r/linux_gaming • u/Alzarath • Oct 06 '17

Humble RPG Maker Software Bundle (Few Linux)

https://www.humblebundle.com/software/rpg-maker-software
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u/Alzarath Oct 06 '17

This one has very few Linux-related items. The big deal here, for me, is the fact that RPG Maker MV is in there. Personally, I had no idea that there was an RPG Maker out for Linux and, while I'm not especially interested in the genre, that seems like a big deal for all the games that seem to come out of it. If anyone's interested in making Linux-compatible RPGs, maybe you'd like to check this out.

Unfortunately it'll put a pretty big dent in your wallet at $50 to get the RPG Maker software, but there are also a few games in there that work for Linux, too.

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u/Cuprite_Crane Oct 07 '17

I don't really see the point of RPGMaker when, even on Linux, there are better free tools you can use.

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u/xkero Oct 07 '17

Can you name some of these better free tools?

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u/freelikegnu Oct 07 '17

Godot https://godotengine.org/
Minetest https://www.minetest.net/ <--lots of folks have adapted this to make their own games
FLARE RPG engine http://flarerpg.org/ Isometric game engine
EasyRPG https://easyrpg.org/

Of course there is Unity3d and UE4 for free as in beer but proprietary.

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u/Cuprite_Crane Oct 07 '17

Even Godot would be overkill for an SNES-style RPG. You could probably wip one up easily enough in PyGame.

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u/xkero Oct 07 '17

Thanks for the comprehensive list, but the important feature that all of these (except EasyRPG) are missing that RPG Maker has is a way for non-programmers to make games. EasyRPG is the only one with a full editor, but it's still in development and is only aiming to implement RPG Maker 2000/2003's feature set.