I can't even pretend the idea of RPG 20XX is revolutionary, there's a history of people proposing replacements for RPG Maker 2003. I had the idea in my head since the summer of 2009, but I didn't jump at the chance until fall 2011. Any good scientist can show they have done the necessary background research.. but in the niche world of RPG Maker, any good scientist can hardly stay sane doing so. "But WolfCoder, RPG Maker hobbyists are insane? Surely you jest!"

Don't believe me? Let's jump right in:

RPG Toolkit

RPG Toolkit is the oldest running alternative I can think to RPG Maker. I've personally used it before and while interesting, the engine and editor were pretty clunky and lacked the smoothness RPG Maker 2000/2003 had. It did have many more flexible and powerful features otherwise.

IKA

Not many people seem to know anything about this one despite it sharing a home with RPG 20XX. All the information I could find on IKA is that it is an RPG Maker alternative that really wants you to know it uses Python. From the sporadic search results, this project doesn't appear to be alive anymore.

OHRRPGCE

Nobody really mentions OHRRPGCE either. Perhaps its the stressful looking acronym or the gallery of ameturish screenshots. I personally think it's how the entire program forces you to make RPGs in this weird NCurses like environment using just the keyboard. But this was a program that had an initial release in 1997, you would expect it to at least resemble those familiar gray windows and blue title bars..

EasyRPG

This is (probably) the first good attempt to replace RPG Maker. Originally it seemed as though it would suffer from the same problems the other attempts had, but it appears as though they got their features and priorities organized. There may yet be hope, but it's been three years and I've already almost doubled back to where I was after a long hiatus and a project reboot. Still, cheer them on for me.

Open RPG Maker

This one looks very promising at first, that is until I was able to contact its creator. He's been convinced Linux is the way of the future since Vista was released and that his RPG Maker will change our world. He repeatedly told me I was severely limiting myself by starting out on Windows only in this world that is rapidly becoming more Linux. All 1.20% of it. At least when I take my project extremely seriously, it is for comedic effect.

RPG 20XX

And then there was RPG 20XX. Perhaps I'm the biggest offender; I called my own project a large mistake after spending a year on it. And then I vanished for a long while. At least all these other clowns believe in what they did.

I left saying the best solution really is to have a standalone toolkit. But enough is enough! I came back to finish the fight because someone needs to release the RPG Creation kit everyone wanted in the first place. Bring some light and sanity to our dark world of RPG Maker.