by hiddenone Congratulations, you’ve gotten your hands on the newest RPG Maker, MZ! With all its new features it’s tempting to just dive right in and start working on your dream game, but do your best to hold off on that right now. Whether you’re brand new to RPG Maker or a user who’s been around since the old days of 2k3 and XP, taking some time to explore MZ will improve your time playing with it. Here are a few things to do before starting your first big project. 1. Do the in-engine tutorial Before you start on your first MZ project, open up the built-in tutorial. Not everyone realizes a tu ..read more

Hightlight brought to you by: hiddenone For this week’s Resource Highlight, we’ll be looking at someone who’s done a little bit of everything. Materials by Haydeos! is a great thread to explore if you’re looking for a little inspiration for battles and maps! If you own MV then you can use his great edits to take your game to the next level. For those of us who love having interesting buildings filling up your village maps but suffer from boxy-boring-building-itis, Haydeos has us covered! He has made multiple pre-built buildings, from small homes perfect for your hero’s farmer parents to a gra ..read more

Release day is here, and it is time for more UI goodies and futuristic music! Do you want to add that extra bit of style to your game, that additional polish of an overall clean and matching look to your interface? To connect all your textboxes, cutscene overlays, windows and titlescreen with a consistent layout and style? Say no more, we got you covered! With a total of ten different styles and four beautiful color variations for each style, User Interface Material 6 provides 40 windowskins, plus frames that can be used for title screens or as overlays for cutscenes and additional UI graphic ..read more

As many of you discovered last week, the Japanese MZ Sample games are out in the wild! And while many of you have downloaded them to take a look, we’ve been asked repeatedly if there are any English Sample games coming. And the answer is: Yes! There will be multiple English Sample games, and today we are going to preview the first one that will be released: Wolf’s Gang by long time RPG Maker community member Caz! Your name is Wolfgang. You are a wolfman. You live in the tower of the Dark Lord with all your friends. It’s your birthday! Your friends all throw you a party… but it isn’t all fun a ..read more

by Avery Lately, there was a status post on our forums about how difficult it can be to find a good mapper for your project. That is interesting, as good mapping is the most essential graphic skill needed for using RPG Maker, as you can go far with just the default graphics. So, why don’t we make sure your maps are the best you can make? To make sure we all have the same base and cover the essential things, today we’ll only use the default tilesets that come with RPG Maker MZ. Of course, you can improve your screen by adjusting how the furniture is placed on the sheets or with edits and new t ..read more

Today we’ve got resources that will satisfy those who like spooky and sweet alike! Get ready to create the perfect nightmare soundscape with Creepy Terrifying Horror Music and update your game’s message boxes with adorable additions thanks to the fifth User Interface Material pack. First up is a pack meant to send shivers up and down your player’s spine.  Creepy Terrifying Horror Music contains 15 heart-pounding songs that can find a home in any dark corner of your game. Bring the fear of being chased to life with pulsing songs, or instill wariness into your player while they e ..read more

RPG Maker MZ is only two weeks away! And with it, two bundles that include a ton of new packs. Today, let’s focus on one in specific: The MV Trinity Resource Pack! MV Trinity is coming to consoles in English soon, and with it, a ton of new resources! New characters, new enemies, new tiles, and new music… But what about for PC? Don’t worry, this pack will give you all the new resources the console version has, all at your fingertips and with the power of MZ. First up in our Preview, let’s look at 4 of the cover characters for Trinity! Carol the Hero, Sakura the Ninja, Avend the Armored Knight ..read more

The last Release day of July! And the Curse continues… The Cursed Kingdoms series that is. Two more packs in the Cursed Kingdoms line, and then another User Interface Set comes your way! Your Cursed Kingdoms need equally Cursed Monsters, and that is what the Cursed Kingdoms Monster Pack brings! 17 new hellish and abyssal new monsters from Michael Galefire, perfect for inhabiting the dungeons made with the Cursed Kingdoms Dungeon Tiles. Read more on the RPG Maker Web Store or on Steam! And to further enhance the Cursed Kingdoms series, it’s time to bring a Dark Fantasy atmosphere with the Cur ..read more

We’ve talked a little bit about RPG Maker MZ‘s Time Progress Battle System, which has some similarities to the popular ATB system that was used in a certain, very popular game series, but today, let’s take a closer look at it. Specifically, we’re gonna ask the burning question: What is a Turn in the TPBS? First, let’s look at what the game looks at to determine how fast the bars should fill. Every Character (Actor and Enemy) has a TPB Speed. The TPB Speed of a character is based on the square root of the character’s Agility. The character in a fight that has the highest TPB Speed, is given a ..read more

The Preorders for RPG Maker MZ started this week, and we announced a whole lot of new resource packs in bundles along with it, and that is the opposite of cursed. But let’s fix that, enter the Cursed Kingdoms artist collab series! A whole series of packs made to work together. The first part of the Cursed Kingdoms release is the Cursed Kingdoms Dungeon Tiles! This pack includes the tiles and other resources you need to make a dark and twisted dungeon. Plus a new windowskin, 3 NPC walking sprites, and a variety of monster sprites! Read more on the RPG Maker Web Store or on Steam! The second p ..read more