Where are the resources?

[KB]

Does anyone know where I can find free-for-commercial-use open-source scripts to:

Allow side view battles
Have the party members fight one or two at a time instead of the whole party at once
Have an inventory for party members that is separate from the player character, like for monster-catching games.

Does anyone know where I can find:

Free-for-commercial-use open-source resources, such as player character sprites and tilesets
Easy-to-follow guides on using the Ruby Game Scripting Language.

More info:

I would like to learn how to manipulate RPG Maker XP to do what I want it to do without having to rely on scripts or assets that prevent the games I make from being made available commercially, even though I may not ever sell them anyway.

 

[KB]

Side-view battles:

AnimBat! - Animated Battlers - Comprehensive

Animated Battlers - Comprehensive Version 1.2 Title graphics by Lunarberry http://www.lunarberrystudio.com Introduction This script adapts front-view battle systems (like the default battle system, or the RTAB system), and turns it into a side-view battle system. Battlers can bob and weave...

forums.rpgmakerweb.com

 

[slimmmeiske2]

For scripts, besides the few shared on this forum, there's also Chaos Project and Save Point that have a lot of XP scripts.

For resources, we have the XP resources forum here. Avery also has an old thread (so there might be few broken links) about where to find resources:

Where to find RMXP resources x)

Heyho^^ Sometimes it's hard to find the reources you need for your project, therefore it's good to know, where the stuff is located. Since I primarly use RMXP, here's what I collected through the years. Some links and descriptions are by the lovely slimmmeiske2, thank you

forums.rpgmakerweb.com

For learning Ruby, there's sites like rubymonk and codeacademy.

 

[KB]

I may learn best using Ruby code in a project, so maybe I'll check out the XP scripts. If there's a Ruby course that focuses on building games, I may try it, too.