting a game, thing of a few most important details needed to have, like lets say bg maps, or even items selection.
make a test program to test these things before you start gameplay, most times it will turn out very good, and be a good starting place.
also if you get tired with one thing, there