RPG Maker From Beginner To Advanced

Discover how to find, install, and manage plug ins for RPG Maker using the plugin manager, turn plugins on or off, and place JS files in the game folder.

Import assets into your RPG Maker project, including images, animation sheets, characters, enemies, tile sets, and sounds, and manage data in the data folder to overwrite presets.

Learn to create a sky reflection on water in RPG Maker by turning a water tile transparent, exporting the tile set, and layering a parallax sky background with adjustable opacity.

Create a plugin-free mini map by exporting your map as an image and displaying it with a parchment background, plus a green dot driven by player x and y.

Add quest markers to the mini map by linking NPC interactions to quest x and quest y variables, using image markers and map coordinates.

Learn to use dialogue codes to enrich conversations—actor name substitutions, color and size changes, and name processing to let players rename characters.

Learn the two basic plugin types in RPG Maker by using the plugin manager to enable an alternate menu screen and the YEP core engine with adjustable width and height.

Master advanced plugin usage in RPG Maker, employing plugin commands and note tags to customize the enemy book and events. Configure enemies, notes, gold, and items across plugins.

Create an enemy book as an item that opens a beastiary via a common event. Configure the item to call the open plug in command and set consumable to none.

Learn to create terrain-specific footstep sounds in RPG Maker using region IDs. Add both ogg and m4a files and trigger sounds with a region-based common event.