Beginning RPG Maker MV

Darrin Perez (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

372 Seiten

2016 | 2nd ed.
Apress (Verlag)
978-1-4842-1966-9 (ISBN)

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Create your very own role playing game using the RPG Maker MV game development engine. You'll go through tutorials and exercises that will take you from installing the software to putting the final touches upon your first project. Beginning RPG Maker MV has been designed with the complete beginner in mind who has little to no experience with the engine. It includes full JavaScript code, replacing the old Ruby commands.

Game design can be quite a daunting challenge, as it generally involves a large amount of programming know-how on top of having to plan everything out that makes a good game what it is. RPG Maker MV is an intuitive system that allows you to make your own game with a fraction of the effort otherwise required. Beginning RPG Maker MV equips you with the knowledge you need to use Enterbrain’s newest role playing game development engine.

Takes you from the start of a project to the completion of a small game.

Providesa step-by-step process that will walk you through each stage of the creation process.

Gives many helpful tips and tricks you can apply to your future endeavors with the engine.

What You Will Learn

Use switches and variables to affect the game world

Populate your areas with non-player characters that serve a wide range of roles

Use the database which serves as the backbone of RPG Maker MV

Create dungeons with two types of enemy encounter

Create fun and varied mini-games and side-quests to serve as distractions from the main plot

Write scripts using RPG Maker MV’s Script Editor

Who This Book is For

Novices in game design who would like to learn how to use a simple, yet robust, game development engine. It’s for those people who have little to no programming experience but would like to make an RPG.<

Darrin Perez was born in Alexandria, Virginia and currently resides in Puerto Rico. His debut fantasy novel, Whispers of Dawn, was written as a self-imposed challenge in the spirit of NaNoWriMo (National November Writing Month). He has also written many video game related articles over at Hubpages and published an ebook concerning RPG Maker VX Ace (a video game development engine) as well. His newest non-fiction book, Beginning RPG Maker VX Ace, is a robust expansion of that ebook and is published by Apress.

Part 1. Creating a Solid Foundation.- 1. Starting Out With RPG Maker MV.- 2. Switches and Variables.- 3. Of Friends and Foes.- 4. Fleshing Out Your World.- 5. Your First Dungeon.- Part 2. Increasing the Complexity.- 6. Your Second Dungeon.- 7. Arenas and Other Minigames.- 8. Sidequests.- 9. All About Common Events.- 10. Treasure Hunting and Other Hidden Things.- Part 3. The Finishing Touches.- 11. Puzzles.- 12. Final Preparations.- 13. The Final Dungeon.- 14. Basic Scripting Exercises in RPG Maker MV.- 15. More Tips and Tricks for RPG Maker MV.- Appendix A. Exporting Your RMMV Game.- Appendix B. Useful Resources for RPG Maker MV.

Erscheinungsdatum	04.07.2016
Zusatzinfo	168 Illustrations, color; XXV, 372 p. 168 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Berkley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Grafik / Design
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Software Entwicklung ► Spieleprogrammierung
Schlagworte	Game Design • Game Development • role playing • role-playing game • RPG • RPG Maker MV • RPG Maker VX Ace
ISBN-10	1-4842-1966-X / 148421966X
ISBN-13	978-1-4842-1966-9 / 9781484219669
Zustand	Neuware