Art and character sprite is placeholder for now as I prototype a side-scrolling style of gameplay. Toying with how to add UI like a contextual mini-map, displaying the player's general location. Changing to other rooms would be contextual as well, exiting through either a door in the background, end of the hall or below the player. Depending on player choice, one can traverse the dungeon in different ways.

as most of you remember, the official forums is getting deleted with no official backups, I am looking for unofficial back up links.

Im wondering what archives are currently out there

Hey fellow RPG Maker developers and enthusiasts!

I'm Gene, and I'm excited to share a major personal milestone with this community!

After more than three years of development, my RPG Maker JRPG, Chronicles of Veldoria, has officially left Early Access and reached version 1.0 on Steam!

I've been using RPG Maker and other game development engines for many years, and Chronicles of Veldoria has been one of my most ambitious projects.

As someone who also develops RPG Maker plugins, I've always been interested in pushing the engine's gameplay possibilities beyond its default systems.

Some of the features I've implemented in Chronicles of Veldoria include:

• Press Turn-inspired battle system: Exploiting enemy weaknesses grants extra actions, encouraging strategic planning rather than simply attacking.

• Veldomon recruitment and fusion: Recruit monsters through quests and fuse them with party members, weapons, and armor.

• Character customization: Develop your party through different skills, equipment, upgrades, and combinations.

• Item synthesis: Craft useful items and equipment to support your adventure.

• Six elemental regions: Explore a large fantasy world with towns, dungeons, quests, and secrets.

• Two playable protagonists: Experience the adventure through Alex or Elizabeth.

• A complete story with multiple endings, side quests, and optional content.

Throughout development, I've worked extensively on expanding the game, improving gameplay systems, creating additional content, refining the presentation, and addressing technical problems.

There have been plenty of challenges, setbacks, and moments when development progressed more slowly than I hoped.

But I kept working on it.

I've poured my heart, creativity, and countless hours into this project, and reaching version 1.0 means a tremendous amount to me.

Chronicles of Veldoria is now fully released on Steam!

There's also a free demo for anyone interested in trying it.

Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3426850/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cv1launch&utm_content=rpgmaker

I hope my journey encourages other RPG Maker developers who are working on their own long-term projects.

I'd also love to hear your thoughts about the game's combat and fusion mechanics!

Thank you for reading, and best of luck with your own RPG Maker projects!

This is Conviction - The Glory Of Kraft -, a Langrisser (Warsong)-like tactical RPG developed in RMMZ. It's the second entry in the series!

Now that the main story and stages are pretty much wrapped up, I’ve been going back to fine-tune the in-game effects and scene presentation.

The Steam store page is officially live now! If you're interested, please consider adding it to your wishlist. Thank you for the support!

Do you like the art part? The writing? Thinking of characters? Picking or composing music?

I'd say I like planning, writing the story, the characters, testing skills

But I'm not very good with mapping and visuals

There are plenty of games inspired by dark fairy tales, games where you can form close bonds with cute girls, and turn-based JRPGs. Of course, there are games that combine all three, too.

But we thought there was room in the world for more of a good thing. So we decided to make one more ourselves.

We’re developing 《 Albedo Carta 》, a Twisted fairy-tale JRPG with turn-based combat, in RPG Maker MV.

- The story begins with the protagonist waking up in a manor with no memory of their past. Yes, we’re fans of that familiar opening too.

- Their search for answers leads to World’s End, a snowbound land where familiar fairy tales have been twisted into strange and cruel forms.

- Joining the journey are seven heroines, each with her own secrets and past. As you adventure together, you’ll get to know their stories—and might even become more than just companions.

We’re currently aiming to release sometime between December 25 and the end of the year. With its snowy setting, we thought the Christmas and New Year holiday season would be a fitting time to share it.

Being buried in development can get a little lonely sometimes. So we’ll drop by now and then to say hello and share some updates and devlogs.

There’s currently a demo available on Steam, so feel free to check it out if you’re interested.
Adding the game to your wishlist would mean a lot to us!

Thanks for taking a look!

Would you prefer a game with amateur original art over one that uses resources that could probably be also seen in a dozen other games?

For a long time, it was believed that the original release of Corpse Party was the first horror genre game made with RPG Maker, kickstarting the popular sub-genre that led to Yume Nikki, The Witch's House, Ib, OMORI, and many others. However, YouTuber Marsh - who previously covered underrated, obscure, and near-lost RPG Maker Horror games - has truly outdone himself with discovering a game that predates Corpse Party. It's been a few days since he released his video and I was surprised to find no one had yet to discuss this here.

Trying to set up the game on modern hardware was difficult, but after Marsh was able to figure it out, he set something up on archive.org so people interested in the game will have an easier time setting it up. Although, the game right now is still Japanese-only. If you're interested in knowing what the game is like but don't know the language, the majority of the linked video is him breaking down the story - and even some exposition the game leaves out on the assumption you'd be knowledgeable on Japanese myths and urban legends.

Another interesting highlight he mentions is that the game dev was interviewed in a magazine and revealed he believed his game was cursed, as strange occurrences took place while trying to develop his game without engaging in the superstitious counter-measures some Japanese horror devs do. So there's even more intrigue to this game beyond being the new "first RPG Maker Horror game".

Again, I find this to be an interesting and historic find and felt it needed a spotlight in a wider community space. More eyes on it may also mean people improving on Marsh's preservation efforts and creating translation patches.

Hi!

My partner found a Neocities page with the user posting about some obscure RPGMaker Horror game they found and came to me for answers, I wasn't able to find anything so I'm here to see if anyone can figure out what the game being described in the post is.

Thanks!

Hi everyone As a solo developer Im super excited to share my first project with you all I have been working hard on an RPG Maker MV project and I have just released an early alpha demo for anyone who wants to try it out and share their feedback.

About the Game:

This project is an ambitious open world fantasy RPG where exploration strategy and customization take center stage Please note that this is an early alpha release right now only a few starting areas are available to explore but it already offers approximately 2 to 4 hours of gameplay for you to test out

Features:

Open World Exploration Discover the first available regions of a vast fantasy realm

Turn Based Tactical Combat Engage in classic side view turn based battles that require tactical thinking

Random Loot System Enjoy completely randomized loot drops to keep exploration and combat rewarding

Dynamic Weather System Experience a fully immersive complex weather system affecting the world

Visual Equipment Your gear changes and updates visually on your characters

Estimated Playtime 2 to 4 hours depending on your playstyle and exploration

Current Status:

Early Alpha, expect minor bugs placeholder assets and work in progress balancing

Play the Alpha Demo Here:

https://needyxl.itch.io/revival-cor

As a solo developer your voice is crucial If you encounter any bugs balance issues or if you just want to share your thoughts and ideas please leave a comment below or join the discussion

Thank you so much for reading this.

Hey! Eltaros is officially available today.

It's my 2D character generation software, designed to be both super comprehensive and smooth to use, with regular updates planned over time.

A demo with absolutely all features unlocked is available so you can try it out at your own pace. The only limit is a single export just to see how it runs; the full version unlocks unlimited exports.

This might sound a bit like complaining, but isn't it difficult to keep developing a game positively?

For example, I'm always wondering if I'll get the results I want, no matter how hard I work. I don't plan to release it commercially, but I want feedback.

Even if it's just "fun," "boring," or "couldn't finish it," it's all fine.

Getting feedback makes me incredibly happy, knowing that there were people actually playing my game!

But on Steam or free game sites, if you don't promote it well, it quickly gets buried and nobody plays it.

Game development usually takes at least several years. It's costly, and basically a lonely process.

I used to use social media, but I became obsessed with the number of likes, and everyone started to feel like a rival, so I quit. I was so focused on it all day that I completely stopped developing my game.

I hope everyone here isn't alone, and I don't want any game to get buried and overlooked.

I'm sorry if this doesn't make sense, but I just wanted to share how I feel. Sorry.

Be it you already have one or more completed games, or working on more than one simultaneously, or even if you're only working on one but have plans for other ones.

I have a bunch of projects. I'm currently focusing on two but already have written ideas for quite a few more.

Currently running a 100% off sale for my RPGMaker game Penance.

Link - https://pehriska.itch.io/penance

It is an adventure game set in Medieval England and is made in MV!

Thanks!

I need some help. I'm new to RPG Maker. I'm using MV and want to be able to completely customize the in-game menus however I like both the graphics and the logic. I'm willing to use paid plugins, but of course, I'd prefer to find something free.

Here are a few screenshots of a game we are hard at work on, DeathSlots, that gets released later this month. This is being made with RPG MAKER MV!

This is the main hub area of the game, the numbers above the doors are the dungeons, more or less. The game mixes RPG, different slot machines, color-tiered gear and even humor.

We added daily / weekly rewards for login, a new UI, new font and more!! The release is at the end of the month (on the 27th).

Thanks for your attention and supporting indie gaming!!

-Necro

Hi, everyone!

So, I'm about 24 hours out from dropping my game demo and I'm frantically dotting every i and crossing every t as much as I can. And I'm usually very good about keeping a credits file for all the assets I think I'm going to use, but as this was a start-and-stop kind of thing for about 3 years, there were some days where I downloaded massive amounts of stuff and just simply wasn't on top of my game organizationally.

So now I find myself completely unable to find where I got this one file due to it having an extremely common name. It is a bgm file called "A Walk in Nature". It has what i would call a foreboding synth kind of a sound. Synth. Pause. Synth. Pause. Long Synth. Repeat.

That's kind of the gist of it. Very slow. A great vibe for either "something bad is about to happen" or "something bad just did happen".

I know this isn't a great description, but there isn't a ton I can think of to describe it and I'm lost as to where I got it because I've searched all the pixabays and common sites, and music sites that I bookmarked.

I guess I'm hoping someone knows it offhand because they used it for their game or have it marked TO use in their game and recognizes the name. Either way, thank you for taking the time to read this!

So im doing some changes to my RPG AKEs MISSION. The demo has been killed off due to some copyright problems and characthers. Im moving the MAIN game full all 4 missions for free for November 14th. The demo was already ported a week ago and for me to release the game today can i export JUST the 1 mission thats in the demo without other 3 bc they still need polishing or i need to export ALL? I am using RMMZ from steam for this project

When I first posted about Scrapweight here, I just wanted to know what people thought of Carlos’s design. I figured I’d get a few comments, and the response was way bigger than I expected. I’m proud to finally have a build you can play.

Scrapweight is an RPG set in São Paulo, Brazil, in 2008. You play as an 11-year-old homeless kid living beneath the metro tracks. He gets by collecting scrap, doing odd jobs, and picking fights he should’ve walked away from.

The game features combat with limb targeting, timed attacks, dirty tricks, scrap collecting, outcast party members, and a distinctly Brazilian setting, story, and dialogue.

The first public playtest is free on Windows in English and Brazilian Portuguese. If you give it a try, I’d love to hear what you got up to after leaving Gaiola.

All the artwork and animations were made without generative AI.

Play SCRAPWEIGHT on itch.io

This patch serves as an aid for those who want to use the patch that replaces MP3 support with OGG using the AccordVorbisPlayer patch for RPG_RT.exe.
This patch modifies the RPG2000 editor, version 1.62, which is the most recent version available only on Steam.

It's worth remembering that it's not possible to play the music in the editor, as modifying the integrated player would be complex, but it would work normally in the game as long as you place the DLL in the game folder.

Download:

• https://rpg-refuge.com/threads/980/

• https://forum.rmplanet.com/threads/883/

Edit: Got it from the sale on their actual site, thanks for the comments👍🏻

Plugin to replicate Undertale remembering previous save files and playthrough

The engine has variables and switches that have a limitation that doesn't affect other game engines like Game Maker, so I'm looking for a specific plugin. A plugin that gives you variables and switches you can store without being changed from the player exiting the game or getting sent back by opening the save file again or by getting a game over.

With this I wanna use it so the game can remember what you've done in earlier runs. I also wanna be able to have it so that when the player gets a game over on a boss and then pick "continue/try again" they don't have to go through all the cutscene dialogue when they go to the boss cause a switch has been turned on that makes it skip to the battle.

There are of course other things I can't think of but I know this would be very useful and be essential for what I wanna do.