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Anonymous06/17/25, 13:35No.3784155RPG Development Without RPGMaker Thread
It's been awhile since >we had a thread up.
>Post progress
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Anon06/17/25, 14:13No.3784172
Oh, cool. Dunno if monster capture (you) jam updates count but ok.
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Anon06/17/25, 19:31No.3784321
I'm working on a real-time tactical rpg, and I'm looking for assistance on coming up with an attack speed/attack rate formula. Basically, how often a character can auto-attack, in seconds. Any ideas? If it helps, I was planning on going the Diablo-clone way where you only have 3 core attributes that everything uses in some way.
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Anon06/17/25, 19:40No.3784330
I always give up on my game because it's too much work and other things start taking priority.
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Anon06/17/25, 20:12No.3784345
Is it still RPG Maker if you're using extensive 3rd Party plugins to do literally everything?
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Anon06/17/25, 23:38No.3784452
Serious talk. I have some programming experience, and took computer graphics when I was in school. Forgot everything though.
I want to make grid-based first-person turn-based dungeon rpg. Think Etrian or Refrain. Is there a list of standard (programming) techniques people use to implement this? Perhaps some open source or leaked codebase if not outright tutorial? It's very hard to google.
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Anon06/18/25, 09:41No.3784605
>progress
Haven't posted in ages but I'm focusing in polish before continuing my roadmap
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Anon06/18/25, 14:52No.3784707
I started working last week on a new game, it has some RPG elements but I'm not sure it'd call it an actual RPG.
What makes an RPG an RPG? Or maybe a better question, what flies as an RPG in these threads?
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Anon06/18/25, 15:38No.3784732
People in the other thread told me to go here. Does the Wolf RPG Editor fit this thread here? After all, it's not RPG Maker.
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Anon06/18/25, 17:05No.3784777
If I'd like something like unlife, ghost song or salt series, unreal or unity? Complete noob, but I'm having it with the current vidya market. Maybe making games is fun, modern games surely aren't.the style I'd like style achieve is the early 2000s flash games look.
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Anon06/18/25, 21:14No.3784932
a bit ago i made a silly door
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Anon06/18/25, 21:50No.3784960
What do you guys think of the emerging trend of early Zelda metroidvanias? The nes Zelda ones. I don't like them, but that's me.
>companions in a metroidvania
Does this work? I'd say no, as part of the experience is to become a one man army.
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Anon06/19/25, 13:58No.3785304
Been thinking of adding idle mechanic to my game. Something like
>player goes afk and leaves game open
>get heal over time
>get xp over time
>get common items over time
But I dunno on exactly what to do. Haven't played auto/idle games
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Anon06/19/25, 19:31No.3785589
Any Godot devs here? How are you creating and accessing flags?
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Anon06/20/25, 00:20No.3785959
This webm is fucking amazing.
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Anon06/20/25, 14:25No.3786334
I’m not currently programming this game, but this is for a future arpg. I’m commissioning art pieces so when I’m able to, I’ll be able to kinda jump right in. Economically it doesn’t make the most sense and usually art would come later, but I have my reasons.This is for my little town rpg game. Where the focus is AI. Not so much action.This is based on Native American smoke lodges to some degree.
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Anon06/22/25, 01:25No.3788382
Thanks for the advice on the autoattack formula, anons. I'm going to implement one eventually. At the moment, I just finished getting my testing enemy to get a player character it can see, and start attacking it when it's in range.
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Anon06/25/25, 12:41No.3790899
where do you find playtesters for your game?
/agdg/ is really bad and full of schizos now i dont want to post my game there. i would post it here but it's not really an rpg sorry
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Anon06/30/25, 08:50No.3793731
Are there any good resources online for how to actually design a JRPG style combat system?
I don't mean in terms of architecture, state machine etc etc. I mean directly in terms of how stats should work and how to actually resolve the damage values of attacks.
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Anon07/05/25, 05:51No.3796831
Hello lads. I've got a new demo out. Implementing a lot suggestions, many of them from here, fresh character sprites from someone who actually knows how to draw, and now bugs (that I know of)https://manusc.itch.io/bainokTake a shot if you please, and tell me what you think. Thank you.
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Anon07/05/25, 06:41No.3796854
Marketing is hard and subtetly doesnt really pay off. I think I'm gonna make a bullet point trailer so people know whats different in my game. Have you done any trailers anons?
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Anon07/05/25, 22:45No.3797317
Does anyone have any advice in writing for games?
I find trying to weave a story into a game to be quite hard. unless i just do
>DUNGEON <STORY SCENE < DUNGEON < STORY SCENE ect
but at that point the game begins to feel like two separate entities co existing in the same body
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Anon07/13/25, 22:47No.3802549
Today I remembered the anon that said "AI should be used to teach you how your engine works". I asked very simple questions to chatgpt and all answers were hallucinations even when I asked it to check documentation.
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Anon07/14/25, 16:54No.3803138
I'm trying to create a new and unique elemental system. My idea is. That every damage type comes with a status effect and ideally with a stat damage or alteration, too. Like piercing - > bleed - > con damage. I'd like to skip ice, thunder aso and use exotic or unique ones, like aether or war. Open to your ideas or rather input.
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Anon07/14/25, 21:43No.3803383
New version of the dialogue window. Sprite itself is a little too wide, but the logic is the same, and it can take flexible portrait sizes. (Don't mind the wonky environment, it is all a flat image as a map mockup)
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Anon07/15/25, 09:29No.3803655
What's the best free engine to make a first person 2D horror dungeon crawler rpg?
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Anon07/15/25, 09:35No.3803660
OK so I want to make a cheaply made Kamen Rider fangame, would it be easier to make a henshin pose qte on GameMaker or Godot?
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Anon07/17/25, 04:56No.3805694
tfw learning godot so I can be in this thread instead of the other one with the psycho dude
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Anon07/17/25, 07:26No.3805727
Working on a life sim/rpg/porn game, decided to move from rpg maker to Godot. Where do I even begin learning and developing the game? So far I've just been flailing and poking around, got my old tilesets working, collision, etc., but I have no idea where to go from here.
UI? Inventory system? Dialogue?
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Anon07/18/25, 02:17No.3806457
Hi first time posting, I'm developing a pokemon mystery dungeon kind of game (party-based roguelike w/ no permadeath) + adult harem dating sim.
>progress
Lately I've been implementing persona-like activities, e.g. train in the dojo, study in the library
I've also been thinking about adding elves/goblins/foxgirls/cowgirls (the current characters are all humans)
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Anon07/18/25, 22:54No.3807079
I really need to do a pass through my code and clean up some of the atrocious reference links I've set up.
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Anon07/21/25, 17:56No.3809311
next update is probably gonna be up pretty soon, ng+ still tbd
also some kid made a wiki a while ago, rather surprised about that but I'll take it
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Anon07/22/25, 16:04No.3809924
anyone here have experience using xogot?
it's a godot port for ios
i'm gonna be traveling a lot so i want to gamedev on the go and don't want to carry a big laptop but i have an ipad pro
it seems like it's the only engine available for the ipad as far as i know?
how is the experience?
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Anon07/24/25, 07:47No.3811295
Is is what it is
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Anon07/24/25, 18:02No.3811589
thoughts on the itch de-indexing and removal of NSFW games?
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Anon07/28/25, 11:57No.3814000
Mine is completed: metaverse-nightmare.neocities.orgYou play as Kirby and fight against big tech. Protip never start a second project. Working on anything with this project has been pulling teeth after starting my newest project
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Anon07/30/25, 15:41No.3815818
Does anyone have the mana seed's assets to share? They're too expensive and I'll buy them eventually, but I'd like to start mapping right now.
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Anon07/30/25, 15:58No.3815829
Whats a good RPG onboarding? Any videos about it? I'm talking
>story intro
>early steps
>tutorials
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Anon08/03/25, 06:04No.3818295
Using Love2D for a JRPG...Is obfuscating the game so people can't steal my shit as simple as recompiling Love2D with functions moved around, function headers rearranged, a few new functions added, and slightly altered return values and parameters for various functions?I figure I can replace many functions that have multiple parameters with structs of those same parameters, and alter the functions to make correct use of the new struct parameter in the function.Is there anything else I can do?What about obscuring important parts of the game logic? Rewrite it in C instead of Lua?I do intend for the data and media assets to be moddable, and I intend to store the data as text files which are loaded by the game on launch. I'm not against modding, I just need more income streams.
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Anon08/05/25, 21:34No.3819732
If I had a dollar for every time godot crashes
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Anon08/13/25, 02:57No.3825377
Why not merge with rpgm thread
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Anon08/18/25, 15:37No.3829005
What are some things that I can make character class give to the player?Currently in my game, all your power comes from equipment, and your starting class only determines starting equipment and how you look.
I think that's not enough and would like to add something more, but at the same time I don't want to lock the player too hard into a specific archetype. Assuming no class changes are allowed due to short nature of the game, what are some options I have?Games like Path of Exile put you in a different point on the huge tree, I've also seen roguelikes give you a small passive, or one unique skill. Ideas?
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Anon08/21/25, 23:32No.3830994
FF5 ripoff guy here: should I go for 4 or 8 axis movement? There are a shitload of existing 4 axis sprites on free game art dot org.Also it would be easier to ship with random battles, but to add a passive skill to thief that lets you view random battle tiles as you move. I would need to add a wait key as the random encounters move. Is this preferable to monster field sprites?4 axis and random battles would be easier to implement.
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Anon08/23/25, 11:12No.3831673
I'd really like to get a book on how to "gamify" mechanics so stuff doesn't feel like a chore.
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Anon08/24/25, 05:04No.3832252
Progress:
Player dies when health is <= 0
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Anon08/25/25, 11:06No.3832958
Cirote 3 0.4.1 released: https://cirote3.itch.io/cirote3/devlog/1016756/041
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Anon08/30/25, 20:20No.3835960
I'm trying to theorycraft how my Daggerfall-Style dungeon crawler could work with a SNES controller button scheme. (or a PSX controller if you prefer)
For some reason, I got it into my head that I want it to be truly retro compatible.My main issue at the moment is that without an analog stick or mouse, It'll have to use DOOM style turn and strafe controls. Granted, that will give it just the old-school feel I'm going for, but it also might take up L and R from other functions I could want with those buttons.
There's also the combat system I'm trying to develop. You memorize many different weapon arts and spells to perform different tasks, and are expected to do so regularly throughout combat. For example, you might want to use a Lacerating Strike to cause bleed damage, Concussive Force to lower your enemy's accuracy, Intimidating flourish to cause other enemies to flee, and so on. So I would need a way to quickly reorganize which actions you have active. Ideally without needing to pause the game too much, but I'll need to play around with the fully implemented system to see if it just feels cumbersome and slow, or tactical and methodical.I'm having X be the primary attack used for a weapon in your main hand like a sword, while Y is for secondary actions like a shield bash, or spell.
Maybe B could be the Draw Weapons, and Sneak button all at once. just cycling through movement mode, combat mode, and stealth mode. A is naturally for interacting.
I could throw all menu stuff like inventory, quest journal, map, save/load, and game settings under Start. Maybe Select could help you Select your abilities, but that's a bit of a cumbersome button to do that with when you're doing that regularly throughout an encounter.Are there any games with a similar idea going into it that I could draw inspiration from, or do you have any ideas for the control scheme?
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Anon08/31/25, 21:50No.3836581
Approaching slavjank tier.
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Anon09/04/25, 10:15No.3838897
Any game here participating of agdg Demo Day 64? Maybe I can give some feedback.
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Anon09/05/25, 00:26No.3839310
What do we think of an Etrian Odyssey-Persona mix? How best to balance the 2 formulas and what to cut from them?
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Anon09/07/25, 13:28No.3840502
update on the footage i posted months ago. short starter gameplay. currently still working on refining UI a little bit. have a comprehensive set of items, skills and talents.https://litter.catbox.moe/bqq1a5xuse8cnnct.mov
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Anon09/09/25, 04:37No.3841479
FF5 ripoff guy here.Advice on coding field room transitions?How do other games do it? Pros & cons of each method?
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Anon09/14/25, 16:10No.3844262
Has anyone messed with LibGDX at all? I'm looking to build something small that I can put on a portfolio and show to employers and having something in Java seems like it would be helpful. I've never built and shipped a full game start to finish but I wouldn't say I'm completely new to game dev either. I've built stuff in Godot, made GZDoom mods with lot's of scripting and have a fair bit of experience in web development so I don't need to learn the basics of Object Oriented Programming at all.I'm looking to build something stupid simple. pre-made 2D sprites from itch, Dragon Quest style combat with some extra tactical shit thrown in. I'm really just trying to get some practice for the eventual project I want to tackle.
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Anon09/17/25, 03:54No.3845565
Anyone know of attempts to make games like Fallout or Fallout 2? I'm stuck daydreaming about making a reboot universe, and I'm not sure where to start. Which engine to use (Age of Decadence and later Colony Ship were onto something) and how expensive is it to hire out art and sound are my biggest barriers to entry.
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Anon09/18/25, 11:56No.3846152
I'm working on a pogs/tazos RPG prototype. Core loop is physics-based (mouse slams, stack flips), but layered with a mental/morale system: actions like mock/praise/intimidate apply status effects (shaky hands, panic, etc.) that influence performance.
Slammers and caps(the pogs/tazos with no trademark name) can also have powers, adding another layer of strategy.
There are also “snack” items with situational buffs/debuffs (sometimes positive, sometimes sabotage if given to opponent. I need to work on a system to AI acept or refuse the snack offer, any ideias?).
The structure starts schoolyard-like but gradually escalates into surreal tone.I can’t pin down close references. Mechanics feel halfway between sports sim, psychology system, and traditional RPG. Any games I should study that deal with:
> morale affecting execution/input
> physics-based dueling with RPG overlay
>school setting rpg (beside inazuma)
Also, do you have personal tazo/pog experiences that could inspire story or gameplay elements?
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Anon09/18/25, 13:59No.3846206
Spriting up the first area of my RPG, I'm trying a rougher style and I think it looks pretty neat
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Anon09/21/25, 09:21No.3847615
Realistically, how likely is it to create a demo, present it to a company for funding, and have them accept it?
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Anon09/27/25, 13:23No.3850752
Marketing is the most difficult part of gamedev.
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Anon09/28/25, 23:25No.3851385
I've been working on a project that was intended to be like ghetto Xenoblade or Final Fantasy 12, and I've been debating on scaling down even further. At the moment, I thought of making something somewhat like Dungeon of the Endless.
>Basically, like DOTE, the map is broken up into "nodes" or "partitions," and the characters operate in these areas
>(You) would capture creatures or create characters to fight and do stuff in these maps
>Could easily add depth by adding effects and traits to these nodes. For example, capturing a node with a hospital provides healing over time
Thoughts?
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Anon10/01/25, 11:40No.3852444
Please, does anyone know how to export a model from Blender to Godot so that 1 single model is enough for everything, instead of needing 2 of them (1 for collision shape and 1 for looks/materials)?
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Anon10/01/25, 18:14No.3852586
After a few months my demo has around 80min average playtime and 18 min median. It's not a success but its somewhat okay.
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Anon10/11/25, 11:52No.3857276
What are ways to progress difficult without simply giving enemies bigger numbers?
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Anon10/11/25, 12:01No.3857279
Sometimes I wonder if I should just give up, and instead make a protagonist with their own personality. They are much easier to write for than trying to give freedom and multiple avenues to the player.
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Anon10/12/25, 00:30No.3857523
What should I look into for some good dungeon generation similar to Daggerfall?I'm trying to come up with one (without just ripping a different one wholesale) and it's surprisingly hard.
I'm trying to have pre-defined room modules that can rotate in any multiple of 45 degrees, and connect with each other, either by simple doors, hallways, stairwells, or internal staircases for multi-story houses.Right now I'm leaning on a system of starting off with an intersection area, then branching off each portal into any other kind of cell, checking if there's any collision between rooms before placing, and swapping direction or ending it off with a dead end otherwise.
This helps with the intercardinal angles issue, but I'll need some more work to have a room map be more than just a big tree branching out from one node. (even though that would make it much easier to navigate without retreading too much old ground.)Also, maybe this is just the screenshots I found, but Daggerfall doesn't seem to have diagonal rooms, just hallways.
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Anon10/13/25, 06:33No.3857917
Thoughts on Bakin? Is there ANY support for it imo
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Anon10/15/25, 00:54No.3858804
I've been fiddling with a 3D crearure collector, and I thought about taking it in 2 directions.
>1. The SMT & Dragon Quest Monsters route of getting stronker creatures through fusions. Very easy to do. Legit just copy and paste the code you would normally write for a crafting system, and replace it to allow any combination of the "ingredients"
>2. Some of sort of training thing where you can, on paper, infinitely increase character stats
I'm heavily leaning towards 2. Ideally, I would have both since that means you could always use your favorite character. However, I would only be able to get a small team together at best, and I would have to shell out a ton of money for the art assets.
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Anon10/15/25, 09:47No.3858964
I finally got an idea for my game but it'd be way too hard to implement in RPG slopmaker so I want to know what would be the best engine to learn for it. I don't have that much raw coding skill but I made a bunch of total conversion mods for a game that used a lot of Lua. It'd still be 2D top down so don't need Unity bloat features or gay 'so realistic' real time lighting on 2D assets style.The idea I had was a survival horror RPG that'd play like Parasite Eve where you have to wait for an action gauge to build up to attack. I'd want it to be effortlessly real time though instead of locking you into an arena, maybe giving you a chance to run away or do stealth. Instead of tank controls I figured that moving fast or dodging would make your action bar build up slower vs standing still, and you could maybe sneak attack enemies to get a jump on them.I already have a personal setting of mind I'd been working on for a while involving mutagenic drugs being peddled by a City of Mutants and you'd play as an unwitting paranormal investigator or as the City's own enforcers who nominally are trying to keep the spread of the mutagenic controlled.
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Anon10/15/25, 23:55No.3859426
Should I make an open world sandbox rpg?