What is RPG Maker?
The '''RPG Maker''' is a [[video game]] [[software]] which can be used to develop role-playing video games easily even for people that are not experienced in [[game design]] and coding. Until 2003, the program has been created by the Japanese company [[ASCII]]. From then on [[Enterbrain]] continued the development. The RPG Maker has a [[Graphical User Interface]] (GUI) which makes operating very simple. The software contains many options to customize a game. Within every version is a [[Run Time Package]] (RTP), contains many different [[graphics]] and [[sound]]s, although self-created files can be imported into the program as long as they are in the correct format such as size and type of file. [The website is http://www.rpgmakerweb.com/] == Versions == === RPG Maker 2000 === * Released on April 2000 in [[Europe]] for [[Microsoft Windows]]. * The game [[resolution]] is 320x240 (Based on the idea that the games should look like [[Super Nintendo]] games). * Unofficially translated by Don Miguel. * Many unofficially [[patch]]es developed by the communities to make the software better. * Most used version in the [[Community]]. === RPG Maker 2003 === * Released in December 2003 in [[Japan]] for [[Microsoft Windows]]. * The use of third person-sideview battle system similar to [[Final Fantasy]] (Within fights characters and monsters are displayed from the side). * The maximum limit of displayed pictures at the same time has been set from 20 to 50. === RPG Maker XP === * Released on July 2004 in [[English language|English]] for [[Microsoft Windows]]. * First version which has been fully translated into English by the company itself. * [[Resolution]] of 1240x440. * Complex [[Programming]] has been realized with the language [[ruby_(programming_language)|Ruby]]. === RPG Maker VX === * Release Dates: Japan December 2007, Worldwide February 2008 * Simple Battle System * Supports [[Ruby]] === RPG Maker MV === * Released: October 2015 * Supports Android Export * Supports Java Script == Notable games == * ''[[Yume Ni