Ever tried working on an RPG Maker game project before? [RANT + GA Inside]

Reserved, because that's what all the cool kids do :V

I tried using VX Ace. Kinda stopped after 15 minutes because I couldn't get into using the UI. It's a matter of getting used to how the program works before one's ideas can be realized. Still, some fun can be had from working on a project.

I booted up VX Ace, got intimidated, and shut it down. I haven't touched it since. :(

I haven't, but I'd like to. If you do restart the project, you should consider posting it to Greenlight ^^ You never know!

I bought VX Ace, but haven't had the chance to try it out yet ^^; It really does sound like fun though, I really need to find the time to give it a whirl. I absolutely adore RPG Maker games, so it'll be cool to see how they are made. Anyways , thanks for the GAs, have a bump~

Yes, multiple times. I have quite a few hours logged in the software on Steam. I even planned on doing a "SG game" until somebody beat me to it and I dumped the entire project. I'll have to agree with you - the combat system is complete shit. Like, fuck this. It's fine to do the storytelling, the map and character designing is okay, but the combat? It's simply terrible, to say the least.

I made a short game (and I DO mean short) with RPG Maker VX Ace (called Forsaken) and uploaded it to Workshop. I'm now in the process of making another.

But I don't like making RPG's with it. I'm trying to do different things with it. (:

I've never tried RPG Maker, I am learning to code in GML (Game Maker Studio) though, having a lot of fun with it!

This is a cool giveaway, thanks!

XD

Babababumpo

I couldn't get the character to go diagonally. I'm going to retry with game maker.

Is this just a "for fun" project you are doing or is it something you plan to sell? If you plan to sell, do you think it will sell.. well?

Never legitimately tried and put a lot of effort into making a full fledged game before, but I've messed around on it a bit. Fun times :P
If you do want to make a game, make sure it sells well!
Cheering you on! Good luck if you ever return to it!

i've tried a bit of it for fun... but to be honest i never paid much attention neither to the program itself nor games made with it... but now that i see sooooo many non generic and awesome games made on RPG maker (like LISA) i am tempted to start again

I made a few small games. I think it's great for what it is, very user-friendly for JRPGs. But just as you found, outside of that limited box it's a headache to do anything differently. I mostly use GameMaker now, it's much more flexible. I realize you can do a lot more with RPGMaker, but I think it's too many hoops to jump through for what is ultimately a limited system.

Bumpy :3

I prefer playing games overall xD
I have ideas and stuff, but programming games.. or with helper like RPGmaker.. Still so confusing for me

So.... Like fire emblem games?
High Speed = You can't even touch me xD
And something to counter high speed.. In fire emblem, it's called skill.. Like accuracy thingy
But it's probably something difficult for rpg maker, they simply don't have system like that

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My problem about making RPG game

1. Make a good story / concept.
2. Character & graphic design. I can't draw, and my pride doesn't allow me to use RPG maker default character sprites. XD
3. World design, items, skills, NPCs, etc.
4. Dialog & languages. My English is not that good. :(
   EDIT :
5. BGM & SFX. (I forgot about this one)

That's why I'm not that interested making RPG, moreover alone.
Maybe I'll try if I got RPG maker.

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I made one that I spent a cool three months in. I designed in a 5 party team with weapons that could level up and transform into stronger weapons with enough experience and the right materials. I had to make the game linear to make it a bit easier to incorporate story and the like, but in the end it was the balancing of the characters that ruined it. When I sent it to another person to give me feedback he let me know there was no balancing and characters felt like they did way too little health and that it was unnecessary to have so many people in the party (I originally had 4, but bumped it up to 6 which was the build I sent him. Then nerfed it all back down to 5, but then decided to make it just one character in the beginning, but that took another month trying to incorporate the characters in the story and the right level/weapon to have them use. After all that I dropped support on the project since between job hunting and odd jobs I did to make money I had no time to work on it again and when I did make time I found out I lost my progress of making the party just one character at first which. . . really killed my motivation to continue work on it. Though I do want to probably start one up with MV when it's bundled at least then it will have more scripts and maybe Yanfly will have his character creation script he created for his personal use, but for public.

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I wanted to try working on one before, didn't have a chance to though. ^^; Have a bump ~

I wanted to, and I did for about 15 minutes or so. I give up way too quickly with these sorts of things.

I've idled RPG Maker VX Ace for thousands of hours. :)

I have a game I want to make, but making stuff is time consuming and I don't have that much free time. I tend to come up with a lot of projects but never get far in them. Problem is my work is quite interesting these days, so I don't have the urge to do side programming projects at this moment. I actually sometimes think about work at home. Blech.

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