RPG Maker For Beginners

Create and organize maps in RPG Maker by starting a new project, selecting the overworld tileset, and using pencil, rectangle, and flood tools to build and nest maps.

learn how to transfer the player between maps in RPG Maker using player touch triggers, set destinations on both maps, and prevent loops while testing the transfer.

Create an interactable chest in a beginner RPG Maker lesson by using an event, selecting a chest image, triggering text on action, and using self switches to open it.

Create an interactable NPC in RPG Maker by selecting movement routes (fixed, random, approach, custom), triggering dialogue with an action button, and adjusting frequency and speed for realistic movement.

Master basic dialogue in RPG Maker by using text, show choices, yes/no prompts, and gold rewards, then explore timers, switches, variables, and basic event options.

Explore the RPG Maker MV character generator to customize faces, hair, gender options, and expressions. Save settings, export battlers and faces, use randomize, and manage colors and sprite sheets.

Create a shopkeeper in RPG Maker by adding a shop processing event and listing items such as potion, water, sword, and ring, with a purchase-only menu triggered by action button.

Learn how to create enemies in RPG Maker by configuring sprites, stats, rewards, drops with odds, skills, and conditional actions that determine priority and behavior.

Design battles on the map by selecting troops from enemies, opting for side view or standard battles, and configuring encounters and terms via the map editor.

Create and customize RPG Maker classes by adjusting XP curves, base stats, and growth, then assign skills, traits, weapons, armor, and equipment for a pyro Mansour.

Create and customize skills and items in RPG Maker, including names, icons, types, elements, mp costs, battle or outside-battle use, formulas, states, and revival effects.

Learn to create weapons and armor in RPG Maker, assign icons and stats, set prices, and see how equipping crossbow or mage cloth shifts attack and magic defense.

Learn to create and customize states and traits in RPG Maker, including burn effects that deal HP loss each turn and apply via skills.

Explore how switches and self switches govern NPC dialogue and outcomes, using self switches for per-event control and global switches for cross-scene effects, with conditional branches and event pages.

Explore using variables in RPG Maker to create a number-guess NPC puzzle, compare input to a code, reward success, and prevent exploits with self switches.

Discover how to use common events in RPG Maker for beginners to trigger power-ups that alter actor sprites, boost magic attack, recover HP, and revert after battles.

Learn to create simple RPG Maker cutscenes using auto-run events, character movement routes, dialogue, screen flashes, weather, sounds, and switches or self-switches to control replay.

Learn how to add background music and sound effects in RPG Maker for beginners, including setting volume, pitch, pan, and triggering music on map entry and chest interactions.

Deploy your RPG Maker project to Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Android, iOS, or web. Exclude unused files to reduce size and encrypt assets with a key, keeping the output together.