RPG Maker MZ for Beginners: Vol. 1: An introduction to the 2020 game development software RPG Maker MZ, offering advice on how to develop your own game, as well as how to navigate the engine.

If you have an idea for a game that you want to make, the rest of the steps involved can seem incredibly daunting. Learning to code from scratch can take months, if not years, and building your game’s basic setup can also be very time-consuming on its own. Thankfully, new engines have been made available in recent years that cut out a huge amount of work, and provide an almost “cookie cutter” style approach to building games.

So what makes RPG Maker stand out from the others, and why should you use it? This book will guide you through the process of opening RPG Maker MZ for the first time, what to expect, how to navigate the software, and how to start building your very own game.

This book contains detailed sections on the following:

Should you Make a Game with RPG Maker? What’s the Difference Between RPG Maker MV and MZ? Making a Game in RPG Maker: How to Get Started How to Create a New Game Useful UI Buttons Creating Your First Map Using the Character Generator How to Add Custom Colours to the Character Generator Database: The Actor Tab & Creating Characters Database: The Classes Tab & Creating Classes Database: The Skills Tab & Creating Skills Database: The Items Tab & Creating Items Database: The Weapons/Armors Tabs & Creating Equipment Database: The Enemies Tab & Creating Enemies Database: The Troops Tab & Creating Battles Database: The States Tab & Creating Buffs, Debuffs and More Database: The Animations Tab & How to Add New Animations Database: The Tilesets Tab & How to Add New Tiles Database: The Common Events Tab Database: The System 1 Tab Database: The System 2 Tab Database: The Types Tab Database: The Terms Tab & Your Game’s Vocabulary What are Events and How to Create One How to Use the Event Editor Switches and Variables Message Commands, Show Choice and Scrolling Text How to Make a Cutscene Conditional Branches Loops and Labels Changing a Party’s Gold, Items and Equipment How to Adjust an Actor’s HP, MP, TP and State & How to Create an Inn Teleporting the Player, Events and Vehicles