Looking forward to hear your opinions, and if you think this is interesting at all.

This is totally interesting. I've just been playing through Zelda: Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons... I'm addicted to Zelda once again. I think it would be cool to get a bunch of GFXa people or Deviants together to create a game.

Yeah, it's actually quite easy to make a game with this program, the most effort goes into the story, texts and graphics. Some real pixelherding skills are required. I gave it a try and I'm slowly developing a star trek voyager game. Just finished the crew and some tiles but it's a time consuming process.

I still have to check out SimRPGmaker, it doesn't work under NT though, so I'll need to find a win98 or XP machine

I've been wanting to try that soft for AAAAAAAges now...

It's not as cool as one would think. If you look at the mass amount of games that are made with it, they're all the same. Kind of like if they made every Final Fantasy with the same engine. Fun to play around with, but not powerful enough for you to become the next Squaresoft.

Also, because of the vast amounts of crap that's made with it, it's hard for people to try your RPG. It is fun and addicting to play with, though, I must admit. I might actually download it again.

I was surprised to see this featured here...

Eh, I take that back, with enough knowledge of it's scripting, I suppose you could change the way things are done. I just remembered that I made something to change the way parties worked. Still, if you leave it as it is, it feels like the same game, over and over.

Yeah, _if_ you use it, don't be a wuss and first export some materials for reference, then delete all the raw materials and make your own chipsets and charsets. The engine itself is powerfull enough to create nearly any RPG you'd like.
The only boundairy is your own imagination... and graphic skills and well.. alot of other stuff too, but you get the point

Wow, I thought there would be hundreds of comments by now. Very weird.

Seems interesting this. I'll check it out...

I downloaded this and all i could do was make a map...

If enough people are interested I could write a little tutorial to get you started. It's not that hard.

Christ you got it downloaded, his site is so confusing i can't even tell what im supposed to download...

go here to get it if u want http://www.geocities.com/kensurod7/RPG_Maker_2000.html

this is my first comment here, just found this through a link and am exploring the site. Wow, I really like this concept, I have used stuff like this in the past, but those were all UltimaI and II type proggies, this is MUCH better! I will download as soon as I can!

Its quite hard at first but im getting used to it.

I'll start working on the tutorials when I have the time. There's some other stuff I need to finish first though

yeah like a website.... what's it called? oh yeah.... gfx

bigrod...damn you're evil hahah

Hello, I've some experience on RM2K but the main problem I found is the lack of time to make all the GFX, which would take me years. So I decided to form a team and I think this is the right place to start since all of us know how to make nice gfx!
If you are interested mail me at: jesusghost@yahoo.com
Thanks

I've downloaded the Rpgmaker, and need your help ...when will the tutorial be ready???!!
thanx for the articles you wrote and all the work you've already gone through...

go here to get it if u want http://www.geocities.com/kensurod7/RPG_Maker_2000.html
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I can't download that Run Time Package (RTPe.exe I think because that is the thing what gives an error..)

I'm a game programmer (well, amateur and beginner), but I usually try to program from scratch. Probably this could help me along Might want to program a time-based system though. Could be more interesting

I'm currently making 2 games at the time. I don't rush through my work. It's very time consuming and takes a lot of thought and concentration. But good for me that when it comes to storylines I have no problem. I love adding twists and turns. And I constantly am spell checking and testing every feature and event to make sure everything works. I may not be very deep in my games yet but that's because I am so concerned on improving, checking, and debugging them most of the time. It's good to play your games over and over to get them just the way you want. Sometimes you don't know after over and over trying to get a certain feature to work and you just have to live with making that feature a bit simpler. I noticed there is a slight bug in the translated English version of RPG Maker 2000. Sometimes after you change some content and save it the content is saved but on the game it'll show the old text or feature. It's really irritiating but fixable if you know exactly what to do. Just thought I'd mention that. I've been working on one game for I guess almost a year now and it's not near completion. Like all the big companies programming great games takes time and I want to accomplish a game that make sense and is fun. But then again even though I've been using RPG Maker 2000 for about a year or maybe a bit more (not sure) I'm probably only really talented at it because I'm already excellent at many kinds of other programming. This may of been sorta long but I'm really bored and have nothing else to do.

I'm new on this site and I was wondering if anyone knew how to make a chest that works, but doesnt give you like a million if you keep doing it?

Ã?'m quite experienced with rpgmaker2000 so if u want you can ask me questions.
Philfil:
you probably made an event that says:
you open the chest....
change gold held: add ...gp
do it this way, and it will keep repeating yes.
what you need is a switch. A switch is one of the most important functions of rm2k.
Switches can be turned on and off. While you are inside the event, insert a new code into the already existing code you made. Make it a 'change switch' and make a switch with the name: chest 1(or something similar). Turn it on. press ok.
Then, make a new page in the event, with the event condition:
switch 0001:chest 1 on. (this is not a code but can be found at the left side of the event screen. Then make a message that says: The chest is empty.
What you've done now is:
Message: You open the chest...
Change gold held: add ... gp
turn switch chest 1 on.
At the new page, which starts when switch chest 1 is on:
Message: the chest is now empty.
this way, you will only be able to open the chest once and then it will be empty.

My last post was a re: to hey and a look at rpgmaker

and er...elvaran, you can make a lot more games than just rpgs, for example:
I've already made a racing game and I'm currently working on a simulation game: you play a character that lives in a city or whatever and you need to earn money and try to get a good house and besides that, there are a lot of special things to do....something like the sims but with worse graphics, a worse social system but with a lot more things to do.

I cant get any of the links to his site to work...... So i cant download it....

my my my, this totally changed my perspective of rpg maker. Are you going to write something for fighter maker as well?

For those who need download locations, all I can advise is to get googling (http://www.google.com) and search for rm2k, rpgmaker, rtp, and keywords like that. It seems to be impossible to provide a link that works longer than a week.

I've made a game with RPG2k and was really impressed with the engine. It's sooo much fun to play with!!!

If you decide to use it, you should buy it from Enterbrain though. It's not fair to the programmers who made the engine to get nothing in return for thier hard work

oh my pore brain i cant find it anywere
is there anone who know a link to it that actuly works

note: i have just found the rtp still need the game maker itself though plz if u dont have a working link email it to me or somthin

erm soz to wast yer time i found it but thanks

I cant find it can some one email me the link at shynok17@Gmail.com so I may get both or send two links were i can find them plz.

I can't wait to download this game when the website is up

Hah Martin iv'e read your article and i can't wait to use the software but every time i go to download it the page won't come up instead it comes up with an ERROR page. if you can help me send it to andrew-weston@dodo.com.au

Hah Martin iv'e read your article and i can't wait to use the software but every time i go to download it the page won't come up instead it comes up with an ERROR page. if you can help me send a messege to andrew-weston@dodo.com.au

Well thx for the help but It's not right or something like that.It still gives me an error page.

Hey andreww did you get my email I sent you the site to get all of it.

where can i get RTP english?

I dont know how to download the rpg it shows on the page errow page can not be displayed

I'm having the same problem, the page doesn't display, could you please send the file to amanopsychojaku@yahoo.co.uk for me.

I'm having the same problem. The page doesn't display when i tyr to access it. Could you please send the file to amanopsychojaku@yahoo.co.uk for me. thx.

The thing about RM2K is that it's the Americans that make the worst games (with second place going to Germany, much to my disappointment). Japan has a large circle of artists and game makers who use the tool much better. Japanese sites like Wild Pudding Territory and First Seed Materials have all the resources you could ever need, and a game I'd love to get my hands on, Crown of the Bride, was made by a Japanese school teacher and considered by those who have seen it to be an excellent game. I myself have never played it, but many of the resources in the English translation of RM2K are from that game.

As for the battle system, with a little knowldge you can make a side-view system on par with Lunar, especially using RPG Maker 2003 monsters and Japanese charsets.

It's the ability to import resources from other countries that I think is most ignored, and when it isn't, some American or German forum hopper takes credit for a Japanese resource knowing full well that nobody will know otherwise.

At least that's I think. lol A bit of a long comment. ^_^;

Yo martin i'm having the same problem as some of the people here and the page you have provided is not loading up no matter how many times i click refresh. if you have the time to could you send a message to my email: igetuloose@yahoo.com

thank you

Hey guys, quick question for anyone who has more knowledge than myself.

I put about three months of work into a Zelda spoof using RPGmaker 2000 and I really want to release it to the public, but I have no idea how. It's a pretty large file weighing in at 51.1 MB, and I've been searching all over the intrawebs to find a host.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

SirTallGuy: how about kongregate.com?