RUKIRI'S PROFILE

New editor shots.
https://www.famitsu.com/images/000/160/938/5b4d810c49742.html

I'm gonna be frank, while this is probably a pretty decent kit for a single solo actor rpg I probably would not want to create a mana game for it mainly for a few reasons.

- Say goodbye to anything you know about RPG Maker and say hello to writing a RPG kit... So here is what I recommend, if you are planning to have 4+ actors + a database of characters to play as then I'd probably first test out to see if you can hammer your battle system out with 1 player first, if it fails don't write a rpg template to find out you wasted time.

- 2, no stat curves... this isn't a downside but you'll have to write a formula to hand write values for each level...

- 3, Physics: The devs have yet to say if it's always on or if it can be turned off. You will need to write a plugin for this.


If you are planning a RPG I would first check to see if you like javascript, I personally am not a huge fan and prefer C# and there's plenty of engines for me but mainly Unity or Godot but I've heard good things about Duality over the years.

I did find out there isn't technically support for shaders, this is going to be something that you have to bring in on your own with a library or write a plugin yourself to call it. Particle effects are limited in terms of options in what you can do with particles, the editor was basic for this.

But let's talk about what Pixel does well.

- Animations
- Level Design

But this is also early access so we can use this to our advantage, first off if the editor is bad obviously I'd request an update or give updated designs. I would hope a dark theme comes later because I use a hex hack in Unity (not spending $35 a month on a hobby... says the guy who spend $50/mo for adobe :P)

We do know a bit on nodes, we know that some nodes you can pass parameters into them and we can guess that you can write functions and call them in other node objects. But, the spaghetti code will lead to shorter or simpler games. Visual Scripting should be seen as a tool not the main way to program in a engine, unless you knock it out of the park like Unreals Blueprints... The nodes come nowhere near that.

Think it's safe to say Seiken Densetsu 3 had fantastic tiles!
I can't use the trees because the difference in size of character sprites.

Considering the developer basically killed any plans of me ever using Pixel Game Maker MV I would just recommend either learning Construct 3, or Unity with Bolt Visual Scripting which actually is pretty dope!

Right now I'm just trying to get into a spriting mood so off to the hot tub!

author=visitorsfromdreams
If this engine works as advertised Shooty and the Catfish will be my last turn based RPG and I will start looking more into action RPG/Zelda style hybrids. Don't think I will need a kit but if I ever get it working I will share the working files.

I was planning on the lines of Seiken Densetsu 3(Legend of Mana), Cross-Code, and yes Zelda to a degree. I don't think you'll be able to do 70 objects per screen... you may have to do a lot of js based instancing.

Also...
sprite->removeComponent(sprite->getPhysicsBody());
Should be called with every object, RPGs don't need physics, actually platformers don't need physics at all (Sonic, Mario, RockMan(MegaMan) did not use physics in a sense that you need it for the whole world. They all used custom sprite based physics which is usually very basic)