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RPG Maker [edit]
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| RPG Maker (RPGツクール) | |
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| Developer | ENTERBRAIN INC. |
| Release Date | December 17, 1992 |
| Forum | Forum |
| Discord | No Discord |
| Official Wiki | No Wiki |
| ENTERBRAIN INC. - RPG Maker | |
About
RPG Tsukūru or officially RPG Maker and unofficially RPG TKool, is a series of game engines released by Enterbrain Inc., which are catered towards home users and small studios. Some RPG Maker-based games are not RPGs, but those are an exception as they use complex scripting or even game engine modifications to workaround RPG Maker's inherent limitations.
Although RPG Maker itself is not a H game, it has been used to make a number of H games ranging from short single person developments to large scale ventures which have taken a small team several years to complete, and games made using this engine frequently show up in game shopping sites.
RPG Maker games require a full copy of RPG Maker that the game was developed in, which can be bought from http://www.rpgmakerweb.com/. Alternatively, if the game does not provide the necessary run time package (RTP) required to run the game, the free RTP can be downloaded here.
Other similar game engines exist to either replicate RPG Maker's functions or to play RPG Maker-based games on platforms that do not support it, such as: Wolf RPG Editor, EasyRPG, RPG Paper Maker, Open RPG Maker, MKXP-Z, and 001 Game Creator. Note that EasyRPG and MKXP-Z are RPG Maker interpreters (EasyRPG for 2000 and 2003; MKXP-Z for XP and VX/Ace), which do not provide any sort of game development features, they are just interpreters/players that run RPG Maker games on unsupported platforms.
Timeline
| Year | Version | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| February 1990 | RPG Maker Dante | MSX2 platform |
| February 1992 | RPG Maker Dante 2 | Same as above |
| 17 December 1992 | RPG Maker Dante 98 | PC-98 platform (hence the name) |
| July 1996 | RPG Maker Dante 98 II | Same as above |
| 28 March 1997 | RPG Maker 95 | The first RPG Maker on the Windows platform |
| 5 April 2000 | RPG Maker 2000 | The most popular and used RPG Maker so far |
| 18 December 2002 | RPG Maker 2003 | Largely an improvement of RM2k. RM2k games can be ported to RM2k3 (but not the other way around) |
| 22 June 2004 | RPG Maker XP | The first RPG Maker which can use Ruby, making it far more powerful than previous versions programming-wise |
| 27 December 2007 | RPG Maker VX | The game's default programming was overhauled to allow more freedom for scripting in new features A new editor and RTP were included |
| 15 December 2011 | RPG Maker VX Ace | An upgraded version of VX, addressed the tileset issue |
| 23 October 2015 | RPG Maker MV | MV includes a large number of changes over previous versions, with multiplatform support, side-view battles, and high-resolution features The first engine in the series to use JavaScript instead of Ruby |
| 20 August 2020 | RPG Maker MZ | A minor upgrade to the engine of MV |
Italic - Pre-Windows platforms
Bold - Most important/influencial versions
