RPG Maker MZ News

It’s time for everyone who preordered to get started making their games, and for everyone who didn’t? What are you waiting for!

We’ve extended the 10% discount to everyone who purchases for the first week after release! Plus you will still get a free copy of RPG Maker MV!

But that isn’t the end of the announcement, we have so much in store for you today.

On top of the 2 Resource Packs all pre-order copies are receiving (Coming soon to everyone!), we have FIVE additional Resource Packs landing today, available either through bundles, or to purchase individually.

[h2]RPG Maker MZ Bundle includes:[/h2]

• MZ Cover Art Characters Pack
• MV Trinity Resource Pack
• 3D Particle Effect Pack

[h2]RPG Maker MZ Bundle S includes:[/h2]

• Everything in the RPG Maker MZ Bundle!
  
• Dark Fantasy Resource Pack
• Essentials Set Z

Next up in our cavalcade of announcements is the Degica Publisher Weekend on Steam!

Huge discounts on everything Degica, which means tons and tons of Resource Packs ready for you to snag to use in MZ! Remember, all MV music packs, and all MV graphics packs except Battle Animations are 100% compatible with MZ, so there are plenty of materials for you to stock up on for your new RPG Maker MZ project!

But why stop at RPG Maker assets? Why not get some RPG inspiration, with games like Echoes of Aetheria, one of the best commercial RPG Maker RPGs! A wedding ruined, a bride kidnapped, the heroes take off in pursuit! Can you see this through to the end?



Or a quirky RPG to inspire original mechanics or themes like Hero must die. again. Start at your strongest, with only days to live. Do as much as you can as you become weaker and weaker. What will you do with the time you have left?



But don’t rely on just our suggestions, head over to the full sale page to find the materials for your next project, or the next game to inspire you!


If you are catching this right at launch, head over to Youtube to participate in our RPG Maker MZ Launch Stream! Nick aka Touchfuzzy, one of our resident RPG Maker veterans, will be answering questions, making some sci-fi and modern maps, and hanging out with the community from 10:10PM Pacific until 1PM!
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Miss out on the Stream? Don’t worry, just catch the VOD! And keep an eye out for more official Degica RPG Maker Streams!

So, why are you still reading this? You could be well on your way to making your first RPG Maker Adventure! Download RPG Maker MZ today and launch into the realm of your imagination!

As many of you discovered last week, the Japanese MZ Sample games are out in the wild! And while many of you have downloaded them to take a look, we’ve been asked repeatedly if there are any English Sample games coming. And the answer is: Yes!

There will be multiple English Sample games, and today we are going to preview the first one that will be released: Wolf’s Gang by long time RPG Maker community member Caz!



Your name is Wolfgang. You are a wolfman. You live in the tower of the Dark Lord with all your friends. It’s your birthday! Your friends all throw you a party… but it isn’t all fun and games.



The heroes attack! The Dark Lord is killed. The tower is in ruins. Your friends are no more. What do you do?

What else is there to do? Rebuild!



Travel to many memorable locations…



...locate monsters to recruit to your party and army…



…and finally, take the fight to the heroes themselves!

Wolf’s Gang will be available close to the MZ release, with more English MZ sample games from some familiar names on the way!



Looking for a better look at RPG Maker MZ itself! Don’t worry, we have you covered. Join us this Friday, 4-7pm Pacific time on Youtube for our RPG Maker MZ First Look LIvestream.



Nick (hey that’s me!) will be exploring the engine, looking at new features, asking questions, and making some maps. Drop in to ask your questions, or just to chat with the community.

RPG Maker MZ is only two weeks away! And with it, two bundles that include a ton of new packs. Today, let’s focus on one in specific: The MV Trinity Resource Pack!



MV Trinity is coming to consoles in English soon, and with it, a ton of new resources! New characters, new enemies, new tiles, and new music… But what about for PC? Don’t worry, this pack will give you all the new resources the console version has, all at your fingertips and with the power of MZ.

First up in our Preview, let’s look at 4 of the cover characters for Trinity!



Carol the Hero, Sakura the Ninja, Avend the Armored Knight, and Shun the Martial artist are just 4 of the new heroes the Trinity Pack will unleash into your projects!

But what will they fight? Trinity also adds a plethora of new enemies and new battlebacks to fight them on, all with new themes like Ancient Egypt...



… and Historical Japan!



To explore those new themes, you of course will need a whole lot of new tiles, and MV Trinity has that in spades! The MV Trinity Resource Pack has 133 pages of tiles! While some ground and wall tiles are from MV, new tiles abound, and will give you everything you need to fill out those new themes, and more!



This is only a small selection of the many many tiles that are coming your way with the MV Trinity Resource Pack!

The MV Trinity Resource Pack includes all this and so much more. Parallaxes, Title Screens, Music, Sound Effects…

Be sure to pick up Bundle or Bundle S to get all the MV Trinity goodies, or purchase the pack as a standalone DLC on August 20th.

[h2]Database ConVerter MV compatible with MZ![/h2]

Looking for even more RPG Maker MZ news? Look no further.

The Database ConVerter MV, used to convert your database into a spreadsheet, incredibly useful for batch editing, will be compatible with MZ!

You can learn more about the Database ConVerter here!

We’ve talked a little bit about the Time Progress Battle System, which has some similarities to the popular ATB system that was used in a certain, very popular game series, but today, let’s take a closer look at it.



Specifically, we’re gonna ask the burning question: What is a Turn in the TPBS?

First, let’s look at what the game looks at to determine how fast the bars should fill. Every Character (Actor and Enemy) has a TPB Speed. The TPB Speed of a character is based on the square root of the character’s Agility.

The character in a fight that has the highest TPB Speed, is given a Charge Time of 4 seconds. This will be the fastest any character will charge in the fight. Every other character in the fight has their bar fill at a rate that is relative to the highest TPB Speed based on their own TPB Speed.

So, how does the game determine turns? The answer is: It depends. There are two types of turn counts, and they are used in different cases:



This is a turn count that is individual to each character in the battle. It is pretty straightforward: How many turns has this character taken.

If you have taken 3 turns and you are just starting a new one, it is your 4th turn.

This turn count is used for most processes, such as status effect durations and enemy action patterns.





This is the turn count for the battle itself. It is handled a little differently.

The Battle Turn count is equal to the Individual Turn Count of the enemy who has taken the most turns.

This turn count is used for Battle Events.



So that answers the most common question, but let’s look at a few more commonly asked questions!



How is the amount of charge in the bar at the beginning of battle determined?
During a normal battle start, each character is given a random amount of their bar between 0 and 50%. In the case of surprise and ambush, the side with advantage starts with 100% in their bars.

Can you switch characters if multiple characters’ turns are up?
Yes, you can switch actors using the cancel button.

Can you set a “Casting Time” for skills?
Yes, skills can be set to have a delay between being selected and going off. The Casting Time you put in for the skill or item is used in combination with the character’s TPB Speed to determine how long the delay is.



We’ve gone ahead and set the API documentation live on the RPGMakerWeb site. You can find it here!



Does the TPBS have you excited! Then be sure to preorder today: 10% off, plus an extra 10% if you own MV, two free resource packs, and a free copy of MV, and you can get started on your own game using the TPBS from day 1!