RPG MAKER MV
Shake your game maker
“THE SIMPLICITY HIDES THE LEVEL OF COMPLEXITY THAT IS ACHIEVABLE.”
Are you an armchair developer? Do you love to criticise games, shrug, and bellow “I could do better”? Then now’s your chance. RPG Maker MV is the latest version of the long-running PC gamemaking software, and it’s coming to PS4.
This is no mere hobbyist set of tools, either. Genuinely great, massively successful games have been made with RPG Maker and released onto Steam. The likes of indie hit To The Moon show what can be done with this package.
On PS4 you get the full software, which means thousands of pre-made assets, as well as customisation tools to craft your own worlds. There’s no need to learn code; you simply drag and drop assets from the menus and render your game. The simplicity hides the level of complexity that is possible, and achievable, with RPG Maker MV. The beauty of having so many pre-made elements is that you can design and build your game, and then replace stock assets as you refine your creation.
Your finished game is loaded to the internet to be played, or added to the free app that will be available on PS4 at launch. From here you can play other creator-games. Presently the PS4 edition doesn’t share creations with other platforms, which is the only downside to, what is, a great ‘game’. Now’s the time to create that high school werecat romance.