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RPG Maker MZ - v1.1.0 Update

Hello RPG Makers! Thank you for using RPG Maker MZ, as always, we appreciate your support! We hope you are enjoying it so far. The latest update for RPG Maker MZ, Version 1.1.0, is now live with new features, changes and bug fixes!

RPGMakerWeb

October 28, 2020

Eventing a Push/Pull System

The in-engine tutorial gives us a brief guide to making pushable events with moving rocks, but sometimes we want our players to have more options when dealing with a puzzle. So why don’t we create a system that lets players grab those events to push and pull them out of the way?

hiddenone

October 27, 2020

Resource Spotlight: ScaRestaff

With Halloween coming closer, it’s time to raise something from long ago to haunt your game! Let’s take a look at the ScaRestaff!

Avery

October 25, 2020

New Releases: RPG Character Pack 3, Japanese Anime Voices: Male Character Series Vol.9

It's Releaseday! (We've officially changed the name from Thursday, please adjust all your calendars with a permanent marker) And that means new RPG Maker assets! This week, we're serving up some amazing heroines and a new Japanese anime male voice, let's get started!

RPGMakerWeb

October 22, 2020

Making Secret Doors!

Pssst! I heard, secret doors might be a nice element, that might enhance your game and be a good fuel for puzzles! The big disadvantage of that element is that it might be difficult to find the right charset just for the situation you have in your game, but no worries! Today we go step by step through several options you might want to have and show them how to create them with any tile you might want to have to do that movement.

Avery

October 20, 2020

Resource Spotlight: Eric Maytas

We’ve looked at some incredible graphic resources and awesome plugins in our Resource Spotlights, but this week we’re taking on another important part of games: sound effects and music! So without further ado, let’s listen in to some of Eric Matyas’s music.

hiddenone

October 18, 2020

New Releases: Eberouge Event Picture Pack 1, Mystery Music Library Vol.2

We’ve got two interesting packs this week, an image pack that harkens back to the early days of dating sim games and a music pack that’s easy to listen to for hours on end, so let’s not waste any more time and get to them!

RPGMakerWeb

October 15, 2020

Using Plugins in MZ

In some of our recent Resource Spotlights, we’ve looked at some of the amazing plugins creators have shared with all of us to use to improve our games. It’s great to know about all these options, but let’s take a closer look at plugins for those new users who aren't familiar with how to use them.

Hiddenone

October 13, 2020

Resource Spotlight: Guardinthena

Food icons, creatures, dwarf face generators pieces, and... flesh dungeons? Guardinthena has a little bit of everything, so let's take a look!

Avery

October 10, 2020

October 11, 2020

New Releases: Overworld Battlebacks, JRPG and Fantasy Music Vol 1

Can we get Thursday officially changed to Releaseday? Doesn't it just roll of the tongue? Anyway this Thursday we have two new packs to enhance your JRPG Style Games! Battlebacks for your world maps, music for all situations, dive in below!

RPGMakerWeb

October 8, 2020

Improving Key Items with Common Events

Key Items are a major part of many games, from keys that unlock dungeon doors to crystals that you need to find and return to a magical kingdom. But sometimes we want our items to be more than just a two-line description in the item menu. That’s where common events come into play, giving us the freedom to make our items as detailed as we want.

hiddenone

October 6, 2020

Resource Spotlight: Fomar0153

For everyone who loves adding more depth to your battles, this is the highlight for you. Fomar0153 has been making MZ plugins that give us all sorts of new battle options, from adding global battle events to giving party members new ways to learn skills to even throwing extra weapons at the enemy!

hiddenone

October 4, 2020

New Releases - Another World Heroine Generator, Emotional: Redemption

Release day is here again, and today we are entering... Another World! One of Emotion, and maybe, Redemption. But enough of me trying to jam the words from the titles of our packs today into the intro, let's look at our new packs!

RPGMakerWeb

September 30, 2020

October 1, 2020

Animating Tiles: Opening Animations

When it comes to adding some extra “life” to your game, small animations for interactable objects are usually a good thing to go for. Today we will cover three base techniques of how to open things, and many of them can be used on other object types as well.

Avery

September 28, 2020

September 29, 2020

Resource Spotlight: casper667

This week we’re taking a look at another prolific plugin maker, Casper Gaming! Casper Gaming’s MZ plugins cover a lot of different facets of development, from giving us a way to easily put our developer info onto the title screen with his CGMZ Game Info plugin to adding in brand new scenes like his CGMZ Encyclopedia and Bestiary! Casper Gaming has a bunch of plugins ready for us to use, so let’s take a closer look at some of them.

hiddenone

September 17, 2020

September 27, 2020

New Releases - Time Fantasy: Steampunk, Crystal Cavern Asset Pack

You may have thought it was Thursday, but it is really Tilesday! Two new tilesets (with more included) have arrived - Time Fantasy: Steampunk, and the Crystal Cavern Asset Pack! Let's take a look at both!

RPGMakerWeb

September 17, 2020

September 24, 2020

Basic Anatomy of a Cutscene

Cutscenes are a vital part of most games, drawing the players into the game’s story and giving them a break from the action of battles. But sometimes it’s difficult for new developers to get the ideas from their heads into the game itself, so let’s take a look at a few things to keep in mind while eventing cutscenes.

hiddenone

September 16, 2020

September 22, 2020

Resource Spotlight: Dark Fantasy Tall Sprites

Now that RPG Maker MZ is out there, there are probably people out there that might have wished for a different style for the character sets. Don’t get me wrong, the chibis are cute and enable people to have a good workflow when creating them, but especially for games with more serious undertones, people could want something with different proportions. Today we have two artists to be featured and some additional honorable mentions!

Avery

September 14, 2020

September 20, 2020

New Releases - Aethereal Planes Battlebacks, Animations Select - Water

This week we’re focusing on fights! Give your battles an out of this world backdrop with Aethereal Planes Battlebacks and sweep your enemies away with new water-based animations thanks to Animations Select - Water!

RPGMakerWeb

September 15, 2020

September 17, 2020

Charsets: Structure and Avoiding Traps!

Today we are going to have a closer look at characters – or charsets, sprites or character sets, as some people call them. There are some common misconceptions about how they work and some traps people run into, so we will use this chance to make sure they don‘t happen to you anymore!

Avery

September 14, 2020

September 15, 2020

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