RPG Maker MZ News

The RPG Maker Festival continues! But for now, it is time for our favorite day of the week: Release Day! We have two new packs ready to go, another pack in the Tiny Tales series, and another Heroine Generator pack are here!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1662630/RPG_Maker_MZ__MT_Tiny_Tales_Dungeon_Tiles/

Did you like the MT Tiny Tales Overworld Tiles or do you like well made, pixelated retro tiles in general and can’t get enough of them? Lucky you, as today the Dungeon Set for the series has arrived!

No matter whether you fancy a modern maker as MV or MZ or if you would rather stick to VX or Ace, you will find that this set comes set up for both, so you can just import the version you need and are good to go! And going for what? Well, there are four main themes in this pack, each coming with a broad variety of tiles to make maps for it.

Maybe their journey has led your heroes into a mine, either still up and running with tracks and carts and tools or abandoned, with broken barrels and plants slowly overgrowing what was left. On the other hand, maybe they visit a well guarded city, with a giant wall around it? With additional color options and even snowy versions, this construct could be placed anywhere in your world. It could be a centerpiece, an amazing “sneak past the guards into the town” part of your game, or the place where your heroes stand and stare into the distance as the enemy's army arrives.

And while any larger town could have such a wall, you might want to have an actual dedicated fortress - and this pack gives you a great one! With various gates, wall options, tiles for a protecting moat around it. There are many adventures that could start here!

If you are looking for a more special type of dungeon, the last one might be just for you! The tech fortress tiles can be used to map both inside and outside of said building, combining medieval-like features with somewhat contemporary technical devices. Did a time traveler strand here? Was an evil scientist able to develop technology that is far superior to anything we find in the world around? Or maybe a certain group of people was able to proceed beyond the rest of the world, but has mysteriously vanished and your heroes explore their remains?

What it is is totally up to you and you can probably come up with many more ways to use these amazing tiles!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1890441/RPG_Maker_MZ__Heroine_Character_Generator_4_for_MZ/

If you are wishing there was just a little more variation when it comes to the MZ generator and your heroines, well, there is no wishing anymore!

The Heroine Character Generator Pack 4 was optimized for MZ and is ready to add some great pieces to select from for your beautiful female characters. With 38 unique pieces and additional custom battle weapons it will take a while until you run out of options again.

Does your heroine sport an imaginative hairstyle which includes her hair being formed into a bow tie on her hat or does she have a cute bun and ponytail on one side? These and a simple but beautiful short cut rear hairs can be combined with any of the three available bangs for many fun combinations.

And talking about fun combinations, don’t the witchy dress and the demonic wings go perfectly with each other? Probably as well as the two sets of beast ears and tails, allowing you to create a red panda girl character, complete with a matching furry outfit! Or do you want a fairy, with translucent wings and matching antennae? You can dress her up in any of the twenty different outfits. With the pompoms and a matching sports dress, she might even become a cheerleader at your fantasy school?

And that's just the beginning of the themes found here, from a watery dress with a matching headpiece to a chinese style or cowgirl parts, there are many more great things to create your heroines with!

[h3]■RPG Maker MZ Planned Upgrades[/h3]

Hello, RPG Makers.

Thank you for your continued journey with the RPG Maker series.

With the excitement of the RPG Maker Festival in full swing, we’d like to take this time to also announce the many thrilling features coming to the latest title in the series, RPG Maker MZ, later this year.

[h3]v1.4.4 (coming soon)[/h3]
-Will implement a countermeasure to the problem that may cause the NW.js process to not terminate normally in Windows environment.
-Will fix an issue in which the cursor position would move to a different page when any frame was selected in “Create MV- compatible data” and the frame was deleted while editing the frame view.
-Will fix an issue in which events would appear at unintended coordinates after switching maps and loading events with “Autorun” events.
-Will fix the problem of "File name "None", Volume 90%, Pitch 100%" when "Play SE" is edited in ”Set Movement Route”.
-Will fix an issue in which fade-in was not performed when loading data if the project data had been changed.
-Will fix an issue in which a weapon with a sealed shield and a weapon set to "Dual Wield" in the traits could be equipped with a weapon with a sealed shield if the dual wielding weapon was equipped first.
-Will fix an issue in which the weapon in the second slot (shield slot) would remain in the event command "Weapon = None" when the feature "Dual Wield" was set.
-Will fix an issue in which the target of HP recovery was taken away when the feature "Substitute" was set.

[h3]v1.5.0 (Spring 2022)[/h3]
-Will add the ability to select tile size from "16", "24", "32", and "48".
-Will add the ability to copy/paste tileset settings by page.
-Will add the ability to switch the shadow pen to draw/erase rectangles by holding down the Shift key.
-Will change the limit on the number of database items.
-Will add the ability to temporarily disable event commands in a specified range.
-Will add "Switch" (assign images of levers, buttons, etc. on the map to any switch number) to Easy Event Creation.
-Will add the ability to add the corresponding event name to the name field in the easy event creation.

We have been listening to your feedback, and we hope you look forward to seeing your opinions shape the future of MZ.

We thank you for this opportunity to further improve RPG Maker MZ with help from all of you.


[h3]■"RPG Maker MV & Soaring Machinariae ”bundle[/h3]

This is a bundle set of the 2D action RPG "Soaring Machinariae" and RPG Maker MV.
*Soaring Machinariae project files and materials that can be used for game production are not included.

About Soaring Machinariae:
A girls' adventure story, told through a traditional action RPG!
Control Iris the Machinariae to explore fields and dungeons, and fight against monsters with sword combos, items, and special moves!

Welcome to the RPG Maker Festival Sale! RPG Maker Day is here again, and we’re kicking off a weeklong celebration of all things RPG Maker.

First up, we have an exciting announcement! A new, parallel iteration of RPG Maker is coming: RPG Maker Unite! RPG Maker Unite is based on Unity and contains a stash of new and convenient features to allow users making more compelling games than ever! You can learn more about RPG Maker Unite and wish list it today here.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1650950/RPG_MAKER_UNITE/

To continue our celebration of RPG Maker, we would be remiss if we didn’t also celebrate the RPG Maker Community itself!

That is why not only are we having a huge sale across all RPG Maker products, we’ve also reached out to devs all around the world who have used RPG Maker to fulfill their dreams of making games to include them in the sale. Check out the full sale page to see tons of fantastic RPG Maker resources, as well as a huge collection of stellar games made by RPG Maker devs on Steam!

Be sure to check out the full sale here!

But there are many people in the RPG Maker community who haven’t reached that goal yet. Many people have taken only the first few steps into the wilder world of game making, and are still unsure how to make that dream a reality. And that is where we celebrate one of the best things about the community: All the helping hands out there reaching down to give new users a hand up.

With tutorials, graphic and audio resources, plugins, and just general troubleshooting the community helps take a neophyte maker and turn them into a veteran who can help the next generation of makers.

And that is why on top of the fantastic deals across our RPG Maker products the focus of our RPG Maker Festival will be bringing that same feeling to Steam! Have a tutorial to share? Some resources you’ve made? Or maybe you are here to learn, we have a plethora of events throughout the week for everyone!



We will be rebroadcasting our Making in MZ Streams as a Marathon starting tonight, and in addition, every day over the next week, we’ll have at least one completely new broadcast for you to watch at the top of the RPG Maker MZ page! RPG Maker tutorials, Game Design advice, and even interviews with some of the most successful RM devs. You can find the full schedule here:

• Monday, Feb 14th, 4:00 PM: Guiding a Player Through Your Maps with Studio Blue
  
• Tuesday, Feb 15th, 4:00 PM: GDD Creation with Studio Blue
  
• Tuesday, Feb 15th, 6:00 PM*: Developer Interview: Rakuen
  
• Wednesday, Feb 16th, 4:00 PM: Developer Interview: Pocket Mirror
  
• Wednesday, Feb 16th, 6:00 PM: Developer Interview: To The Moon
  
• Thursday, Feb 17th, 8:00 PM: Basic Events with Driftwood Gaming
  
• Friday, Feb 18th, 8:00 PM: Basic Database with Driftwood Gaming
  
• Saturday, Feb 19th, 6:00 PM: Developer Interview: Ara Fell
  
• Sunday, Feb 20th, 4:00 PM: How to Format an Autotile with Touchfuzzy
  

All Times in Pacific
*May be delayed if previous stream goes long, will begin directly after.



Every day at 10am Pacific we’ll be posting a new beginner focused Steam guide written by the RPG Maker staff or a veteran member of the community.

Our first guide is already up and can be found here, be sure to check back in daily to see the next guide!



We want to see even more guides for RPG Maker MZ in Steam, and to do that, we are holding the RPG Maker Festival Guide Drive! Have a tutorial you’ve written somewhere else, or maybe you want to write a whole new tutorial? Add it into the Steam Guides and be entered to win a prize!

The RPG Maker staff will pick their favorite guide submitted during the Festival week to receive a $25 Steam Gift Card! Additionally, one random guide submitted during the Festival will also win one.



Do your skills lie more in creating graphics, music, or code than in teaching others? Don’t worry, we have an event for you as well. Let’s fill the MZ Workshop with tons of materials for everyone to use in their game! This will be held just like our Guide Drive. You can submit any materials you created to the Workshop, old or new, as long as it hasn’t been on the MZ workshop before.

Our favorite new resource wins a $25 Steam Gift Card, as well as one random workshop creation uploaded during the drive!



And for the final event of our magnificent festival, we need a festival atmosphere! Create a map with a maximum pixel size of 1920x1080 that you think screams “festival” and submit it as a screenshot. Make sure you have permission to use all the materials you use in your map, and include both the credits and the word “FESTIVAL” in all caps in your screenshot description!

We will award prizes for our top 3 maps!

1st Place: $50 Steam Gift Card
2nd Place: $25 Steam Gift Card
3rd Place: $10 Steam Gift Card

The deadline for this event, and all of the other events in this contest are the end of the sale, on February 21st at 10am Pacific.

So what are you waiting for! Join the week long fun of the RPG Maker Festival! Join in on the contests, watch our broadcasts, and learn even more about how to make your dream game!

Another week, another pair of DLC releases! Let's jump right in and see what new packs are in store for you!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1892170/RPG_Maker_MZ__Pixelated_Animations_Pack_Vol1/

Bring some more pixel art love to your battles with Pixelated Animations Pack Vol.1! Bis has created a pack of 62 pixel animations to help level up your battles! Now you can make sure that your pixelated game keeps its aesthetic even in the middle of a fight.

With a selection of physical, magical, and status-changing animations, this pack covers plenty of possible skills! Common magic attacks like fire, water, earth, darkness, and light all have 3 different animations so that you can give more powerful spells fitting animations. Give your weaker wind skill a simple swirl of green magic and save the twisting tornado animation for your powerful whirlwind spell. You don’t have to give only your mages some new animations though, since this pack includes weapon slashing, piercing, and hitting animations perfect for warriors. Each physical attack also has fire, ice, and thunder variations, so your magic swordsman can make the most out of both the magical and physical animations!

Battles aren’t the only place these animations could be used. Play the poison animation when your hero accidentally steps on a trap, or have death’s purple skull appear over an assassin’s unfortunate target. The burning meteor could be an attack from an enemy’s ballista or forewarning of a volcano’s eruption!

Beyond the animation sheets, this pack also includes the animation data for Ace, MV, and MZ so you can drop them right into your game to save yourself some time while setting them up. Pick up Pixelated Animations Pack Vol.1 and give your retro game some suitable skill animations!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1892120/RPG_Maker_MZ__Tyler_Clines_Horror_Music_Pack/

Add a touch of terror to your games with Tyler Cline's Horror Music Pack! Tyler Cline’s latest pack features 12 tracks to send chills up your players’ spines while they explore dark dungeons and creepy houses. Keep your players on their toes with ghostly winds and nerve wracking beats, and make them worry when the BGM suddenly changes!

Creep through forgotten graveyards while a haunting track plays to remind your players that they’re not alone, or have fast-paced metallic beats pound while they try to outrun a faceless monster. If jumpscares and chase scenes aren’t your thing, then grab one of the quieter tracks with low tones and light taps to add an uncomfortable ambience to the abandoned building your heroes are searching.

Don’t skip over this pack if you’re making an RPG though, since horror games aren’t the only ones that can make use of these tracks! Use one of the tracks with steady drums and haunting winds when you introduce a character who seems untrustworthy, or when exploring an empty town that was teeming with life the last time your heroes passed through. Maybe instead of a bombastic track your heroes’ encounter with the villain needs music that’s slower and much more ominous, causing your players to think that maybe they aren’t actually ready for that final fight.

Each track comes in WAV, OGG, MP3 and M4a formats, making it easy to use in your favorite engine. Update your game’s music from ‘kinda spooky’ to ‘downright terrifying’ with Tyler Cline's Horror Music Pack today!

February has just begun, and it is time for two new RPG Maker packs to make their debut. A second Legendary Palace from Kokoro Reflections, and even more fantastic enemies in the Otani Pixel Fantasy series!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1892130/RPG_Maker_MZ__KR_Legendary_Palaces__Mermaid_Tileset/

Get your scuba gear ready, we are about to dive into an amazing pack that is just waiting for you to explore it! This Kokoro Reflections set from their Legendary Palace series brings you a breathtakingly beautiful Mermaid Palace with everything you need to make it a part of your game.

Has the sea level decreased and this mysterious structure has appeared from it? Or did your heroes actually have to go underwater? No matter how they found it, this impressive place is always worth a visit. With a pearly shimmer on everything, this place is enchantingly beautiful. Maybe the merfolk who lived here are long gone and algae has grown over the place or perhaps it is still inhabited and someone resides on the shell shaped throne. The builders for sure were very crafty people and did a great job at shaping the various detailed statues or mermaids and pillars encrusted with blue gems. Mysterious large snail shells and starfish decorate the site as well as giant mirrors which might be ancient magical artifacts with mystical powers, or maybe they are just nice to look at.

This whole set of course comes with all the needed wall and floor tiles as well plus a matching treasure chest and a ghostly blue flame that might even burn under water. And in case it is not below sea level for you, there are also some beautiful water tiles to surround and further decorate this palace!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1874600/RPG_Maker_MZ__Otani_Pixel_Fantasy_Enemy_Pack_Vol3/

Every hero needs a villian to stand up against, an enemy to fight tense battles against to show off their power. The third installation of the Otani Pixel Enemy series comes with a lot of creatures you can use to build challenging fights that look splendid. The ten types of retro style-pixelated battlers come with three unique variations each, totaling to thirty different beings. Those variations are much more than just a recolor, with special additions, details and patterns it is ensured that you know you have a totally different being in front of you, even though it might be from the same family.

For example the giant demons are all fierce horned monstrosities chained to the ground, but while the purple one is just that, the pink one is partly dissolving into thick smoke and the brown one is surrounded by floating rocks. This makes it much easier to assign them to different elements and levels as you need them.

From spooky ghosts to scary gargoyles and fishlike mermans to beautiful mermaids, there is so much more to find in here. The abominable gazer might not be the thing you want to meet, but your heroes should definitely do so for an exciting and challenging fight that will be remembered! They should have their weapons ready, as with this set, they will have a lot of work to do!

[h2]Pack Updates![/h2]

The Adventurer's Journey III and City Exterior Tileset packs have had content updates:

[h3]The Adventurer's Journey III[/h3]

• "Softly Falling.flac" in ogg folder is now fixed to "Softly Falling.ogg"
  

[h2]City Exterior Tileset[/h2]

• ExteriorB.png ... Corrected misspelling
  
• ExteriorB.png ... Tile is fixed
  

The files in your DLC download folder will be updated automatically. You will need to update them manually for any active projects you had loaded them into.

Additionally, the following packs from Joel Steudler have had their EULA changed to allow use in Non-RPG Maker Engines (both non-commercially and commercially).

• Magical School Music Pack
  
• Grand Adventure Music Pack
  
• Creature Feature SFX
  
• Modern Day SFX
  
• Futuristic Atmospheres 2
  
• Medieval Music Pack
  
• Magical Music Box Music Pack
  
• Pirate Music Pack
  
• Survival Horror Music Pack