What tier will you get?
All of those are garbage if you're serious about game development and want to create commercial games. You can find better alternatives for free.
The only one that's not awful would I guess be RPG Maker MV. While it's better than other RPGM's in terms of having less limitations it's still not perfect.
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What better alternatives would you recommend? I was thinking of getting tier 2, not planning on going full serious about developing right on but thought its a good start
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if you are serious, I would say use a real engine like Unity or Unreal Engine (or maybe Game Maker, since there have been several successful games)
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I think RPG Toolkit is probably a good and free alternative to RPG Maker.
Godot Engine seems like a great engine that can create 2D or 3D games and export to many platforms. It's open source and free and it's still being worked on. It's far better than everything in this BundleStars bundle. I haven't tried it yet, but from the little research I did I think this engine could be great whether you want to make games for hobby or make commercial ones.
Also there are many free open source engines out there now. You can look for more of them here
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GameMaker Studio is what I'd recommend. Undertale was made in it for example. It's a good program for making games. Maybe not the best for 3D games, but it is possible. For 3D games though, I'd say use Unity.
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Maybe, but I heard gamemaker studio isnt beginner friendly so maybe I should avoid it atm
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Really? I always heard the opposite. From what I've been told it uses much simpler code. Plus from my own experience I know there's a lot of drag and drop stuff so you don't have to code. Or at least I know I only used the drag and drop pre-coded icons to set stuff up. I never really coded anything.
Edit: That was years ago though so I dunno maybe GM Studio is harder.
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Yeah, I haven't used studio yet, but years back I used to just mess around with the drag-and-drop stuff in the original GM.
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I would recommend Construct 2. A bit pricey (!?) but simple to use. I have better experience using Construct than using GM Studio. It also have a much larger community where you can find a lot of tutorials and pre-built templates.
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Damn, looks good but way too expensive to me. Will consider it later, maybe Ill check the free edition first.
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You can try it for free, with some limitations and no commercial use. But for personal purposes, free version of Construct is good enough, I think.
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If you only want to make something, use Game Maker or RPG Maker MV. Both have a really great community and a lot of ways to learn.
In my opinion anyway, MV uses javascript, an usefull language for more than just making games. Game Maker uses their own language, who only is usefull on that software.
Obviously MV is for making RPGs, Game Maker for anything on 2D. For 3D, Unity or Unreal, but you don't want to start with 3D. xD
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Why are you replying to me? Based on what you said, your reply was probably meant for Mishosonic.
If he only wants to make games for hobby, then he can just download one of the competent free open source engines. I'd avoid MV, GameMaker is decent but expensive. I think Godot Engine should be given a try before Unity. And Unreal should only be used as last resort because of their royalties system.
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Yep, was replying him, confusion. But I still think that a big and friendly community is better than anything else if you are starting on your own.
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Interesting. :o Need to check it out thoroughly and think about it!
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Mille, you ok?
Rachel, call the doctor fast. Mille is being mind control!
oh, call the priest instead...
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I have to save money to buy firecrackers for New Year's Eve
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ah, i remember when i had 5 fingers instead of four
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There are only a paid of dlcs I wouldn't mind having while playing with rpg maker, so not worth it for me. :S
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Already have the games, and no time to make games.
Easy decision. TIER NOPE. :D
Thanks for the chart, the info, and just being all around awesome, Rachel. XD
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Might buy Tier 2 if I have the money...I keep wanting to try making something with RPGMaker. Even if my game is crap, it will at least be better than Raywin.
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Aren't you excited to see what happens in Raywin 2 though?
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I kinda want to get tier 2 to make gibs. :x
I already have rpgmaker and most of the dlc in the first 2 tiers, but tier 3 is too expensive.
Also I don't know if I will ever get around to learning how to use it.
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Of course, I'll just make a bunch of RPGs, and then I'll create my own bundle, muahaha!
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it's basically a "Buy RPG Maker MV and get everything else for free" bundle
most (if not all) other stuff was bundled already
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Now Available AGAIN for 5 more days!
Ultimate Game Makers Bundle
32 keys total.
Tier 1: $2.99:
The Princess' Heart
RPG Maker XP (Base)
Axis Game Factory's AGFPRO v3 (base) and the following DLC:
GameGuru (Base) and the following DLC:
Tier 2: $7.99
Last Word
RPG Maker VX Ace (Base) and the following DLC:
AGFPRO v3 Premium DLC
Axis Game Factory's AGFPRO - Zombie Survival Pack DLC
Axis Game Factory's AGFPRO Zombie FPS Player DLC
GameGuru - Fantasy Pack DLC
GameGuru - Buildings Pack DLC
GameGuru - Death Valley Pack DLC
Tier 3: $14.99
Edolie
Heroes of Legionwood
App Game Kit: Easy + Instant Game Development (base) and the following DLC:
GeoVox (base)
RPG Maker: Zombie Survival Graphic Pack DLC
RPG Maker: Always Sometimes Monsters Asset Pack DLC
RPG Maker: Frontier Works Futuristic Heroes and BGM DLC
RPG Maker: POP!: Horror City DLC
Tier 4: $79.99
RPG Maker MV (base) and the following DLC:
Tier 1
Total Retail: $149.92
CV: 22.488
Tier 2
Total Retail: $216.91
CV: 32.5365
Tier 3
Total Retail: $266.90
CV: 40.035
Tier 4
Total Retail: $99.97
CV: 14.9955
Total Retail value of ALL games: $853.68
CV: 88.316 (if all become bundled)
Note: ITAD doesn't pick up the bundled times for some of the DLC ... but i think they have been bundled before ... if i am not mistaken.
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