Thread 718297184

Anyone else making something in this?
Or playing something made with it?

Let's get the preliminaries out of the way
>buh-buh-buht why not use da unity/unreal/godot/gamemaker/yourmom engine
I don't know, just for the fun of it.

Alright now that that's done...
I've been cobbling a little yume nikki / LSD dream emulator-like walking sim in 2003 version (using the actual yume nikki project as base) and it's a lot of fun.
Sometimes it can be a bitch if you want to do something specific but I usually cut my losses and scrap the idea or go with something simpler instead of trying to figure out how to do it, which is kind of freeing in a way.

Have there been any cool new projects made recently that flew under the radar, anons? I haven't been keeping up....

why would you make or play an RPG maker game without any fight...

>>718297461
Hmm, I dunno.
Yume Nikki and The Witch's House and Ib and a lot of others are really popular RPG Maker games without any "fight" in them.
In fact, all the most popular games made with it don't.
So there's gotta be something to it, you know.

>>718297184 (OP)
How fucking old are you?

>>718297592
I'm 27.
Why?

>>718297184 (OP)
I've been playing the OFF switch/steam remake that came out yesterday.
Heard people said new music sucked but it's been really good so far, it's like having 2 cakes you can't go wrong with either one.

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>>718298663
Oh yeah I bought that on steam yesterday too.
Always wanted to play this one but never got to it, so looking forward to trying it soon!

>>718297184 (OP)
I dunno if the rpgmaker forums are still up, but I used to find a lot of surprisingly well-made horror games on there. I just love the aesthetic of someone's weird idea made in rpg maker.

>>718300849
Yeah they're still up and active.
Mhm horror games are like a staple of this engine.
Here, these are probably the ones you're thinking of https://vgperson.com/games/

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Here's your RPG Maker MZ game, bro.

https://files.catbox.moe/2kwn3s.mp4

>>718306148
Woah it can do 3d now?
That looks awesome!

>>718306278
not natively no, you need a bunch of mods and external plug-ins and shit

>>718297461
Takes too much effort to make it good.

For me, it’s RorunaK - The Girl In The Rift.

https://youtu.be/hcRwVpx1AIw?si=nBPsMDkDP8WV7Rn1

I still haven’t played Gingiva.

>>718306389
Ahh right.
I did mess around with the maniacs patch for 2003 for a bit, it's cool but seems like all the functionality it adds is a bit too much for me to understand.
So I'm just stuck to vanilla, just tinkering with the yume nikki base game and changing stuff in it.

>>718306506
Oh damn I remember seeing manly play this years ago.
Same dev who made Middens I think.

I always loved seeing these weird trippy projects on the old internet.

>>718306629
I got my copy of VX Ace recently and I’m thinking that if I’m going to use it to make something, it would be related to that ‘spiritual successor to Homestuck’ project I was planning.

I love making little projects with RPG Maker to amuse myself. The older, more limited ones (like 2003) are my favorites because messing with the eventing to twist up the engine is the fun part. But for me, it’s RPG Maker 2 and 3 on the PS2.

>>718307107
Never tried the consoles ones.
Are they different from their pc counterparts?

I kinda like the simplicity of 2003, same reason I like the older versions of gamemaker before studio 2 when they made it all modern looking.

Not sure what you mean by twist up the engine to mess with eventing though.
It's all pretty straightforward point and click from a list of options in 03.

Any good RPG Maker games that try to be an actual 30+ hour long JRPG?

>>718309676
There are a few on steam yeah.
They're all very small though, not that popular.

>>718297184 (OP)
Look Outside was the big new release recently.
The Coffin of Andy and Leyley was another one from not too long ago.
Both had kind of a flavor of the month spot in the limelight on this board with people spamming threads for a bit before both vanished and got forgotten.

>>718310962
As for under the radar stuff then there was Clinical Trial.
https://homieshouse.itch.io/clinical-trial
Don't think there were threads for it but if there were and I missed them they were few and far between.
But it's an excellent recent horror adjacent game.

>>718311025
>>718310962
Oh and Felvidek of course, forgot about that one.
This one is an actual RPG with combat like Look Outside.
Also known as Fear and Hungary, kek.
It's basically a slav drunkards during hussite war simulator with paranormal shit.

>>718310962
>>718311025
>>718311302
Damn, there are still so many big and different types of rpg maker games being released.
Cool stuff, thanks!

bumpo

>>718311025
this seems interesting, i'll give it a shot

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>>718297184 (OP)
How about making something with With?

>>718317718
With what?

>>718307107
Was trying to make something in the 3DS one but then I kinda stopped using my 3DS
That one was pretty nice

>>718317823
There's a 3DS rpg maker?
That sounds cool af.
I wonder if any cool games were released with it.

Can any RPG Maker do Etrian/Wizardry style dungeon crawlers?
Thought it might be cool to do a Backrooms-themed story in one of those, especially if I can randomize dungeon layouts except for specific static setpieces

>>718297184 (OP)
>playing something made with it?
I just started this but I dunno if it's made with rpgmaker, sure looks like it.

>>718318021
Yeah it's possible, there's one called Core Crossing.
I imagine you need to fuck with plugins for it though so maybe it's easier in another engine.
There's also a game called The Backworld which is a backrooms earthbound rpg, but I think it's made with game maker or unity.

>>718297184 (OP)
very soulful art

>>718315190
Good call, anon. Clinical Trial really nails that oppressive dream-logic atmosphere, and the art feels like it crawled out of a sketchbook scrawled on during a breakdown. It’s got that classic "unpolished on the surface but deeply intentional underneath" RPG Maker vibe that makes it feel personal in a weird way. Let us know what you think after a playthrough-curious if others picked up on the subtle storyline stuff with the pills.

is it worth learning rpg maker?

>>718320561
Sure, why not.
Worth is something you decide for yourself.

>>718318273
I just looked some stuff up and found the MV3D plugin but lol 25bux fuck that

I never finish anything in RPG Maker

>want to make rpg with just the default assets
>run out of ideas after making like an hour of gameplay

>want to make a lego rpg with a class system, crafting and use background images for that prerendered background feel
>got all my classes, equipment, and even manage to get a simple crafting script working, but find no way to do the background thing

>want to make a megaman x rpg with stop motion using my figures and using gundam figures as the antagonists
>find that i really can't set up the battle animations to be how i want them, got no idea what script i'd need and i can't even handle anything more than the most basic scripts

>want to make a somewhat open world yu-gi-oh rpg where you have a monster party made up of summoned cards obtained from shops or as drops, spells are consumables/equipment, traps are additional skills, monsters can be fused to make better ones, etc.
>have no idea how many party members you can have before the engine shits itself, and scrolling through 500+ monsters in your party or to select for selling would be aids, and once again i'd likely be too retarded to use whatever script could help
I hate RPG Maker man, hundreds of hours wasted with no pay-off. Only damn thing I ever finished was a crappy 2003 game based on a poorly balanced tabletop RPG I made in high school.

>>718321242
Hiring a code monkey to do a system like that for you in unity would cost you 100x that.
And asking an AI to do it would take a long time.

So if it just works and you want to make a game fast it's not a bad option.

>>718321374
That doesn't sound like an rpg maker problem man.
That sounds like a (you) problem.
Sorry.

>>718297184 (OP)
Polidog patrol was made in rpg maker and it really doesn’t show. They did quite a good job with it

>>718323517
>oh cool a game i haven't heard of-
>furry fyetish game
it's all so tiresome

>>718317718
With's all about group workflow. I'd like to use Unite (native 3D) but apparently it's total ass or something.

>>718324860
It’s a good game. You should give it a try

>>718317769
Who's on first?

>>718297184 (OP)
RPG maker is shit, the only thing notable that comes out of it is gooner games.
I played with it a bit back when I was 10 but if you are at all serious about games you should learn something else they are not that hard. The systems are too generic even by jrpg standards and the stock assets are a crutch that will spoil any game you make with them since everyone has seen them a billion times.

>>718326050
>the only thing notable that comes out of it is gooner games.

Ahem
>>718310962
>>718311025
>>718311302

>>718297461
I can think of reasons

bumpo

>>718309676
Hat World
Enchant Farm

>>718329662
i wanted to like hat world but it's mostly about the lesbians
not about the game
so if you don't care about that part it's incredibly dull and people clearly only care about it because of girls banging girls and nothing else

>working on piss fetish Godot game
>getting distracted by wanting to make another piss fetish RPG Maker game
Life's not fair, /v/ros

>>718307107
For me, it's RPG Maker 1. (Only because that's what I started with). 3 was really fun too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLGi9iyG75I

>>718331368
Why must you be this way?

>>718332049
It is my curse

>>718330523
It's not the first time I've heard that take, but I don't really get it either. There's only three hard confirmed yuri couples, there's next to nothing for PDAs from either, and while they're both utilized for plot purposes neither has more overall relevance than the fourth confirmed (straight) couple. Lots of general teasing/flirting from characters like Melissa too I guess.
It is technically a light yuri game, but I don't know how there's enough for yurifags to latch onto or non-yurifags to be put off by. I like it for the boss fights (especially route final bosses, most are quite unique), story, and silly character interactions and sidequests.

>>718332213
no it's not that i'm put off by it it's that the game hinges on it
so by extension it makes the experience more dull for me since the core of what the game is built around doesn't interest me
but i mean i dunno
it's hard to describe the experience if you enjoy that part, you just wouldn't get it i guess, it's like trying to explain to someone who likes the taste of durian why you don't like it

>>718332619
which of these games have you actually played, anon?
i'm gonna guess it's not many...

>>718332983
>2001+24
>Playing games

>>718318021
You can do whatever you want.

>>718333318
looks cool
is it yours?

>>718334029
Yeah.

>>718334689
Jealous of your Japanese language skills, anon

>>718332983
I've played 32 of these games.

>>718334689
Nice, didn't know you could change the aspect ratio/resolution in 2k3.
Or is it a plugin?
Any reason why you're making it in Japanese?

>>718335329
rank them

>>718297592
I'm 37

>>718326050
>"this tool is awful! The people who use it are no good, except for these people who use it well, therefore the tool itself is bad."

>>718298663
deltatroon

>>718336338
>"this tool is awful! The people who use it are no good, except for these people who use it well, therefore the tool itself is bad."
The way to use it well is to replace and overhaul as much as possible to the point you can't tell it is an rpg maker game, which eventually becomes easier to just do in a more general purpose engine.

>>718337242
Alright then, show me your general purpose engine you made from scratch.

>>718337242
The people making the impressive games probably made other games in RPG Maker, so familiarity with the system makes up for the amount of wrangling they'd have to do.

What's even the best RPG Maker to start with? I bought a bundle a while ago that included 2k3, XP, VX, VX Ace, and MV (with a ton of DLCs, however useful those are). Would MV be ok to start with, is there even much difference?

>>718340119
2k3+Maniacs is the current "cutting edge" of RPG Maker, despite being one of the older makers.

>>718340119
Yeah MV with plugins is the most useable one.
The rest are fine too but they're old so trying to get them to do the same things is much harder.

bumpe

>>718340204
nta, But I feel that Maniacs was a little overkill for what I wanted to do. Is it really worth using?

>>718340204
I did play around with one of the older makers, but I don't remember which. So maybe 2k3 would be more familiar to me, so I think I'll play around with both, and the Maniacs stuff seems worth having.

>>718342187
What plugins would I need to get started with it, if any?

>>718343469
Obviously I'm no expert, but it seems like the kind of thing that you might as well use just in case you did run up against the limitations that it tries to alleviate.

>>718343469
Look at it this way: you can grow into it if you decide you want to get more out of the engine, but it's still 2k3 at its core and therefore relatively simple to use by default.

I released a game this year.
https://berrisoft.itch.io/mars-the-cursed-quest
It's medium length and it's 90s anime inspired vaguely.
It has naked girls in it.

>>718345009
>>718345903
Both are good points. Ty anons

>>718347104
>nakes girls
Say no more