RPG Game Maker???

I was wondering if someone could recommend/suggest a good software or something to make an RPG game.
Not using actual coding, the kind that are for idiots like me who don't know squat about coding or software/game development.

The "Create Your Own RPG Game Online" type of thing.

I googled, but there's so many Idk where to start.

If its a standard jrpg then the obvious choice would be something like rpg maker which you can find on steam in various different versions.
Another tool that i personally love and use for 2D games is Gamemaker Studio. You don't need to know how to code as it features a drag n drop coding system which I've heard is decent enough to make smaller games.

For someone who does not know or is a beginner, RPG Maker is a good choose for start in dev a VG about RPG; but RPG Maker has its own programming language, is easy to learn and much of the stuff is drag and drop.


Gamemaker you can choose using a programming lenaguage or drag and drop (but this option is very limiting)


I would recommend over time to risk entering with more advanced software and learn some programming or find a friend who knows code and work together.

I'm a programmer but I never got into programming a game until I participated in a Global Game Jam and everything went well :peace:

25-09-2017, 07:12 AM

naxoxhide Wrote: For someone who does not know or is a beginner, RPG Maker is a good choose for start in dev a VG about RPG; but RPG Maker has its own programming language, is easy to learn and much of the stuff is drag and drop.


Gamemaker you can choose using a programming lenaguage or drag and drop (but this option is very limiting)


I would recommend over time to risk entering with more advanced software and learn some programming or find a friend who knows code and work together.

I'm a programmer but I never got into programming a game until I participated in a Global Game Jam and everything went well :peace:

As of RPG Maker MV, it now uses JavaScript as its primary scripting language.
Game Maker Studio 2 can also parse JavaScript alongside GML.
JavaScript can also be seen in various other engines in varying amounts, such as some implementation in Unreal Engine 4.

JavaScript, it seems, is a viable language to learn for game creation and many other applications.

Try Unity, a good engine for beginners and not only. On it one can make an RPG in 3D \ 2D

To give OP an actual answer based on their requirements, RPG Maker MV is a good place to start. It's very extensible, robust, and there are tons of tutorials for it based on decades of the engine's previous iterations.