SGT M'S PROFILE

This ended up way deeper than I had envisioned.

How has RPG Maker inspired you to learn?
RPG Maker inspired me to learn when for a very long time I did not really have a creative outlet, or really a creative skill of any sort. Gamedev was my first foray into taking art and development more seriously than I previously had,

Did you go into a certain major or pick up a new skill?
I did not start using RPG Maker until after I had graduated college. I was 26 when I started making games for the first time, much later than many first-time devs.

I'm not sure how you're defining "skill" here but I would say the most tangible thing I've learned since I've started making my own custom assets and graphical work for my projects.

Did you discover a passion for animation or writing outside of gamedev?
Kind of going in the "reverse" trend of the last question: I have a degree in Creative Writing that I wasnt using much for anything until I started making games. I found that I was just downright lousy in longform writing, but my stories translated much better to the format of an RPG, hence why my games are usually story-focused.

I ultimately got my Master's in a field unrelated to tech, and gamedev is mostly something I do on the side as it has very little application in my day career.

author=Frogge
Can't tell if I should be jealous of your pixel art skills or your writing skills smh this looks so cool

Well i'll tell ya the secret to writing dialogue is not to overthink it.

I don't know if this is a good secret or not, lol

author=visitorsfromdreams
A lot of the big impressive games that were being made in RPG Maker like Glitched and Virgo vs The Zodiac have been moved over to Gamemaker.

Poor MV is apparently the go-to engine to make your demo to hold folks over until you get crowdfunded.

@OP: Not much I can recommend besides Wolf RPG Editor, or OHRRPGCE, the latter of which doesnt have a whole lot of flexibility and your games will look very samey.

Super Mario Maker