Is RPG Maker 3D possible?

[Tsukihime]

Incorporating 3D into RPG Makers that are not designed for 3D, as it stands, requires you to consider three things


1. Who will maintain the engine. Writing good code that is optimized for 3D environments is not easy. Sure, "I imagine it would be basically like that other software" sounds pretty easy doesn't it?


2. Who will supply the graphics. Depending on what kind of game you're making, you may or may not need custom graphics. For example, if all you need is to be able to use a 2D sprite in a 3D world because you want to take advantage of the fact that it's a 3D world, you could just use 2D sprites. Nothing wrong with that. It's been done before, and it's been done well.


3. How will you be maintaining your game. 2D editor isn't going to help, so you're going to need 3rd party tools.


There are plenty of reasons why I would like 3D to be implemented in RPG Maker, but I don't really see that happening unless someone actually takes on that project.

 

[Power Master]

Wow, this sure blew up when I was gone!


This was more of a curious question than anything. I wasn't trying to get an argument started over "which engine is better." I've worked with both Unity and RPG Maker, and was wondering if something of a combination of the two was possible, i.e. a 3D RPG Maker-type system.


I get that the entirety of RPG Maker is pretty much based on creativity, and having a 3D engine will make that creativeness a bit harder to create. At the very least, a Mode 7-type script to pull of something similar to F-Zero seems to be possible. Putting a 3D engine into an current RPG Maker one, like the video Chaos17 showed, will take a LOT of scripting and assets.


While I'm sure people would like a 3D easy-to-use RPG Maker engine, I'm aware of the technical difficulties that come with it. For one thing, we now have to operate in a 3D space rather than a 2D one, so more bugs, glitches, etc. are possibly more likely to happen.


I pretty much got the answer I was looking for, so I don't feel there's anymore need for this thread. It's possible, yes, but improbable and will take at least ten times as much work to put into it as a 2D engine. If the team doesn't feel like making one yet, of course they don't have to. (But if one were to come out, I'd be the first in line XD)

 

[Olivier]

There is that playstation RPG Maker if you really want a 3D RPG maker.....idk if that counts haha