Isometric games?

[Gradius]

Will it be possible to create isometric games like Landstalker?

[Maxim]

Isometric games were possible on RPG Maker with modifications. PGMMV last I checked supports top down and side scrolling, so I'd assume either with modifications to the engine or graphics used, you can do the same thing.

[Gradius]

Well, I'd really like to know if isometric is possible *without* modding the engine, I'm trying to get an understanding of how versatile Pixel Game Maker will be out of the box, if you know what I mean.

[DarakuGato]

The only Iso game maker would be Smile Game Builder, but if this allows you to do your own coding for adding additional functions I wouldn't see why not. Either way, I can't wait to try this software out!

[Gradius]

Well, I've always liked the idea of making a 2D isometric game (like Ultima or Landstalker for example), Smile builder is cool but it's 3D, so not really what I'm after. The Pixel Game Maker devs did say on Twitter that "There is no limit to genre creation in #PixelGameMakerMV" so I just wanted them to confirm if isometric would be doable or not.

[SquarePixel]

Hi Gradius,
Unfortunately, making isometric games will not be a possibility with the Early Release but we would very much like to offer isometric support! At the moment, we are unable to tell you if it will become available in the future

[Gradius]

OK, well thanks for letting me know, I'm still intending to buy Pixel Game Maker anyway, as I like playing with new game engines, hopefully in the future isometric support might be added. :)

[SquarePixel]

Thank you! We hope the other great functionalities of Pixel Game Maker MV will please you ;) We will communicate as much as we can regarding added features, stay tuned!

[Retro]

I was curious about Isometric too! once that comes out i'll be ALL over this - i want to make a game like KYSNEED/GRAVEYARD KEEPER

[SquarePixel]

Originally posted by Gradius:

Well, I'd really like to know if isometric is possible *without* modding the engine, I'm trying to get an understanding of how versatile Pixel Game Maker will be out of the box, if you know what I mean.

Adding this to the request list!

[Saviliana]

You can, but you will need alot of time to create everything form tilesets to objects, since that isometric isn't a norm in the open source tileset market.
Its like making a normal ARPG, but everything you placed on the map are need to resized the hitbox.

[Tay]

I'd like to know if anything new came put of this?

[Baz]

Originally posted by Tay:

I'd like to know if anything new came put of this?

So far nothing new has changed. You can always do pseudo isometric setups, but you cannot set isometric shaped tiles on the map. You would slopes to be the tile restrictions.

There is an example DLC pack using this pseudo isometric style:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1661140/Pixel_Game_Maker_MV__STAR_CAPTOR__Isometric_Shooter_Sample_Project/