Your Next Adventure Awaits: RPG Maker MZ Trailer #1

[The Stranger]

@RastaMan Mods also told people not to mini-mod. Let the mods decide what to do with the linked pictures.

 

[bgillisp]

Rastaman please don't mini-mod per our forum rules.

The thing is, right now we are deciding what to do about those images. For that reason I can't remove them either. But just remember that anyone can make a fake image.

 

[Morpheus]

Not a big fan of the chibi looking character creator... reminds me of the DS RPGM...

 

[RastaMan]

Well-well... Don't mind about me...
Who I am, after all, huh?

 

[BCj]

Seems to me that those images aren't fake?

 

[bgillisp]

Let me sum up the options here:

We remove them, people will claim we are trying to hide something.

We don't remove them, people will get upset that we left them.

Right now none of them seem to make anyone happy so maybe we should just close discussion? No? Ok then. Can we quit complaining then please?

 

[The Stranger]

@BCj The trailer has proven some of them to be truthful at the very least. The generator in those images looks to be the same as the generator shown in the trailer, which I'm very happy about.

 

[Mrs_Allykat]

@bgillisp Sometimes, it's best to simply enjoy a thread, complaints an all. Trying to make a moral decision on some re-posted images can cause the loss of hair.

I did notice that this version's chibi's look more like the physical chibi characters that dangle from purses, book bags, and even jackets these days. Also, did my eyes play a trick on me? It looks like there was some kind of combination of the animation and battler windows?!

 

[Shojobo]

So, assuming that the leaks are real I wonder if the new time progress battle system means that the fighting continues while in active mode and while it's in wait mode it's more like in FF7 where you get to take a characters turn as his time bar completes but waits until you comeplete his turn before continuing.
Seems pretty cool to me.

 

[The Stranger]

@Shojobo Making it more actiony? I don't know. Sounds interesting if that is the case.

 

[luzi]

4 Layers Map Editor, just like back in RMXP
Finally, it's been more than a decade since then, but it finally make a comeback. I'm so glad.

 

[Shojobo]

@Shojobo Making it more actiony? I don't know. Sounds interesting if that is the case.

I was really hoping for an ABS system but this time progression system seems like an improved turn based system to me anyway.

 

[ganges]

Japanese users have also expressed confusion about marketing.
I get the impression that the English community is better informed about MZ.
This site is the source of information for Japanese users.

 

[The Stranger]

Japanese users have also expressed confusion about marketing.
I get the impression that the English community is better informed about MZ.
This site is the source of information for Japanese users.

Really? You'd think it'd be the other way around. xD

 

[bgillisp]

@The Stranger : Agreed, as the engine started in Japan after all. You'd think that would be where the focus would be on getting good info to.

Edit: Actually I wonder how much of this is being affected by COVID19? Remember the company is in Japan and Japan has been on a really strict lockdown for a while now. Maybe *that* is the reason things have been a little...interesting so far.

 

[Xelion]

just tell me info about the programming already!! idgasf about editors, or character generators, or setting up events in chinese ffs!! just point me to the code!!

*Japanese, not Chinese.

 

[DJK1NG_Gaming]

That Generator is amazing. Finally we can adjust the position of the parts.

 

[Lion Blade Soler]

Considering we've got some Trinity (AKA "MV Ace") functions, Trinity having feudal Japan tiles, DS+ implementing modern and feudal Japan tiles...Yeah, the addition of Japanese tiles is basically inevitable as an addition to assets. In fact, I'd go so far as to assume that it contains the same range of content in DS+/Trinity. It'd be ridiculous to boast about how much content it has if they didn't.

Also, I was wondering about things like the green bridges in that dialogue sample, or the florescent green castle using parts that clearly don't go with it. My money's on the tileset editor having a flexible hue shifting option.

It's possible that a hue changing function may have been added for MZ. It was a function that was available on MV Trinity.

 

[Shojobo]

The animation editing using Effekseer sounds pretty awesome - I wonder if it will be in-engine editing or whether it's just importing animations made with this elsewhere?

https://effekseer.github.io/en/

 

[Dr. Delibird]

I'm not entirely sure I understand why some people are upset by the RTP we have seen so far, like I get it you want newer and better art but haven't we all figured out long ago that making a game with RPG Maker engines using just the default graphics is a surefire way to get less eyeballs intrigued by your project? Like especially since there is so much good free art assets out there already that is confirmed to be compatible. Idk maybe I'm just far too easy going haha