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If anyone else is looking for generators too. Alot of people have made generators for different characters and sprites and spells and things. I have found lots of different generators with Google searches for what I need. So if anyone needs a specific GFX that might be a good way to go to get a semi custom one.

I have added an additional link I found to some very helpful beginner Game Maker tutorials. Thought I would just add it here. More beginner Game Maker tuts for basically all the basic thing you could imagine with youtube vids attached. http://www.4gamer.net/news/image/2003.12/20031202172247_3big.jpg

This always brings out some interesting titles. All you have to do is state your top 3 RPGs. Anything particularly nostalgic? Or just plain awesome? My top 3 are: 1. Morrowind 2. Final Fantasy 1(NES) 3. Grandia Morrowind wasn't afraid to take you to a crazy dark elf world, which was fully immersive. It was one of the first really completely immersive sandbox rpgs on any console yet to date. Between the world, the writing, the skills and the music it was nearly perfect expect for a few flaws like hiccups in the combat system. But for transporting the player to another world, which is the essence of a Role-Playing-Game to me has to go to morrowind. I chose Final Fantasy 1(NES) second because this was the first RPG I was ever exposed to. I was probably about 6 years old and played this at a friends house. It was the first time I had ever connected the idea of numbers to damage. And all sorts of other common rpg tropes. It was all downhill since then Third I chose Grandia because Like Morrowind It was able to immerse you in a completely different world. It spanned 4 discs on the PS1 and it seemed to just be gigantic and go on forever. It was one of the first PS1 games I owned in the 90s shortly after upgrading from SNES. The music and the 3d cut scenes and everything were just over top the top for the time when I was used to playing SNES games. Hbu?

Just wanted to post this to give a direction towards the official tutorials for the Game Maker engine. If you have ever been interested in the engine, or downloaded from one of the many places of the interweb and never got a chance to see the tutorials here they are. Each tutorials contains a word doc with detailed precise instructions as well as any other resources you would need for the tut. These tuts are very basic but if you are trying to start from square one this is just the place to do it! http://sandbox.yoyogames.com/make/tutorials http://www.4gamer.net/news/image/2003.12/20031202172247_3big.jpg

Hey everyone, Just a quick intro about myself. Glad to be here. I have been making RPGs since I was in elementary school with the english ripped versions of RPGMAKER95, and RPG MAKER 2K3. I happened to google "Make your own MMORPG" after playing several small mmos such as Tibia and some graphical based MUDs. I found the Elysium engine this way and created a small project called Escape that I hosted over Hamachi for me and ~5 friends. I was hooked on making MMORPGS. Elysium was very buggy back in the day and not great if you didn't know how to program so I eventually found the other communities of Xtremeworlds and Eclipse. I am not a coder/programmer like most here but my skillset I believe is a vital addition to whichever team I am currently working with. I have a bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a focus in marketing so I like to apply those skills to my game design. I consider myself a developer and am very proficient in mapping/GUI creation/Quest Creation/ Ect. I also own a Wacom tablet and do a decent amount of pixel work. I suppose I can have a slightly different mindset as I do not plan at any point in my lifetime to become a professional game designer. I have always treated it as a hobby, creating virtual worlds brings me alot of hapiness. I however still maintain a rigorous ethic when I go at a project and respect people who maintain thier word and get projects done Thanks for the great additions to the hobby!

This is a resource I think that some people may benefit greatly from. It is a good tool when you need a set of custom sprites ect. You can come up with literally millions of comibations of character sheets with this program. It will spit out character sets in a "3 row pattern" which will need to be convereted to a "4 row patter". If one of the mods has access to the converted for this and could post it here as well that would be useful. Enjoy! http://charas-project.net/charas2/index.php

As a fellow mapper aware of the limitations of that tileset pack I do have to applaud you. That set is rough to use but you pull it off pretty well! MAPPERS UNITE! I too would be interested to see how you do with a different tileset someday

I owe this guy alot. I went from an office job to working from my home off of residual income from websites. He really tells it straight on web development topics. Smart guy, can't be fooled by the name haha.

Close, not quite. Irokaiser i'd say