TRIHAN'S PROFILE

To be fair the tutorial section isn't very long and after that she's grown up, so it's not a huge problem. :P

The last update was to account for the week delay in the start date I believe, Blob.

Okay, so a switch is kind of the equivalent of a light switch. Either it's on, or it's off. You can then have branching outcomes in an event based on whether it's on. For example, you have a treasure chest with an item in it, and obviously you only want the player to get the item once. So you turn a switch on after you get the item, and have a second event page in the chest event which requires that switch to be on. Then, when you get the item, the second page will take precedence, and the player will no longer be able to get the item.

Variables, although less experienced users tend to think they're some kind of eldritch magic, aren't much more complex. It's just that rather than having on or off as possible states, variables can have a value anywhere from 0 to the maximum numerical value a variable can have.

So let's say you have a sidequest where you have to find a number of objects on a map, and in an event you need to be able to check that the player has them all. In each object's event, you would add 1 to a variable and then in your check event you can look for the variable being equal to the number of objects you had to find.

You could also use a variable to track which part of a multi-part quest the player is on. You'd just set it to the next number up when they complete each part, and you can then have an event check what part they're on for figuring out character dialogue and stuff.

The theme hasn't been revealed yet.

VX Ace uses a flavour of Ruby called RGSS (Ruby Game Scripting System) which for all intents and purposes is pretty much Ruby with extra methods and classes baked in.