Video game development has changed a lot in recent years. While creating a game used to be a task reserved for the most experienced users, nowadays it is something that anyone, with some skill and time, can do. Even just knowing the basics of programming. There are many engines to create our own video games depending on the theme we are thinking about. But, if what we want is to create a good role-playing game, the most well-known and used IDE all over the world is RPG Maker.
Many users are put off by the fact of not knowing programming when thinking about creating a video game. And it is true that, if we use a very advanced IDE, such as Unity or Unreal Engine, without having knowledge of C++, C# and JavaScript, we are not going to be able to do much. However, RPG Maker is a somewhat different program. Thanks to it we will be able to create our own games in a very clear and simple interface in which we will be able to configure most of the actions by dragging and dropping elements. However, if we want to delve into the game engine, things get complicated, and we may already need to modify the game code. But do we really need to know how to program like experts?
JavaScript: the (optional) language of RPG Maker MZ and MV
Early versions of this program used a programming language called the Ruby Game Scripting System. However, if we already use a more modern version of the program, we will find that the language they use as a base is also more modern: JavaScript.
With this language we will be able to create our own game scripts so that we can delve much deeper into the options offered by the title. However, we must bear in mind that the use of this language is optional, and that is that if we can shape the game with the functions that the program offers us, we do not need to touch anything else.
What if we want to give the game more depth, and we don’t know programming? Also, there would be no problem with it. And it is that, in their own rpg maker forums, as well as in many web pages, we will find a large number of scripts created by other users, and shared on the Internet, that we can borrow to shape our game. And all this without the need to learn JavaScript, or any other programming language.
where to learn programming
If despite this we want to learn to program to create better games, there are many ways to do it. Of course, on the net we can find many programming courses that will allow us to acquire general knowledge about the language that we want, for example, JavaScript. We are talking about platforms like YouTube, in case of looking for free courses, or Udemy, if we want something more professional.
But, if we look for a learning more focused on RPG Maker, in the own community forums we can find a large number of resources to learn programming focused directly on the development of role-playing games with this program.
