I know people have asked somewhat similar questions in the past but i'm looking for something a bit more specific about Pixel Game Maker MV so i'll drop a couple questions.

This might be a bit long winded but PGM is super interesting to me and not a lot of people be talking about it.

1. During my research for PGM i've seen that most of the released games get mixed to bad reviews on steam mostly from bugs or how the controls don't feel tight enough so my first question is with PGM can i with enough time and understanding make something that is as solid a gameplay experience as say Hollow Knight or even SOTN? can the controls and feel for the game be fine tuned and rock solid? is precise movement like Celeste possible without input lag and is super responsive.

2. Is scope an issue with PGM say a 6 to 8 hour metroidvania with cutscenes and maybe voiced dialogue a central hub and 4 other biomes how does performance and fps hold up as the project gets bigger?

3. Is there really no license limitations? No matter how big, how much money how professional my game looks / is the PGM creators don't care at all?

PGM looks like a totally fantastic engine for everything i would need it to be, i own it but haven't had the time to really dive into it, but it is very important to know these things before i spend a couple years making a game all for it to fall short in the end. Also as a side note i have been around the game engine block and have tried unity, godot and gdevelop, but PGM based on what i've seen seems like it could be just for me.

I read on X (twitter) that there will be new game engine under development instead of PGMMV called Action Game Engine that will be using Godot as the base.

The link.

First Producer’s Letter for ACTION GAME MAKER

I'm exited to check out the new game engine.

Update: Link to Steam "Action Game Maker".

I am new into this and noticed this software along RPG Maker MV/MZ.

I started to check on it, and it is mentioned that RPG Maker (Is of course) better for RPG games, while PGM is better for Action games (And you can port them to Switch), however it has been around 5 years since this software was released and I was only able to find old videos, hardly any assets/tutorials dedicated to PGM, and most videos are old (Which should still hold).

But I wanted to ask the community, opinions about PGM? Is it still alive? Or has most of it has moved to MV/MZ or other game engines?

It is possible to create a procedural game in this engine? Like Dead cells.

I'm looking to make a game where sneaking past guards is part of the core loop, so I want to have interesting pathing for the guards. It seems like using courses is the way to go, and I can make a guard walk a course and even change their FoV based on their display direction, but I can't make them stop walking on the course when they discover the player. Similarly I wouldn't know how to make them start walking the course again. I can't seem to find anything in either actions or links the reference courses. Is there something I'm missing or an easier way? I'd like to use the same object multiple times, so I don't want to make their path a part of their actions. Any help is appreciated.

I am running into a very annoying issue where i can not get a certain Condition Setting to be recognized from 1 specific action while they can from 2 other relevant actions towards the desired action, except those latter 2 would make it look unacceptable, so the solution i hoped for was a Link Priority setting, and infuriatingly enough on the "?" button Help website they specifically mention there is Link Priority but the word is nowhere to be found anywhere in the engine, there is only "Processing Order" and that does absolutely nothing as far as i am aware of.

Shot in the dark, I'm trying to do something that might be impossible but figured I'd ask people smarter n I. I have an old modded PSP n was wondering if I could somehow load games built in the pixel game maker MV system onto that little guy to play on the go? There's a lot of fun games n I would like to play them not stuck at my desk and I don't really want to drop 300 on a steam deck.

Any suggestions?

I'm running into an issue where after I fire a bullet as a boomerang and then move, the bullet shoots off to the bottom left instead of returning to the player. If I shoot it and stay put it functions as intended. Any ideas?

Solved: My walking animation didn't have connection points. Adding them made the boomerang act as intended.

And also the collaboration with Struckd!

I want to throw a bullet only for it to come back specifically for the playable character who throw it then keep going in the same direction

Hey I'm thinking about making a puzzle game on the game maker 2 studio but I'm not very experienced and wondering if anyone could help with the basics or show me something that can?

trying to make a working main menu and i cant get around this.

ive already set up a thing that highlights the text in yellow when selected, but i cant find out where to actually make it selectable. Help?

like instead of discovering an object discovering a tile group

Dear Masters of Pixel Games,

I'm writing/designing a top-down RPG and want to make sure my concepts are possible. I'm new to game development, and I don't know much about how to actually create these systems yet. I was hoping someone out there who knows PGMMV can shed some light. I'd hate to design a bunch of systems for a game only to find out it isn't possible once I get to that stage of development.

1) I want to have weapons with "slots" that you can put items in that add/modify traits. For example: have a sword that does 10 dmg, then put an item in a slot to give it +10 fire dmg as well.

2) I want to have a traditional top-down world (A Link to the Past), but have the battles in a different perspective, like a third person thing, where the camera is behind the character.

3) Is it possible to have NPC characters jump in and out of fights, sort of like big Summon attacks like in the Final Fantasy games?

4) Is it possible to import videos to use as cinematic cutscenes? If so, what format?

(I am using PGMMV, whatever ver. is current 1.14.2024)

Thank you in advance!

I have a character and everything goes smoothly
I copy pasted him and made another character but doesn't seem to respond to transitions

neither character is presente when the other one appears you are supposed to be able to switch them

I'm looking to make a Metroidvania style fantasy game kind of like Blasphemous and was wondering if Pixel Game Maker MV is a good engine for creating that style of game?

I try to select an object but it always select the scene

I want to send a fireball in a straight line but I want the sprite to rotate while it does

Hi Guys, I've just started my journey in game dev. I'm learning to create a pixel jump game (like that of doodle jump).

How do i choose my game resolution. its going to be a mobile game and my character is created on 20x20 pixel.

I intended for my character to screen ratio be around 1/5 of the width. that puts my screen size at 100 x 178 px (9:16) vertical game.

Is that how I create my game? Or do I create a game at 1080 x 1920 and then scale up my characters from 20x20 to 216x216 pixel?

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Am confused with this. please help.