RPG Maker MV Beginner+ Tutorials

What is This?

A tutorial series using the MV engine to learn RPG Maker as we build a game together. Originally made in 2017, but still very resourceful.

Click here for the entire series

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Interested?

We're going to make a simple ~20 min horror game. It will include a story, some puzzles, and a chase sequence. It will be designed for those new to RPG Maker, who wants to get into the horror genre. We will be using the default RPG Maker package (known as the RTP set).

Download Versions

*Both files requires and uses the RMMV engine

Your Version - [YouTube]Prologue - One Dangerous Night.rar ( 2/20/2017)

• This is your incomplete version. As you watch the series, we will add the missing code together. At the end of each episode, I give you "homework" that we walkthrough together at the beginning of the next. 

My Completed Version - [TheOdie]Prologue - One Dangerous Night.rar (2/3/2017)

• This is my completed version. This is a good demo for you to playthrough to see what you will be learning. Note: there may be some additions to mine that we don't walkthrough together in the series.

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Our Game's Bio and Purpose

Story:

            It’s 1991, school’s almost ending and the kids are all excited; everyone except for 17 years old Jake Witherfeld that is. Everyday Jake comes to school looking as depressed as the last day. It’s no shocker though, he lives with an abusive stepfather on the edge of the country and everybody knows it. People have tried to talk to him, but he has always turned them down, even his best friend, Eric Stikers.

One day, he came into school with an eyepatch over his right eye, and he instantly became the topic of the morning. The day past by and Eric tried to comfort him, suggesting them to just walk about town and avoid the need to return home. However, Jake only knew this would cause more trouble for him. He decided to head home. The next day, he didn’t show up to school. Eric decided to bring his homework to him, also peaked by his own curiosity as to meet his father in person.

When Eric arrived at Jake’s house, things felt odd. His run-down country house was dead silent. There weren’t even birds to chirp anywhere nearby. Eric approached the house and chose to knock, having not found a doorbell. A few seconds later, the door slowly creaked open, revealing a whiten-faced Jake.

“Hey,” Jake barely let out.

“Hey,” stuttered Eric. “Uhmm I have your homework.”

“Oh. Thanks,” Jake replies without even once blanking.

Eric lifted his hand slowly, holding Jake’s homework. Jake responded by slowly reaching to the homework, grabbing it, and lowering his hand to his side, all without losing eye contact from Eric.

Eric struggled to find any words to ease the situation, but couldn’t find any.

“Bye,” Jake lowly lets out as he slowly closes the door. Eric stood for a while to what felt silent, now additionally felt cold. Everything around Eric felt out of motion. Time was frozen.

After a few moments, Eric moved down to the front of Jake’s street. He stared at the house for a while longer before telling himself that something had gone wrong. For the sake of his friend, he decided to come back that night to discover what it was that his father has done.

Type of Puzzles

●     Find way into basement (search for a bunch of items and use them in order)

●     Box push maze

●     Code decipher

●     For final chase, lights off. Turning on lights will have him see you and making sounds will too. Use this to develop why he can “see” in the dark