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Complete RPG Maker MZ: Create and Publish for PC and Mobile

Name: Complete RPG Maker MZ: Create and Publish for PC and Mobile
Rating: 4.4 (261 reviews)

Learn character creation, map creation, battle systems, cutscenes, puzzles, plugins coding and deploy to PC and Mobile

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Created byAndres Cavallin

Last updated 11/2021

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What you'll learn

Learn everything about RPG Maker MZ from beginner stuff to the most advanced features like Debug mode and Custom Tilesets.
Complete your own game, with your own story and make it ready for mobile devices including both Android and Apple iOS.
Learn about the best community made plugins to add features that will make your game more professional and different, improving Battles and Dialogues.
Use JavaScript to write your own plugins and make your game unique and stand out of the rest. This section requires coding, don't worry, I will help you!
Create engaging puzzles that add to your story and give your players the rewarding feeling of completing a level.
Create Anime-Style cutscenes including Bust Graphics within dialogue texts, and simple animations without any code.
Create your own Heroes and Enemies, your own Maps and Levels, your own Classes and Skills. Create Items and Shops for players to trade.

Course content

10 sections • 60 lectures • 17h 2m total length

Why RPG Maker MZ is perfect for Indie Games10:20
RPG Maker MZ empowers indie developers with built-in content creation, maps, dialogues, and assets, enabling fast, coding-free game development and publishing to PC, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS.
Installing RPG Maker MZ from Steam3:48
After completing this lesson you will have RPG Maker MZ installed on your machine and be ready to follow up the next lessons and sections. You will need Steam installed to follow up this lesson. If you got RPG Maker MV or MZ installed then you can skip this video.
Creating your first Actor - The Hero22:24
After completing this lesson you will know how to create characters using the Character Generator tool.
The Actor's Database9:36
After completing this lesson you will be able to setup you game's Database to use you newly created characters.
Create 4 Actors - The Party
Creating your first Map - The Character Selection Level39:28
Create a character selection map in RPG Maker MZ by configuring actors, faces, and walking animations, then build a widescreen world map with parallax and a proper starting position.
Creating your second Map - The World as we know it10:29
Load and customize a prebuilt fantasy town map for RPG Maker MZ, adjust visuals, and place events and NPCs to shape the hero’s journey from newcomer to town hero.
Creating your firsts Events - A Hero is born33:19
Polish your Maps

A Hero's Journey Template17:05
Create an original Adventure using the Hero's Journey Template
Basic Dialogue27:56
Adding Music and Sound Effects9:57
Add sound effects and background music in RPG Maker MZ, triggering audio on interactions, with ambience like river or dungeon to shape atmosphere.
Advanced - Conditional Dialog12:38
Populate your Maps - The World needs people to be alive
Advanced - In-Game Cutscenes31:42
Master in-game cutscenes in RPG Maker MZ by building scene-driven storytelling with global and cell switches, event pages, interactions, and parallel monitoring.
Advanced - Custom Tilesets24:23
Create and customize tilesets in RPG Maker MZ by adding graphics to existing sets, learning tile sizes, transparency, and passability for map design.
Create you Alternate World for the B Story

Actors, Classes, Skills and States31:35
Explore actors, classes, skills, and states in the RPG Maker MZ database. Learn how traits, armor types, skill costs like MP and DP, and class progression shape battles.
Items, Weapons and Armors17:03
Explore how items, weapons, and armor function in RPG Maker MZ, including consumable potions, scrolls that teach skills, and class-restricted equipment.
Create a custom Weapon and Armor
Enemies and Troops24:37
Learn to create custom enemies and assemble troops in RPG Maker MZ, adjusting stats, experience, gold, and item drops, then test battles with varied enemy compositions and visuals.
Encounters and Battles20:13
Learn how to trigger battles in RPG Maker MZ with map encounters, region-based options, and event-driven battles like the skeleton army and shadow encounter, plus post-battle cleanup.
Advanced - Battle Events6:55
Advanced - In-Battle Cutscenes19:12
Create your Nemesis, General and Captains

Installing DLC and Plugins20:03
Plugins for Tweaking Keyboard Control9:29
Plugins for Improved Texts on Dialogs27:11
Explore RPG Maker MZ community plugins to improve dialog text, test with sample games, and manage plugin files and settings for smooth integration.
Plugins for customizing Title Menu9:09
Install and configure title menu plug-ins for RPG Maker MZ, manage core and tier-one plugins with a plugin manager, enable or disable options, and add credits and exit commands.
Plugins for Main Menu enhancements6:29
Plugins for Auto Saving and Saved Games Management19:09
Plugins for Enhancing Battle Experience13:58
Explore community-made plugins to enhance the battle experience in RPG Maker MZ, installing and configuring battle core plugins, visual gauges, and note-tag driven options for enemies and battle commands.

Keys and Doors32:46
Levers and Buttons17:42
Debug Window5:56
Master debugging in RPG Maker MZ by using the debug window to inspect switches and variables, test with different actors, and simulate game states to spot logic bugs.
Pushing Objects22:08
Learn to design push puzzle mechanics by making a boulder that you push, bounce off walls, and trigger a gate break via coordinates, switches, animations, and parallel events.
Advanced - Logic Puzzles19:44
Learn advanced logic puzzles in RPG Maker MZ by building a six-button toggle system with a button controller, left-right synchronization, and a victory sequence triggered by all green.
Create your own Prison Escape Puzzle

Message10:05
Game Progression and Flow Control9:27
Party and Actor5:41
Movement and Timing4:51
Configure event movement routes to have multiple events move toward the player using repeat with wait frames at 60 fps, keeping the game responsive by not waiting for completion.
Character5:20
Picture6:02
Screen, Audio and Video6:30
Scene Control and Shops13:15
Explore scene control and shops by configuring the weapons shop, enabling purchase and sale of items, showing processing, setting prices, and managing party gold.
Map6:33
System Settings4:28
Adjust system settings in the database, including actor attributes and loading screen images. Change music options and disable or enable menu access to test changes.
Battle3:47

Installing Visual Studio Code and Resources13:02
Plugin Anatomy Overview12:39
Discover blogging anatomy in RPG Maker MZ, learn about anonymous functions, command registration, and overriding scene code to add or modify plugin behavior.
Plugin Help and Settings25:49
Plugin Commands24:45
Learn how to implement RPG Maker MZ plugin commands using anonymous and arrow functions, register them for the start laser command, and manage parameters with defaults.
Script Calls Reference7:43
Explore the script calls reference for RPG Maker MZ, learning how to trigger event commands from code, obtain event direction and coordinates, show pictures, and use console logs for debugging.
Expert - Mirros and Lasers Puzzle33:25
Design and test a mirrors and lasers puzzle in RPG Maker MZ by building a test map, rotating mirrors, an invisible winning mirror, a bridge, and laser-triggered events.
Expert - MIrrors and Lasers Puzzle Continued33:33
Learn how to implement a multi-mirror laser puzzle in RPG Maker MZ using JavaScript, including beam propagation, rebounds, target detection, sleep pauses, and dynamic drawing.
Let's celebrate you are now a Master of RPG Maker

Common Events11:51
Learn how to use common events to centralize transfer logic across maps, triggering transfers via switches, calling a single event from any map, and test it with playtesting.
Animations Quick Overview7:32
Explore the revamped animation system in RPG Maker MZ, using built-in particle effects and learning to tweak frames, sounds, flashes, and even create your own particles.
System, Types and Terms20:41
Create the final showdown for your game

Requirements

RPG Maker MZ software that costs $80 on Steam (many times it goes on sale).
Windows PC or Mac OS X laptop or desktop.
No coding experience required, but if you are into coding you will love the section on creating your own plugins with JavaScript.
A passion for telling stories and willingness to complete a full game.
Optionally some free available software like Steam, Visual Studio Code, GIMP and Paint .NET

Description

Are you ready to become an RPG Game Maker!

This comprehensive course will be teach you how to use the power of RPG Maker to create your very own games, including characters, maps, cutscenes, and new game mechanics that are unique and different thanks to the power of JavaScript plugins.

Once you learn how to publish to Windows, Mac, iOS and Android; you will be able to prove your skills to others as an Indie game developer. Finishing a full game is hard, specially using more complex tools like Unity or Unreal, but with RPG Maker and this course you will definitely be able to complete your own game and show it off, even sell it if that is what you want.

RPG Maker is simple to use, but since it uses JavaScript at its core, you can create completely new mechanics like puzzles and quests. Don't worry, I will guide you on how to achieve this. In addition to this, learning how to publish JavaScript based games as multi-platform apps is a highly in demand skill that will make you a more valuable professional, not just in the game industry but in the web and app development industry too.

This course uses the newest version of RPG Maker, which is RPG Maker MZ released on mid 2020, but I consider that users of the previous version, RPG Maker MV, will also benefit from this course since they are very similar, and because this course is yours too keep, once you are ready to upgrade you will have the latest info.

With 60 lectures, this is the most complete RPG Maker MZ course currently available.

So what are you waiting for? Start your career as an indie game developer with this course right now!

Who this course is for:

You love retro RPG games and Anime, and want to create your own game or visual novel.
You don't want to spend hundreds of hours building a game in more complex engines like Unity or Unreal.
You already know RPG Maker MZ but need guidance on the complex stuff like publishing on mobile or coding your own plugins.

Complete RPG Maker MZ: Create and Publish for PC and Mobile

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Course content

Introduction7 lectures • 2hr 9min

Storytelling with RPG Maker6 lectures • 2hr 4min

Role Playing Games Core Mechanics6 lectures • 2hr

Community made Plugins for a more professional result7 lectures • 1hr 45min

Adding Puzzles inside your Game to make it different, memorable and rewarding5 lectures • 1hr 38min

Advanced - More Event Commands11 lectures • 1hr 16min

Advanced - Creating your own plugins with JavaScript7 lectures • 2hr 31min

Showdown - Let's finish this game3 lectures • 40min

Advanced - Publishing your Game5 lectures • 2hr 29min

Bonus Material3 lectures • 22min

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