HOW TO MAKE 2-D PLATFORMING ASPECTS ON RPG MAKER 2003

As we all know, RPG Maker 2003 has been limited to Overhead RPG's, but what if you can make a platforming aspect in it? Well I'm here to teach you!

First, make a map that fits for the 2-D environment. Make sure that the floor is impassable so that when the player presses the down button, the player can't get through! Also, make the tiles above the player impassable too! Now, make two TileSets, both looking exactly the same! One, name it "Walking Map", will make every tile that the player doesn't walk across impassable and the second, name it "Jumping Map", will have everything passable! I'll explain why soon!

Now, first, you want to make a variable titled "Jump". Next, you should make an event titled "Jumping" which is a Parallel Process. Inside that, you would have a Key Input Processing. Now, inside the Key Input Processing, have the "Store key in" be the "Jump" variable! Now, check the Decision Key box. Notice that the Decision Key box has a "(5)" next to it. That means that the "Jump" variable will equal 5 when the Decision Key is pressed.

Now, in the "Jumping" event, put a conditional branch that says "if Jump is equal to 5". Inside that, the first thing you should put is Change Map Tileset and change it from "Walking Map" to "Jumping Map". This will make it so when your jumping, you can go through anything. Now, before you do that, it's time to make the Common Event!

Inside the Common Event, set the "Jump" variable to 0 and put another Key input Processing that only listens for the Left Key, the Right Key, and the Up Key. Now, make three other Common Events, one named "Left Jump", one named "Right Jump", and one named "Up Jump".

In the "Left Jump" Common Event, have a Move Event that would cause the hero to move Up Left twice, Left once, and Down Left Twice, and Face Left. The "Right Jump" Common Event will have a Move Event that would cause the hero to move Up Right twice, right once, and Down Right Twice, and Face Right. In the "Up Jump", have a Move Event that would cause the hero to Move Up twice and Move Down twice.

Now, go back to the "Jumping" Common Event and make three Conditional Branches. One would be "If Jump Variable equals 2", one would be "If Jump Variable equals 3", and one would be "If Jump Variable Equals 4".

Inside the "if Jump Variable equals 2" Conditional Branch, call the Jump Left Common Event. Inside the "If Jump Variable equals 3" Conditional Branch, call the Jump Right Common Event. Inside the "If Jump Variable equals 4" Conditional Branch, call the Jump Up Common Event.

Noooow, after all that, go back to the Jump Event, not the Common Event, the first event on the map! Put the Jump Common Event inside the "If Jump equals 5" Conditional Branch and lastly, change the Map Tileset from "Jumping Map" to the "Walking Map". At the end, outside the conditional branch, have an End Event Processing and it's done! Now test it and the character will jump back and forth!

Any questions? Go ahead and ask!