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Hey is there any interest among us Champys to do an RPGMaker game? I will probably poddle along at one either way but I dont want to make some "wrong decision" in early planning that would put anyone off from helping.
First big question what version of RPG maker do we want to go with? I thought we had a little longer on the steam sale because these are all very expensive but the next one is in like 2 weeks so if you dont own the version you can buy it then
>MZ the newest one but it is still old enough to have a community. Lots of built in features and it supports JavaScript scripting so it is comparatively easy to mod features in. Cons are it is the most expensive even on sale it is $40 (I think I got it cheaper on humble but the good sales there aren't predictable), there are some limits that are a little lower because it supports mobile, alot more of the mods for this version cost money than any other version.
>MV "MZ lite" all of the pros of MZ but a little worse and of of the cons of MZ but a little worse but it is cheaper on goes on a greater sale
>VX Ace Cheaper but still fully featured and with a modding community. Some of the limits on the number of unique assets and IIRC size of individual maps are the highest in the franchise. No HD games. cons mods have to be coded in Ruby and statistically less Champys would know Ruby than Javascript, overall less "features" built in or moddable than MZ, some people prefer the mapping interface of XP, least mods available premade of any of the modable versions I am listing.
>XP The most mods of any version because it was the first version to do mods, the mapping tools are a little better than VX Ace, cheap (currently $25 will probably go on sale in a few weeks for $2). No HD games. cons Ruby , overall less "features" built in or moddable than MZ
>03 slightly cheaper than XP, no mods, Making a fully featured game in this is an accomplishment of it's own
Next big question is scope, tons of different ways to take that. I am thinking episodic so we can have a working version the fastest and dont have to answer this for the entire game at once but roughly what do you think is the right amount for the first ep? (noting that there is a good chance that the first ep is all that is ever made)
