

A version of the program made for the Nintendo 3DS, RPG Maker Fes, was released in Japan in December 2016, and was released in the West on June 27, 2017.Īfter several versions that only used a special interface for inputting commands, RPG Maker started supporting actual scripting languages. Three versions were also made available on Sony console platforms the final one, RPG Maker 3, is available on the Playstation 3 as a PS2 Classic. The very first versions RPG Maker 95 and RPG Tsukūru Dante 98 were never translated into English, however. Older versions RPG Maker 2003 (aka 2k3) and RPG Maker 2000 (aka 2k) weren't originally released worldwide, but were reissued on Steam in English and with several improvements on April 24th and July 7th, 2015, respectively. It and its predecessors RPG Maker MV, RPG Maker VX Ace, RPG Maker VX, and RPG Maker XP had received worldwide releases with trial versions available.

The latest version is RPG Maker MZ, released in 2020. Its tile-based map and event editor system makes it easy to create areas filled with interactable objects with no programming knowledge required (though an understanding of programming concepts such as variables and loops can help a lot, and later versions allow custom scripting for advanced functionality). Each version comes bundled with a large amount of graphical and audio resources, and there are many additional resources available in the asset store or on various dedicated websites, so no artistic talent is needed to start off. RPG Maker is known for its ease of use and accessibility.

RPG Maker (RPGツクール, RPG Tsukuru), is a series of game maker programs first created by ASCII, then succeeded by Enterbrain, that, as the name suggests, allows users to make their own RPGs.
