Can you compare ren'py with rpg ace? I'm trying to make a game and since you've experienced both can you share your experiences?
Ren’py and VX Ace are both obvs different in retrospect, that’s for sure. but here’s how you pick out which engine you’d wanna use with your game:
you want to make the player explore areas and collect items rather than going through text-based/point-click exploration
your game has chasers/puzzles/item-collecting puzzles
your game has some amount of cutscenes (AND THEY ARE SHORT, TOO)
you want to add action in your game (RPG battle system optional; what i mean is like Yume Nikki’s, where you can allow the player to equip weapons and use them in the maps)
your game is like a novel. except with visuals. lots of them. (although one JP game dev, Charon, used RPGMaker several times to make VNs)
you want the player to change the name of the MC (optional)
your game is very lengthy (text-wise)
you want to add animation to your game (not like RPGMaker’s— as in like moving images/animation. although big downside: GIFS WON’T WORK IN THEM).
you’re making a game like Dangan Ronpa (‘nuff said).
things you could do in both engines:
cutscenes/multiple endings (tbh RPGMaker makes coding endings easier imo because of the whole ‘triggering keys/events’ coding)
things you’d need for using either engine:
a lot of art (especially for RPGMaker imo, bc of the charsets/chipsets/maps/portraits/sprites/blah blah. some of those are optional tho)
patience and motivation (pls don’t try to finish a game all in a few days if it’s super long. i suggest pacing yourself. it gets frustrating sometimes when coding so take it easy and take a breather)
music and sound effects (THAT IS FREE TO USE AND MAY OR MAY NOT REQUIRE CREDIT DEPENDING ON SITE U GET IT FROM)
a team (totally optional depending on what kind of game you’re aiming to make. some tumblr users out there have made games entirely by themselves)
a place to upload them after rendering the finished product.
i’d also like to say that both have A LOT of coding in them. you’ll need to learn some basic coding and such for either of them, whichever engine you decide to go with. it’s kinda hard at first if you’re a beginner, but it gets really easy fast!!! lucky for you, if you go with Ren’Py, it has a tutorial game in its menu! RPGMaker has a very handy forum (as well as Ren’Py) where a lot of game devs talk about codes and stuff, so check those out too.
in my experiences w/ using both i really like using RPGMaker for some reason?? it’s probably because instead of having to open up a folder w/ all your sprites and art when coding in Ren’Py, RPGMaker has a database where you can upload all your game material into its engine, so when you code stuff it’s really easy to find the stuff you need. not only that, but you can be really creative with RPGMaker??? like, you can add all these fancy doodads and stuff like how some game devs do (ie: my favorites mogeko, brownsugar, shintaro and buriki clock). i’d also like to point out that you can see your maps/areas and make em all pretty in RPGMaker, whereas in Ren’Py you have to have your art folder opened up to view all your images.
so yeah, i’d just say your game and how it all plays out will decide on what engine you’ll go with! using either engine can make your game awesome!
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