Role-playing game creation software
Role-playing game creation software is a game creation system (software program) intended to make it easy for non-programmers to create a role-playing video game. The target audience for most of these products is artists and creative types who have the imaginative abilities to assemble the elements of a game (artwork, plotline, music, etc.) but lack the technical skill to program it themselves.
RPG Maker
The most famous RPG maker is the commercial Japanese RPG Maker series that has been released since 1988 for many systems ranging from the PC-8801, MSX, PC-9801, and Microsoft Windows, to the Super Famicom, PlayStation, Game Boy Color, PlayStation 2, and Cellphones.
Other role-playing game creation software
| Name | License | Publisher | Initial release | GNU/Linux | Mac | Windows | Mobile | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventure Construction Set | ? | Electronic Arts | 1984 | ? | Apple II | MS-DOS | ? | An early RPG maker for creating top-down view tile-based role-playing and adventure games. Published for the Commodore 64 and later ported to other 8-bit and early 16-bit microcomputers. |
| Adventure Creator | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | An early RPG maker for Apple II computers that allowed users to build very simple games. Not to be confused with Graphic Adventure Creator, a simplified version of which was also released as Adventure Creator. |
| Bard's Tale Construction Set | ? | Electronic Arts | 1991 | ? | ? | MS-DOS | ? | A (relatively) early RPG maker by Interplay, based on the basic design (first-person view and tile set) of the Bard's Tale games, using a version of the Thief of Fate game engine.[1] |
| Mire Engine | ? | Making Italia | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | A 2D Cross Platform Game Engine using WebGL, DirectX and HTML5. |
| BYOND | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Used for NEStalgia, and others. |
| DCGAMES | Proprietary | DC Software | 1990 | No | No | MS-DOS | No | An Ultima-style RPG game creation system[2] |
| EasyRPG | Free | EasyRPG community | 2013[3] | Yes[4][5] | Player[5] | Yes[4][5] | Player[5] | A cross-platform, open source RPG development tool and client, compatible with RPG Maker.[6] |
| 001 Game Creator | Proprietary | SoftWeir Inc. | 2006 | No | No | Yes | Yes | A commercial action/RPG maker. Uses a subscription model. |
| Unlimited Adventures | Proprietary | Strategic Simulations, Inc. | 1993 | ? | Mac OS | MS-DOS | ? | A commercial game builder by MicroMagic using SSI's "Gold Box" engine.[1] |
| RPG Creator | Proprietary | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | A commercial game development toolkit which runs through HTML5. |
| KAGE | Free | ? | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | A free software game development toolkit able to make RPGs utilizing KonsolScript.[7] |
| OHRRPGCE | GNU GPL[8] | OHRRPGCE community | 1997–1998[9] | Yes | OS X | Yes | Android | An open source RPG maker.[10] |
| RpgBoss | Free | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | A cross-platform open source editor and engine based on JavaScript and Scala. |
| Sphere RPG Engine | Free | ? | 2000 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | A set of open source RPG makers utilizing JavaScript. |
| Verge | BSD | https://verge-rpg.com/ | 1997 | ? | Yes | Yes | PSP | An open source 2D game engine with an emphasis on role playing games.[11] |
| Maker3D | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | A 3D RPG creator in manga style |
| Lugdunon | Proprietary | Cinera LLC[12] | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | A 2D online RPG creator platform. |
While not an RPG maker per se, the Worldforge game engine is intended for creating MMORPGs.
References
- Barton, Matt (23 February 2007). "The History of Computer Role-Playing Games Part 2: The Golden Age (1985-1993)". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009.
- "DC Games Graphics Adventure Game Builder game at DOSGames.com". Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- "Release 0.1 · EasyRPG/Player". GitHub. 17 March 2013.
- "Download EasyRPG Editor". EasyRPG. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- "Download EasyRPG Player". EasyRPG. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- "EasyRPG". Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- "KonsolScript and Game Engine". SourceForge. 8 December 2016.
- "GPL license". OHRRPGCE-Wiki. 27 September 2016.
- "Timeline". OHRRPGCE-Wiki. 6 April 2016.
- "About". OHRRPGCE-Wiki. 9 April 2016.
- McGraw, Ben. "About - VERGE, Free 2d Game Engine". archive.verge-rpg.com.
- "Lugdunon". Retrieved 3 March 2017.
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