Hi everyone,
looking at the steam's release list I've noticed a couple of games from a fellow forum member that also uses RPG Maker and the one thing that every single RPG Maker game shares is an enormous thread talking about how a 5 year old could've made it in 5 minutes because it's not a real game.
I'm a 'programmer' myself and I've made some 'engines' for some of my games in the past, but none of them actually got finished. I worked on some RTS, survival adventure, platformers, shooters... anything really and the most bothersome thing when you start with nothing is getting the whole damn thing to work properly. This time when I decided to make an RPG I decided to not even bother with all of that and just use an existing engine.
I did not expect so much hate. Every RPG Maker game is filled with hate.
And the strangest thing is that the engine is actually good. You can completely reprogram everything, starting from the combat engine and ending with something like even turning the game into a sideways platformer. Not as if I'd make a platformer in it, but it's possible.
It's also nice to have all that art for free, even if it's just a placeholder it helps you do something when you don't know what to do and the tilesets can be just replaced afterwards.
Anyway, why do you think there is so much hate? Do you condemn people who use existing engines like this?
I'm pretty sure that the poll is anonymous so please be honest. If even here I'll face a ridiculous amount of negative feedback I might have to reconsider my whole project...
Thanks in advance!
looking at the steam's release list I've noticed a couple of games from a fellow forum member that also uses RPG Maker and the one thing that every single RPG Maker game shares is an enormous thread talking about how a 5 year old could've made it in 5 minutes because it's not a real game.
I'm a 'programmer' myself and I've made some 'engines' for some of my games in the past, but none of them actually got finished. I worked on some RTS, survival adventure, platformers, shooters... anything really and the most bothersome thing when you start with nothing is getting the whole damn thing to work properly. This time when I decided to make an RPG I decided to not even bother with all of that and just use an existing engine.
I did not expect so much hate. Every RPG Maker game is filled with hate.
And the strangest thing is that the engine is actually good. You can completely reprogram everything, starting from the combat engine and ending with something like even turning the game into a sideways platformer. Not as if I'd make a platformer in it, but it's possible.
It's also nice to have all that art for free, even if it's just a placeholder it helps you do something when you don't know what to do and the tilesets can be just replaced afterwards.
Anyway, why do you think there is so much hate? Do you condemn people who use existing engines like this?
I'm pretty sure that the poll is anonymous so please be honest. If even here I'll face a ridiculous amount of negative feedback I might have to reconsider my whole project...
Thanks in advance!