Do you like/make RPG Maker games? Let's rap!

[daiko]

i'm a long-time rpg maker community member/developer, and i wanted to invite people to share their projects/talk about their favorite rpg maker games!

i think there's sort of this notion that there was a time for rpg maker, and that time has passed. that's probably sort of true, in comparison to how popular it seemed like, a decade ago. but i still use rpg maker 2003, and my closest friends are people i met in development groups, so i thought it'd be kind of neat to invite people who still use the engine to talk rpg maker development!!

(and if you don't make rpg maker games, that's also cool! tell me about your favorites!!)

here are some gifs of my games

[ThunderPerfectWitchcraft]

i think there's sort of this notion that there was a time for rpg maker, and that time has passed. that's probably sort of true, in comparison to how popular it seemed like, a decade ago. but i still use rpg maker 2003, and my closest friends are people i met in development groups, so i thought it'd be kind of neat to invite people who still use the engine to talk rpg maker development!!

Rather 20 years ago, I'd say. I was active in a german RPG maker community back then - we were one of the smaller ones, there were various. I also preferred 2003, even though XP was still around. But few of the projects I'm aware of ever went over the concept stage, and mine were no exception .

Many of the games made in the german communities were vampire-themed: There were mainly "Unterwegs in Düsterburg" ("Bound for Gloomrock") and "Vampires Dawn" and its sequel; I also remember a parody called "Vampires Deaf" (I think). I replayed "Unterwegs in Düsterburg" not too long ago - it is okay, given that it was developed by some teenager. But I'm honestly not aware of any great RPG maker games, even though I was part of the scene (so to say) - I guess that both the quirks of the tool and the inherent complexity of the genre are giant barriers.