About to buy MV, what addons would you recommend buying if at all?

[a_a]

Hello!
Would any of you recommend buying any of the add ons sold on the official site, or are the community released ones just as good or better? I don't want to just use the default assets and make a basic boring game. Thanks!

 

[mlogan]

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I think it really depends on the type of game you want to make and the feel you want it to have. Take some time to look through the graphics packs available and see what might fit the mood of your game.

For example, you aren't going to want to buy POP! Horror for a traditional fantasy RPG. https://www.rpgmakerweb.com/a/rpg-maker-vxace-character/pop-horror-city

But likewise, you won't want PV Games' Medieval series for a zombie slasher. https://www.rpgmakerweb.com/a/rpg-maker-mv-tileset/medieval-town-country

So, we can't really say what might be best for you without knowing anything about what you want to make.

 

[MushroomCake28]

My advice would be to not buy DLCs and assets in anticipation. So many people have wasted so much money buying assets they thought they'd use or need in a future project, only to never use them. Only go buying or commissioning assets when you really need them now for an ongoing project you are serious about (and know you won't abandon soon).

 

[Restart]

if you want a huge grabbag of miscellaneous assets, I'd recommend looking at https://opengameart.org/

It takes time to rifle through to find what's useful to you, but there are a few quite good artists who released good amounts of stuff into the public domain, like jetrel,

RPG item set

A collection of RPG items. The intent is not so much for these to be used as inventory items, but is for these to be used for environmental decorations on the interior of a house/castle/shop.

opengameart.org

hyptosis

Goblin Caves

Some SUPER old goblin themed cave tiles. Was making a kind of goblin themed Dwarf Fortress but it didn't get very far. Use them for whatever you want, have fun!

opengameart.org

and ansimuz

Legend of Faune

Video Preview A Pack of Pixel Art Assets for Zelda Like Game Development. Includes: A female character with walking and running animation in all directions. A Tileset with animated tiles for the water areas A portrait of the Character

opengameart.org

and there's other stuff that's licensed under common CC-BY / CC-BY-SA or whatever licenses as well. For instance, the Liberated Pixel Cup art set is CC-BY-SA, and has a lot of tiles ( https://opengameart.org/art-search-advanced?field_art_tags_tid=liberated pixel cup ), and was made by Sharm (well, with additional artists, there's a bundled credits.txt for who you need to credit to use them)

If you start seriously tinkering with the engine and want to spend money on addons, I'd say that the $30 for the complete yanfly set is probably the best deal around.

In terms of sprucing up how your maps look, buying doodads on its own is a steal at $1; being able to place little decorations off-grid can instantly make things feel less artificial, even if you aren't using any additional assets.

 

[Shaz]

As far as DLC, check out the FSM (First Seed Material) resource packs. If you like the style, I think they're definitely worth spending a bit of money on.

 

[a_a]

Thank you so much for the responses everyone! If i'm going to try and make an atmospheric modern day sad story based game (that was hard to read), is there a certain tileset or plugin that is well known that I should buy to make it look realistic and modern day?

Thanks!

 

[ImaginaryVillain]

Realistic? I mean the only graphics I've seen in the whole bunch that try for any amount of realism are the PVGames stuff. You could try his Mythos stuff. That's somewhat close to modern, though a bit more Cthulhu era.

 

[a_a]

Realistic? I mean the only graphics I've seen in the whole bunch that try for any amount of realism are the PVGames stuff. You could try his Mythos stuff. That's somewhat close to modern, though a bit more Cthulhu era.

Thanks for the suggestion!