Actually had some really useful information for newbies. I can't even tell you how many youtube channels there are out there for RPG maker guides in which the video creator has no idea what they're doing and just guiding people to ruin.
I just bought RPG Maker and I'm still new but one thing I can't figure out for the life of me is how to create a window or tabs. Such as a character tab, skills tab, items tab, stats and attributes, etc. There must be a way to do it.
I am a music composer looking to get into making simple games. Toby fox did the same thing, he used RPG maker. I want to learn this so I will sub to your page. Thanks for the help!
Great video! You made a good list of necesary things. One thing a lot of new devs do is getting stuck in one type of resource, sp plugins or art, and neglect everything else. I do have to wonder if you talk this fast irl, haha.
When in doubt you can also study the greats Lisa: The Painful Yume Nikki Hylics (first one) Space Funeral Middens Gingiva [OFF] Omori OneShot Charles barkley shut up and jam gaiden for the odd twists in the combat and percentage based items especially
It's also worth taking a bit of time to give a cursory glance over Copyright law in your country, and in Japan as that's where RPGM's license bases it's terms. In the US, for instance, if you want trademark and copyright protections, you have to submit your game and any unique assets to a scepific office to get those registrations and have the ability to use (R) (C) and (TM) in a lot of cases. Though Steam might do this for you, I'm not sure. A Publisher certainly will, though they'll often get most of the rights in the end. Publishers ***May*** be willing to hire a team for you if they like the demo you've given them, but that usually comes with additional strings and expectations, too. You can basically write off any chance of getting a Publisher if you're using the RTP unless you already know someone pretty high up at said publisher. You can also use RPGM purely as a pitch maker-That is, showing a publisher, dev team, or just potential fans what you're looking at making before using a more powerful (but more difficult to use) engine such as Game Maker, Godot, Unity or even Unreal 4/5 and spending hundreds or more likely thousands on custom assets (yes, bespoke assets cost that much). The suggestion of writing background information about the world and it's inhabitants is fantastic advice. ToastyTime said it best "If you can't think of what a character would have in their room, throw your game out and start over" Brutal, perhaps, but it sums it up well. The mention of birthdays makes me realize I've never seen a 'date' plugin for RPGM that I can recall. time-of-day, but not a calander. There are *mechanics* to be had in that. Also, do not ignore sound design-not just music but everything. walking on surfaces should make sounds. things that would make sound IRL should make sound, ect. Music is great when you need emotion, but you loop that enough and it's going to get dull.
This is a great comment, thank you! I may do a video about publishing at some point, where I'd definitely have to touch on copyright law and the other things you mentioned. :D Same with sound design, that stuff's really important and deserves its own video.
Yay someone who at least went to Devry for Game and Simulation development. You get a sub for me just for mentioning and showing the Game Design Document.
@@Cazwolf you welcome, i'm new at rpg maker world, i'm searched about rpg maker tutorial. And i find Your channel is the easiest tutorial and easy to follow about what step i should do in rpg maker MV. Many thanks to you... :D
I made a online room multiplayer game, while buggy still I am working on all issues. There is a slight hard mode when you start, but you will level faster and you can choose jobs that suit your play style!
do you have a google doc of some sort that you tend to use as a base for your character profiles and story plans? i think it would be really helpful to have such a thing on hand and to write story details on it, but i can't imagine getting started.
I don't personally use one at the moment, but I'd actually recommend taking a look at D&D character sheets as a good place to start. There are some really awesome and in-depth templates out there that can help you to map out character profiles, worlds, stories, etc. :D
Any advice on how to write branching dialogue/quest lines? I've always been a fan of make your own adventure sort of games, but the script is rapidly becoming a nightmare to deal with. -.-
Yeah those can get pretty tricky to keep a track of! Depends entirely on how your specific game is set up, but it's always a good shout to make good use of things like labels. Also Common Events are great if you have certain events that repeat in some circumstances, and saves having to copy/paste them more than once. :D
Question. If I want to make a commercial game using RPG Maker, is it bad / not recommended / frowned upon to use assets taken from the internet / marketplace? Do I HAVE to make original assets to be sellable? Or if I used assets, do I have to pay royalty of sorts? I also have a bunch of questions on publishing, but that may be off topic so I'm not sure if you can answer.
As long as you're using assets that you have permission to use and are following their terms of use, it's totally acceptable! Just make sure you've read their terms first. :D
@@Cazwolf I see. So it's okay if it's according to their terms. How about social impacts? Do potential consumers usually frown upon games that don't have their own assets?
The one I used was an old university GDD template that was since removed for some reason. Thankfully it's still here on Wayback Machine though! web.archive.org/web/20230206132527/www.cs.unc.edu/Courses/comp585-s15/DesignDocTemplate.pdf
Hello, i joined the forum and then it says "Your account is currently awaiting approval by an Administrator. You will receive an email when a decision has been taken." until now there has no decision has been taken, what shall i do?
is the RPG Maker MV engine able to make a game in the line of something like Blasphemous, or some simple side scrolling or top down game that isn't using the JRPG battle systems?
It's possible for sure, but it's not a feature built into the engine by default. You'll either need to event something or use plugins to make that work. :D
Hi Cazwolf! Just discovered your wonderful channel. :) Would like to ask, is it possible to create a dating sim in RPG Maker? Or at the least, a system where the characters' relationship bar increases the more time they fight together in battles, etc.? This feature would be essential to the game idea that I have, but I'm not sure whether it's doable in this engine. Thank you for your helpful videos!
Hey there! Yep, you can definitely add dating elements. :D You'll just need to use a variable for each character for their "love" progress, which can go up or down based on whatever actions you want.
Hey thanks for the question! Unfortunately I think I'll be sticking with MZ tutorials when Unite comes out. What I've seen of the engine so far doesn't look as friendly for beginner gamedevs, and I'd like to keep it as simple and accessible as possible. :D I may do some kind of video on Unite eventually, but it's unlikely I'll be making tutorials for it sadly.
Thanks, helpful info... But Wow that avatar is distracting jerking about randomly without lip sync, takes up too much of your screen and it doesn't serve a purpose :/
![Seungmin "그렇게, 천천히, 우리(As we are)" | [Stray Kids : SKZ-PLAYER]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/kAzmhLHePqU/mqdefault.jpg)
Actually had some really useful information for newbies. I can't even tell you how many youtube channels there are out there for RPG maker guides in which the video creator has no idea what they're doing and just guiding people to ruin.
I just bought RPG Maker and I'm still new but one thing I can't figure out for the life of me is how to create a window or tabs. Such as a character tab, skills tab, items tab, stats and attributes, etc. There must be a way to do it.
Soooooooooooo, how did you do it?
@@kavaop2121 lol i want to know too
does RPG Maker have not manual book?
Quick question: Is it a one-time-payment or a subscription?
@@handhelder823I'm late, but you pay once.
Great information and advice, thanks! Beginners need all the help we can get! :)
I am a music composer looking to get into making simple games. Toby fox did the same thing, he used RPG maker. I want to learn this so I will sub to your page. Thanks for the help!
@@lavenders-kintoby fox used to make rpg maker games actually
@@lavenders-kintoby fox made lots of mother fangames with GM.
Me too I just started with pixel art now soon I will buy rpg maker MV
he used game maker for undertale and deltarune but when he was younger he made small games that never got finshed or released
Great video! You made a good list of necesary things. One thing a lot of new devs do is getting stuck in one type of resource, sp plugins or art, and neglect everything else.
I do have to wonder if you talk this fast irl, haha.
Thank you so much! :D Haha, I do talk pretty fast irl but maybe not -this- fast.. I like to try and keep the videos as short and focused as possible.
When in doubt you can also study the greats
Lisa: The Painful
Yume Nikki
Hylics (first one)
Space Funeral
Middens
Gingiva
[OFF]
Omori
OneShot
Charles barkley shut up and jam gaiden for the odd twists in the combat and percentage based items especially
I'm about to try to learn how to make a game. I found this video. You will be my guide. Bless.
It's also worth taking a bit of time to give a cursory glance over Copyright law in your country, and in Japan as that's where RPGM's license bases it's terms. In the US, for instance, if you want trademark and copyright protections, you have to submit your game and any unique assets to a scepific office to get those registrations and have the ability to use (R) (C) and (TM) in a lot of cases. Though Steam might do this for you, I'm not sure.
A Publisher certainly will, though they'll often get most of the rights in the end. Publishers ***May*** be willing to hire a team for you if they like the demo you've given them, but that usually comes with additional strings and expectations, too. You can basically write off any chance of getting a Publisher if you're using the RTP unless you already know someone pretty high up at said publisher. You can also use RPGM purely as a pitch maker-That is, showing a publisher, dev team, or just potential fans what you're looking at making before using a more powerful (but more difficult to use) engine such as Game Maker, Godot, Unity or even Unreal 4/5 and spending hundreds or more likely thousands on custom assets (yes, bespoke assets cost that much).
The suggestion of writing background information about the world and it's inhabitants is fantastic advice. ToastyTime said it best "If you can't think of what a character would have in their room, throw your game out and start over" Brutal, perhaps, but it sums it up well. The mention of birthdays makes me realize I've never seen a 'date' plugin for RPGM that I can recall. time-of-day, but not a calander. There are *mechanics* to be had in that. Also, do not ignore sound design-not just music but everything. walking on surfaces should make sounds. things that would make sound IRL should make sound, ect. Music is great when you need emotion, but you loop that enough and it's going to get dull.
This is a great comment, thank you! I may do a video about publishing at some point, where I'd definitely have to touch on copyright law and the other things you mentioned. :D Same with sound design, that stuff's really important and deserves its own video.
@@Cazwolf I look forward to both if you do!
Yay someone who at least went to Devry for Game and Simulation development. You get a sub for me just for mentioning and showing the Game Design Document.
Thanks!
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for always release a nev vid and sharing knowledge 👍
Thanks so much for your comment! Making these videos is my pleasure. :D
@@Cazwolf you welcome, i'm new at rpg maker world, i'm searched about rpg maker tutorial. And i find Your channel is the easiest tutorial and easy to follow about what step i should do in rpg maker MV. Many thanks to you... :D
I love it, very helping and useful ❤️
I made a online room multiplayer game, while buggy still I am working on all issues. There is a slight hard mode when you start, but you will level faster and you can choose jobs that suit your play style!
do you have a google doc of some sort that you tend to use as a base for your character profiles and story plans? i think it would be really helpful to have such a thing on hand and to write story details on it, but i can't imagine getting started.
I don't personally use one at the moment, but I'd actually recommend taking a look at D&D character sheets as a good place to start. There are some really awesome and in-depth templates out there that can help you to map out character profiles, worlds, stories, etc. :D
@@Cazwolf oki doki, thank you very much! C:
Very thorough overveiw!
Thank you! :D
Any advice on how to write branching dialogue/quest lines?
I've always been a fan of make your own adventure sort of games, but the script is rapidly becoming a nightmare to deal with. -.-
Yeah those can get pretty tricky to keep a track of! Depends entirely on how your specific game is set up, but it's always a good shout to make good use of things like labels. Also Common Events are great if you have certain events that repeat in some circumstances, and saves having to copy/paste them more than once. :D
I love thr tiramisu moonlighter in the background
I'm gonna try to do something completely illogical with rpg maker...
Question. If I want to make a commercial game using RPG Maker, is it bad / not recommended / frowned upon to use assets taken from the internet / marketplace? Do I HAVE to make original assets to be sellable? Or if I used assets, do I have to pay royalty of sorts?
I also have a bunch of questions on publishing, but that may be off topic so I'm not sure if you can answer.
As long as you're using assets that you have permission to use and are following their terms of use, it's totally acceptable! Just make sure you've read their terms first. :D
@@Cazwolf I see. So it's okay if it's according to their terms.
How about social impacts? Do potential consumers usually frown upon games that don't have their own assets?
what are u guys using to make custom sprites? is asesprite still recommended/used?
Can anyone explain 0:05 how this happened
Care to share that Game design doc skeleton? I have a few friends who could really use something like that as a jumping off point.
The one I used was an old university GDD template that was since removed for some reason. Thankfully it's still here on Wayback Machine though!
web.archive.org/web/20230206132527/www.cs.unc.edu/Courses/comp585-s15/DesignDocTemplate.pdf
Hello, i joined the forum and then it says "Your account is currently awaiting approval by an Administrator. You will receive an email when a decision has been taken." until now there has no decision has been taken, what shall i do?
I think you might have to contact an administrator to see if they can sort that out for you. :D
you earn new subs good simple explanation 😄
is the RPG Maker MV engine able to make a game in the line of something like Blasphemous, or some simple side scrolling or top down game that isn't using the JRPG battle systems?
It's possible for sure, but it's not a feature built into the engine by default. You'll either need to event something or use plugins to make that work. :D
@@Cazwolf Thank you! While I know you work in RPG Maker, do you know of another similar engine that might do what I'm looking for?
@@aehink143 I don't know a whole lot about it at the moment, but maybe try looking into an engine called Pixel Game Maker MV. :)
@@Cazwolf thank you for your time!
How to play RPG Maker XP games on PC?
after watching more of her videos i like her voice ngl
Amazing video, thanks so much! Ps. Where can we download the Game Design Document Outline??
Thank you! You can find templates for game design docs online if you google for them. :D
I could use the assets from the website for and hopefully hire a team to create original assets.
Do you have a tutorial on how to make a (JP) school & a building like the on in Resident Evil the 1st movie (The Hive) in RPG Maker MZ?? Thanks
Can u send me the icon of that app🥺
Hi Cazwolf! Just discovered your wonderful channel. :) Would like to ask, is it possible to create a dating sim in RPG Maker? Or at the least, a system where the characters' relationship bar increases the more time they fight together in battles, etc.? This feature would be essential to the game idea that I have, but I'm not sure whether it's doable in this engine. Thank you for your helpful videos!
Hey there! Yep, you can definitely add dating elements. :D You'll just need to use a variable for each character for their "love" progress, which can go up or down based on whatever actions you want.
Keep it up
Hi do you will make some basic tutorial on rpg maker unite
Hey thanks for the question! Unfortunately I think I'll be sticking with MZ tutorials when Unite comes out. What I've seen of the engine so far doesn't look as friendly for beginner gamedevs, and I'd like to keep it as simple and accessible as possible. :D I may do some kind of video on Unite eventually, but it's unlikely I'll be making tutorials for it sadly.
Thanks, helpful info... But Wow that avatar is distracting jerking about randomly without lip sync, takes up too much of your screen and it doesn't serve a purpose :/
Thanks for the feedback! I'm actually looking into updating the avatar soon so I'll definitely make it smaller and less jerky. :D
your adorable