RPG Maker VX Ace News

Behold dear game developers! We are thrilled to announce that we, Gotcha Gotcha Games, the developer of the RPG Maker engine series, will soon be holding our RPG Maker Festival 2023 Steam Sale Event!



What is RPG Maker Festival?
RPG Maker Festival is our annual Sale event held on Steam! This is where we and all RPG Maker indie developers around the world join-hands together and show what the RPG Maker engine series and your great creation is made of and get recognized by game players and fans across the world! As long as your game is made by RPG Maker series or Pixel Game Maker MV and has a Steam Store page, you are eligible to participate!

So far, we have confirmed that more than 300 titles will be participating in this Steam Sale event, including the widely acclaimed titles like The Witch's House MV and LISA: The Painful!


Apply for Entry into the Festival NOW with Your Game! (Deadline - January 26, 2023, 06:59 AM Pacific Standard Time / Jan 26, 2023, 23:59 Japan Standard Time)
While we already have a lot of developers confirmed willing to participate, there must be developers or great titles that we are unaware of! But fret not, there is still time to apply! If you have released an RPG Maker made game on Steam (incl. Coming Soon titles), we would love to see you joining us! Apply to us now via the URLs found at the bottom of this article!


We Are Also Looking for Game Videos! (Deadline - January 26, 2023, 06:59 AM Pacific Standard Time / Jan 26, 2023, 23:59 Japan Standard Time)
Along with the above call for title application, we're also looking for contents to broadcast on our Steam Event Page during the Sale! If you have made videos or are considering making one that showcases your game, we are happy to have it broadcasted during the Sale on our Event Page! The video can be for released games or Coming Soon games!


Application Eligibility
Your game must be made by RPG Maker series and Pixel Game Maker game engines.
Your game must be released on Steam (Coming Soon games are also fine as long as there is a Steam Store Page registered and visible to the public)

■How to Apply
・Companies / Indie Developers in Japan (Japanese Form)
https://forms.gle/eP7hRXm3JHCg8QZB7
・Oversea Companies and Indie Developers (English Form)
https://forms.gle/TGdNZfajgHccLoAF8
Please fill out the form above and submit to us.


■ Application Deadline Pacific Standard Time: until 06:59, Thursday, January 26, 2023
(Japan Standard Time: Until 23:59, Thursday, January 26, 2023)

Please note that for game video applications, we may have to do some screening if there are too many submissions.


■Related URLs and Twitter Account
Maker Series Official Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/tkool_dev/
RPG Maker Official: https://rpgmakerofficial.com/

RPG Maker MZ is now available for preorder, both on it's own and in two bundle versions!

● RPG Maker MZ - standalone preorder (full price: $79.99)
● RPG Maker MZ Bundle ● RPG Maker MZ Bundle S

Preorder now to take advantage of the following bonuses!

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【Bonus 1】FREE RPG Maker MV with each purchase (time limited)

Every preorder RPG Maker MZ comes with a free key to RPG Maker MV, usable right away.

You can either start learning RPG Maker with MV while you wait for the release of MZ, or if you already own MV you can give it away to a friend.

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【Bonus 2】RPG Maker MZ includes the 2 following bonus DLC:

・Character Generator Pack
To extend the RPG Maker MZ Character Generator even MORE, you will receive the Character Generator Pack. A wealth of parts, with a special highlight on children and elderly parts, will help you create even more variations for your heroes, villains, and NPCs!



・MV and MZ Remix Music Pack
Additionally, you will receive the MV and MZ Remix Music Pack, which contains 26 remixes of tracks from the MV and MZ default resources. This pack also contains 4 original tracks, for a total of 30 new songs!



You will also later be able to purchase each of these DLC individually.

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【Bonus 3】10% discount off of RPG Maker MZ during preorder. And an additional 10% if you already have RPG Maker MV

During the preorder, you can purchase RPG Maker MZ for $71.99.

And for those who already own RPG Maker MV, you get an additional 10% discount! Get MZ for only $63.99.

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We are happy to announce the Steam version of Manga Make ComiPo! is now available in Chinese.

store.steampowered.com/app/262490/Manga_Maker_Comipo/

To change language open the property menu from your steam library, and select Simplified Chinese on the language tab.

Chinese and English versions on Steam are fully compatible.

We hope you enjoy making short and fun manga!

We're celebrating the launch of RPG Maker MV on Linux/SteamOS with a huge sale on all RPG Maker titles. Save up to 75% during this week's Midweek Madness*!

*Offer ends Friday at 10AM Pacific Time

As an extension of our previous Learning Together event, it is time for the Learning Together Game Jam! Put that knowledge you gained to the test to make a small game, starting today, and ending November 3rd!

All the details are here:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/363890/discussions/2/333656722967583026/


In case you hadn't noticed, RPG Maker VX Ace is currently a whopping 90% off. There's never been a better time for game making! You can also pick up the DLC at a pretty substantial discount.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/220700/

Plus there's deals on tons more Degica Games content here:
http://store.steampowered.com/sale/degica/


We’re also running a giveaway this weekend with $1000 in Steam Wallet Codes up for grabs! You can get all of details and enter here: http://promo.degicagames.com/weekend-deal-giveaway/