Gotcha Gotcha Games has announced that its seminal game-making software RPG Maker XP is completely free for PC players on Steam until February 19th, 10:00 AM PDT.
RPG Maker XP is the oldest entry in the series, having originally released in 2005, and is meant to give players a toolset to create their spin on the RPG genre.
The promotion is part of a wider celebration of the series, known fittingly as RPG Maker Festival 2024. The sale aims to celebrate RPG Maker and the many games people have produced using its various iterations. Here’s a list of the discounts:
- RPG Maker 2000: $2.49 USD
- RPG Maker 2003: $1.99 USD
- RPG Maker VX: $3.99 USD
- RPG Maker VX Ace: $6.99 USD
- RPG Maker MV: $11.99 USD
- RPG Maker MZ: $38.23 USD
RPG Maker has been used over the last 19 years to create notable indie RPGs such as To The Moon, A Bird Story, Omori, and LISA.
Timely to this article, features writer Nick Mangiaracina recently released the first interview in a series focusing on RPG Maker developers. His first interview was with developer zDS and details their struggles, successes, and insights gained while making their titles. If you’re curious about what goes into the creation process using RPG Maker, feel free to check it out!
I think it’s cool to be able to add a piece of gaming history to your library for nothing, especially a piece of development software that gives players a way to create nearly two decades on. Without RPG Maker XP, we would have potentially been deprived of a host of perspectives that have helped expand the idea of what an RPG can be.
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Source: Rock, Paper, Shotgun
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