Worth the buy?

[Corey]

I was planning on buying it to make a game, but is it really worth the 80 bucks or are there better programs out there?

[◢ k r i s ◤]

http://steamcommunity.com/app/363890/discussions/search/?q=worth+the+buy

[Corey]

Originally posted by ◢ k r i s ◤:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/363890/discussions/search/?q=worth+the+buy

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[Slim Jimmy]

if you're so iffy about spending money, just go get one of the free game engines like godot or defold or something

[nk엔케이]

actually, no. you can get it discount if you wait

[JohnDoeNews]

Most other programs are more expensive, like game maker. I can't say if it is better, since I stick to RPG maker for now.

[Batmanda]

If you haven't already, I'd suggest you watch tutorial videos on how RPG maker works to see if it has the tools you think would be "worth the buy". Also look into plugin tools on Yanfly.moe to get the most out of RPGmaker.

[BossGalaga]

RPG Maker excels at making JRPG style games. It's pretty much the pinnacle of game engines for 2d RPGs. It also has amazing extensibility through its old ruby scripting and now even more with the integration of javascript in MV with the added bonus of being able to port to multiple platforms including mobile.

It also has a massive community with a wealth of resources and knowledge.

That said RPG Maker also gets a bad rep in general because a lot of people make a lot of terrible games with it. But that's not on RPG Maker, that's on you.

With some creativity people have even made arcade and other games using the engine, even isometric and pseudo-3d games.

Try the demo. See if you like it.

[Wolfe]

Both RPG Maker and Game Maker have been on sale for very cheap prices, RPGMaker MV is often in sales and Game Maker was in a Humble Bundle. So it's worth waiting for a sale for either.

I own both and prefer RPG Maker because I know how to use it a lot better back through to using RM2K, though Gamemaker is similar in ways but is arguably harder to use overall and has more potential as a result, especially for action combat games. However, you can still make basic action games in MV without custom scripting just using in game fuctions, more complex action games will be possible as custom scripts are released.