RPG Maker With made its debut on the Switch earlier this month here in the West, and now in an update, it's been announced it will be coming to PlayStation 5 and 4 in Japan on 30th January 2025.
As part of this news, the development team Gotcha Gotcha Games has confirmed there will be cross-play support with the Nintendo version of the game. This will allow users across Switch and PlayStation platforms to share creations and assets via the "Maker Plaza".
Gotcha Gotcha is also reportedly working on a "more advanced game creating tool" called Action Game Maker, which will allow users to port their creations between platforms (thanks to a partnership with Godot Engine devs' company) and will be released at some point in 2025 (thanks, Automaton Media).
If you're curious to give RPG Maker With a go, there's a demo you can download right now from the Switch eShop. Here's an official description:
"RPG MAKER WITH lets you make games for and with everyone! No programming knowledge is required to make your perfect game when using RPG MAKER WITH’s robust yet easy-to-learn tools and intuitive controls. Get inspiration and motivation by playing other creators’ games for free and sharing your projects and assets online at any stage of the creation process."
Have you tried out this title on the Switch yet? Let us know in the comments.
[source rpgsite.net]
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Shame the artwork accompanying these releases are always a lot better than the sprite art that comes with the packages.
It's not that it's terrible, it's just so cookie cutter.
Doubt I'll get this myself anytime soon if ever as I already have several RPG Makers on PC and those are much better if you ever want to actually make your game (although my usual retailer here in Italy has it on their site slightly discounted so I might reconsider at some point) but still, it's great to see yet another introduction to game making for those interested coming to Switch and even more so considering that it's getting cross-play support!
@Daniel36 I imagine that's the point, so it forces you to get creative with your own work.
Still, it DOES feel like a waste of good artwork and character designs to be no more than box art
@Samalik Well, I guess... And I guess console versions are for a different demographic than their PC counterparts to begin with.
It just feels... like a redundant package, I guess? It's not the most difficult thing to use, but once you are sort of proficient in this kind of game package, you're kind of doing yourself a disservice by not just jumping ship to a more powerful game creation suite, like Unreal or Unity, which are free. Throw in Aseprite, which is very cheap, if you want to do pixel art, and you are good to go. Great to go, honestly.
@Daniel36 Well isn't that the point? You are trying to get use to how games work in a more easy way compared to more programming heavy engines. By that point, you'd probably have a feel for how a game should work when you do start more in depth programming
I still haven't figured out how to use the 3DS one.
(*me, a dumb guy)
Can someone explain what the "with" means?
I don't like this game's title. It just feels incomplete.
@Dirty_Croc I know there was a really old (like Windows 95) tactical spinoff.
I do not know if has yet received official Steam release (as RPG Maker 2000 and 2003, long after they were no longer current iterations) or if it is one to be found only through old warez channels. (SimRPG Tsukuuru, I think it was.)
@Automated_Unit_4937 basically they added ways of co-developing a game with someone else
@MJF I really liked RPG maker on 3ds but a minor but huge gripe I have with the new one is there isn't a zoomed in option it really sucks because the 3ds camera distance was basically perfect to me.
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