RPG Maker MZ News

It's Wednesday, and that means it is... an early release this week! Check out the new expanded Asian Empires set from Joel Steudler, or a fantastic new set of characters for the Super Retro World style!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2117620/RPG_Maker_MZ__Asian_Empires_Music_Pack/

Joel Steudler has revamped and expanded the Asian Empires Mini Bundle and created the Asian Empires Music Pack! Containing extended and remastered versions of the 8 tracks from the original pack, plus 12 all new tracks sharing the same Asian inspirations!

The three new battle tracks all focus on very different settings, Sunset Duel being lighter and grasping the carefully placed strikes, with Seven Samurai and Horse Archers being more gravid. They all would also greatly serve as the music to play during more intense cinematic scenes. Seven Samurais for example would fit an army marching up, ready for a fight. As the only dungeon track in this new songs, Prison Cells is very slow and quiet, with some sudden and distant noise, as if a door fell shut somewhere else.

Since your heroes probably won’t stay in one place there are four new tracks that would carry them to other locations. The Great Steppe, Pyroclastic Plateau, Shogun’s Domain and Ten Thousand Miles all have that “being on a journey feeling” to them, but each has its own unique sound patterns and vibe. And where are your heroes traveling anyways? No matter where they are going, they will likely stop by in a town, and with Fishing Boats and Peasant life you can pick the style of settlement they come to. Is it a calm place, by a sea or a river, or is it a little more lively, a place filled with hardworking people working on their chores?

To round the new tracks up, we have Jade Princess and Eternal Dynasty, two tracks that could work great as theme songs for characters or a dramatic scene.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2117710/RPG_Maker_MZ__Asian_Empires_Expansion/

Already have the original Asian Empires Mini Bundle and want to upgrade to the full Music Pack? Then pick up the Asian Empires Expansion. This pack completes the mini bundle with the remaining material included in the full Music Pack!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2117610/RPG_Maker_MZ__Super_Retro_World__Character_Pack/

Depending on the type of game you make, this pack is either some fantastic looking additional assets or an amazing set that gives you everything you need to implement the battle mechanic you want!

But first things first: As every other iteration in this series, the Super Retro World - Character Pack comes in a charming 8 bit look and works with every other pack from this series or most other retro styles. If you look at the new characters, you might see some familiar faces… Basil, is that you? Due to the size the iconic characters are just recognizable if you really know them, and they all come with a recolor version so you have some additional diversity without putting any extra work into them. On top of that, you also get a whole bunch of monsters, most four directional and some static ones to have something to put against those heroes. And fight they can: as the special feature of this set is the Action RPG compatibility. Each of the character sheets in this set comes with a folder full of attack animations for all the human characters to be used in map battles!

With a whole pool of different shields, swords and staffs, you can not only cover a full range of classes, but also have the visuals change whenever your characters change their equipment.

In addition to the graphics you will also get a small tutorial on how to use them in VX Ace, MV and MZ with existing scripts and plugins!

And even if you don’t plan to have on map battles, those extra poses and characters still look dashing! Check them out and see if you like them!

New releases are here, this week focused on bringing new characters to life! Whether you are looking for a fantastic set of heroes for your pixel art game, or a set of voice SFX for your male NPCs, you've come to the right place.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2111270/RPG_Maker_MZ__MT_Tiny_Tales_Heroes__A_New_Beginning/

Give your retro game the perfect team of heroes with MT Tiny Tales Heroes - A New Beginning! Mega Tiles' latest pack brings a crack team of 8 heroes to life in the Tiny Tales pixel art style, ready to battle against the dastardly demon king! With a sprite, face, SV battler, bust, and even an enemy battler for each character, you’ll be ready for anything with this pack!

Start your game dev journey by choosing one of the 8 heroes to be the main character. Will you choose the maroon-haired swordswoman or the brunette male fighter to lead the team, or go with the elven blonde archer with her long hair and cloak billowing out behind her? Maybe the childhood friend who joins the team is a hunky spikey-haired thief or an adorable blue-haired mage. Let the lightly-armored dancer or the female samurai be the enemy-turned-companion your heroes need to defeat before they join the party, or just have them offer their services for a price. The last, but certainly not least, hero is the dragon knight, decked out in heavy red armor and ready to lend a hand in a crucial fight! The dragon knight has two versions, one wearing a helmet and one without it, so you have have a special reveal of who is really is after he has helped

This pack also includes a weapon sheet with 12 unique weapons to help you equip your heroes! Give your samurai a swinging katana and your dragon knight a mighty spear, or have some fun by letting your mage wield a whip instead of a staff and giving your main character a heavy hammer instead of the expected sword. This pack also has a pixelated windowskin, so your messages and menus can match the party. Find a brand new team to inspire your next RPG with MT Tiny Tales Heroes - A New Beginning!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2111280/RPG_Maker_MZ__NPC_Male_Citizens_Vol1/

Bring some chatter to your cities with NPC Male Citizens Vol.1! TK.Projects is back with another pack to help you give your NPCs a voice! With 12 different Japanese voices to choose from, get ready to bring your young shopkeepers, middle-aged merchants, and burly blacksmiths to life!

Each voice comes with 10 SEs for all sorts of situations, from friendly hellos and laughs to angry shouts and screams of terror. Let your heroes visit shops where the owner’s young sons call out cheerful greetings while they help stock or manage the register, or show that the young shopkeeper is new with some confused “eh?”s or murmurs to himself while he tries to remember how much the healing potion costs. Give the city’s big blacksmith a mighty laugh when your heroes tell him they want to buy the biggest sword he has, and then have the blacksmith shout in surprise when the healer lifts it one-handed! Have older shopkeepers grumble angrily or sigh when your heroes decide to leave without buying anything. Or have a handsome and mysterious fortune teller beckon then into his shop with a pleasant greeting, and then laugh when he realizes his crystal ball says he needs to join their adventure! With multiple file formats for each SE, it’s simple to add them to your favorite engine. If you’ve been wanting to add some talkative NPC men to your game, then check out NPC Male Citizens Vol.1!

[h2]Asian Empires Mini Bundle EULA Update[/h2]

The EULA of the Asian Empires Mini Bundle has been updated to allow the use in non Maker engines.

EULA Updates:

• "This pack is for use in RPG Maker Series ONLY has been updated" to "This pack is for use in RPG Maker Series or the engine of your choice."
  
• "OK to be used in Commercial projects made in RPG Maker" has been updated to "OK to be used in Commercial projects"
  

The first release day of August is bringing a triple threat of fantastic new graphics packs: a shop tileset, fantastic doors, and tons of armor pieces for the generator!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2003831/RPG_Maker_MZ__Shop_Materials_Tileset__Interior__Exterior/

Have you been wanting to make your town’s shops all different but are lacking weapon tiles to do that? Do your restaurants need more food options? Is your wandering merchant camp lacking well-stocked shop carriages? Then you need to check out the Shop Materials Tileset - Interior/Exterior pack! Y-pot CO., LTD.. has created an incredible pack of tiles to turn your shops into true centers of commerce, with tilesets for A1 to A5 and B to E for both outside and inside maps!

Create towns with wooden or stone buildings off of paved roads and surrounded by white picket fences, or make a town center where large carts wait for people to approach and buy their wares and eat food from snack carts at round tables topped with umbrellas to protect people from the sun. Smaller details like shrubs, flowers, and hanging pots can bring some nature to busy city streets, and make sure to show your heroes the way with signposts and labeled boards so they can easily find the weapon shop. Once your heroes find the shop they’re looking for, use the interior tiles to make incredible layouts of weapons, armors, items, and food. Weapons and armor each have their own B sheets, offering you more than a hundred options! Give your starting shop simple weapons like daggers and wooden staves, while the royal city’s shops contain powerful golden greatswords, deadly tridents and glaives, and even gilded rifles! Have your armor shops display their multitude of chest plates, shields, helmets, boots, and capes on wooden stands or decorative display racks.

Animated sprites for flames, transparent water, and lanterns can help you add some movement to certain shops, and overworld sprites for the 8 carts mean your heroes can find places to shop even on the world map! As if that wasn’t enough, this pack also includes weapon sheets for all of the weapon tiles! That means you have 155 weapons for your party to wield, from slashing sabers to smashing mace and flying boomerangs! If you’ve been wanting to give your shops a major upgrade, pick up Shop Materials Tileset - Interior/Exterior today!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2072491/RPG_Maker_MZ__NATHUHARUCA_Door_Tilesets/

What great adventures lie beyond these large portals? May it be that they lead to large dungeons filled with treasures and monsters, ready to be explored and cleared by your heroes? Or are they magical passages to new worlds, acting as a bridge between different dimensions and timelines? Or maybe the architect of an important building felt like it needed a really impressive entrance?

Whatever it is, the NATHUHARUCA Door Tilesets brings plenty of options to add a special design to your key passages. From ones made out of natural materials such as the large arch shaped out of plants to massive standard doors to several other unique styles that could easily lead to a temple or different plane of existence, there is a lot to be found in here. All of the portals come in a version leading to light and dark and in case they have actual door panels, they have a closed version as well, so you can easily build quests around unlocking them. The arches on the other hand come with a transparent option, so you can add in yourself where they lead to in your game!

Explore exciting new worlds by passing through the NATHUHARUCA Doors!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2072490/RPG_Maker_MZ__Fantasy_Generator__Armor_Parts_Set/

With the daring adventures you are sending your heroes on, they should probably be well equipped to face whatever crosses their paths on this journey!

With the Fantasy Generator - Armors Part Pack, there is no need to worry for their safety! Since there are nearly hundred parts for each male and female included in this pack there is no way to describe all the goodies with just a few words! First of all, nearly all parts of male and female line up, so you can basically create males and females with matching outfits, which is amazing for enabling players to select the gender they want to play as or to uniformly equip the soldiers of a whole country!

This pack focuses on headgear, clothing and cloaks, all of them coming in all shapes and designs one could wish for!

Whether it is a flamboyant mage in a richly ornate robe and with exotic headgear, a more classical and down to earth soldier with simpler garments and a pointy hat or your typical guard with a practical helmet and chainmail, they all can get their whole outfits from this pack. Since it covers not only all the different types or armor but also so many different levels of quality and value, you can create an enormous variety of heroes and NPCs. You could even consider changing the outfits for your heroes once they worked their way up and were able to obtain better gear, saving legendary items like the dragon helmet and the matching body armor for your endgame!

If your game is set in a fantasy setting and you plan on using the default style characters, this pack is a must! Check it out to see yourself what treasures it holds!

[h3]Particle System Plugin - TRP_ParticleMZ Update[/h3]

Additionally, we have updated Particle System Plugin - TRP_ParticleMZ on Steam. to fix the following:

• Fixed group tag
  
• Fixed group command (call update immediately after execution)
  

The updated version of the plugin will automatically downloaded to your DLC folder. In both cases, you will need to manually update the plugin in your project to the latest version.

With this week's releases, we have everything you need to take to the air with the KR Steampunk Airship Tileset, and something to stay grounded in the roots of your past with the Retro RPG SFX Pack!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2097310/RPG_Maker_MZ__KR_Steampunk_Airship_Tileset/

Gather your sense of adventure and leave your fear of heights behind with the KR - Steampunk Airship Tileset! Kokoro Reflections latest addition to the steampunk style offers up all the tiles you need to send rustic airships around the world! Have your heroes plan their next move while they sit in leather seats on a passenger ship, or give them their own airship where they can store their gear and fight off pirates with cannons!

5 different balloon sizes gives you options when it comes to airships such as longer trips requiring bigger balloons meaning your heroes will need to upgrade their ships as the game progresses, or use those different sizes to show airships floating by in the distance. Give airships small pre-built cabins when a cutscene calls for it or create your own hanging ship that your heroes can explore, full of crates, ropes, and barrels. Interior maps can contain the necessities for airship travel, with bunk beds and a hammock for sleep, chairs and tables for mealtimes, and even globes and maps to make sure your heroes don’t get lost!

Alongside all these tiles, this pack also includes animated sail wings and propellers! Make sure your heroes are never stuck mid-trip because the winds died down! And if that wasn’t enough, this pack also has 4 parallax images of different skies so that your heroes can fly so high in the sky that they can’t even see the ground. Take your stories to the skies with the KR - Steampunk Airship Tileset!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2097320/RPG_Maker_MZ__Retro_RPG_SFX_Pack/

Are you tired of your retro game’s menus sounding like every other game? Then it’s time to check out the Retro RPG SFX Pack! Daydream Sound is here with a pack stuffed full of chiptune SEs ready to upgrade your game’s sounds. Ditch the defaults and add an extra layer of polish to your retro game with new SEs for your menus, battle animations, and cutscenes!

With over 200 SEs to choose from, this pack covers all your SFX needs! There are multiple options for menu movement and confirmation sounds so you can find the perfect one for your game. Beyond the menus, tracks for finding items, jumping around the map, and short jingles to help sell the mood. Did your hero fail to solve a puzzle? Then play a sad negative jingle. Just make sure to play them a cheerful positive jingle when they finally succeed! Your battles can also get an upgrade, with SEs for damage, defeats, physical attacks, and magical powers ready to be added to animations and skills. Blow your enemies sky high with fire magic and explosion sounds, or buff your party members with a chipper ‘w-w-woop’!

Each track also includes a version with an echo effect, giving you even more options! Use the echo version of an explosion SE to make an upgraded attack feel even more powerful, or give your menu a more sci-fi feel with beeps that sound like they’re bouncing off metal walls. The pack includes multiple file formats, so it’s easy to add these SEs to your favorite game engine. Give your retro game some new beeps and boops with the Retro RPG SFX Pack!

It's Thursday again, and that means new releases! And this week, we have 3 fantastic new packs for you, a new tileset from Kokoro Reflections, a new character pack, and a brand new set of tracks!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2090270/RPG_Maker_MZ__KR_Concert_Hall_Tileset/

Grab your tickets and glowsticks, it’s time to rock out with the KR - Concert Hall Tileset! Kokoro Reflections has created a set of modern tiles focusing on the rooms and equipment needed to build stages. Get ready to create maps where your heroes can dance the night away in neon clubs, lobbies with ticket windows where they can meet up for a first date, and even backstage rooms where your heroes can meet their heroes and see how they make that amazing music!

Concrete and metal grate floors make for easy cleanup after parties, and use neon light borders to help show paths when the room goes dark. Line the stage walls with speakers and large screens so the people in the back can enjoy the show too. Don’t forget the rows and rows of seating, and metal scaffolding that all the lights hang off of! Or skip the show entirely and have your game take place in the lobby and outside the building, where large signs tell people just what can be found inside. Add instruments like guitars, drums, and pianos to your backstage maps to show that those rooms are used for more than just naps, or set up an entire recording studio with sound dampening panels and microphones.

This pack also includes animated sprites for glass doors (tinted both blue or red to fit your building) to let your heroes into the building and all the backstage rooms, as well as glowing lights to light up the stage. Bright spotlights in red, green, blue, and pink could pulse in time with the band’s music, and sweep across the audience while they cheer. Smaller lights and sparkles can add some extra excitement to the maps (or help your heroes find their way when they need to sneak out mid-song). Give your heroes some exciting memories of rock concerts and raves with the KR - Concert Hall Tileset!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2090260/RPG_Maker_MZ__RPG_Character_Pack_7/

One of the cool things about an RPG is that you can often play and meet characters that are very different from what you know in real life. Here, demons, different kinds of elves and even demigods can be encountered and interacted with which opens up many interesting gameplay and narrative possibilities. Those and more new humanoid yet not fully human characters wait for you to tell their story in RPG Character Pack 7!

Meet the joyful Gorgon, who doesn’t need any heavy armor since the gaze from her petrifying purple eyes keeps any enemy at a distance… forever. Are the two dark and light elves each siblings, couples or maybe they are just enabling your player to pick whether they want to play a male or a female?

And talking about options, with the devil queen and a male devil alongside three different demons you can either fill up a town of demonkins or add a full group of matching antagonists to your game!

As always, the RPG Character Pack comes with large artworks, Charsets, SV Battlers, Battlers and Busts and Faces with emotions, so you can use the characters for any role in your story.

Is the cute blue-haired fairy an enemy or a friend? Will the Valkyrie be a helpful ally or is she up for something sinister that her smile would never lead you to think of?

Your game is the stage, and these amazing demihumans will play whatever part you assign them to!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2090290/RPG_Maker_MZ__Japanese_School_Girls__The_Music_of_Their_Stories/

No matter how good a game looks, the music plays a huge part in transporting the mood and the emotions to the players. And if you are making a light-hearted game, perhaps one in a modern setting, the Japanese School Girls - The Music of Their Stories pack is just what you need to communicate the right vibes!

The thirty brand new tracks cover basically any situation you might want to score with matching music. Fitting the theme of the pack, even the more somber tracks are not deeply depressing, but rather soft with slow piano tunes. But those are comparingly rare, as most of the content of this pack is joyful and uplifting! Some of them are geared towards different times of the day, others are written to compliment situations as the classroom tracks or the “comical” one, which on its own might have you write a matching scene just so you can use the fun track in your project!

From the “opening” to the “ending”, there is not much left to ask for, but the pack even tops that and compliments the background music with twenty short jingles that you can add to highlight certain run-ins, events or the start or certain episodes! Sleep for example could be the tune that plays when there is a transition between different days in your game, or the Episode Halloween could mark the start of a halloween themed level!

Listen in and be inspired by all the great content in this pack!



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