Beginning RPG Maker MV

Contents at a Glance......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
About the Author......Page 18
About the Technical Reviewer......Page 20
Acknowledgments......Page 22
Introduction......Page 24
Part 1: Creating a Solid Foundation......Page 27
  Where Can I Get RMMV?......Page 28
   So, I Downloaded a Copy of RMMV. What Next?......Page 29
  Story......Page 30
  Game Play......Page 31
  Summary......Page 38
   Switches and Variables Do the Same Thing, Then?......Page 39
    An Event Can Have 99 Event Pages!......Page 44
   Ready?......Page 45
   Creating the Events......Page 48
  Creating Your Second Map......Page 52
    Tips......Page 55
    Notes......Page 56
  Cool! Now, About Those Variables . . .......Page 57
   What’s the Point?......Page 60
  Advanced Challenge: Using Variables to Handle an Area Transition!......Page 62
   Let’s Crunch Those Map Boundaries, Shall We?......Page 63
  The Event Searcher......Page 64
  Test......Page 66
  Summary......Page 67
 Chapter 3: Of Friends and Foes......Page 68
  Time for Enemies!......Page 78
  Playing with the Database......Page 81
   I Want My Monster to Do More Than Just Attack with a Weapon!......Page 84
   An Explanation of Ratings......Page 85
  Regions......Page 88
  Damage Formulas......Page 89
   Parameter Abbreviations......Page 90
    So, States Work in the Same Way, Right?......Page 91
   Back to Damage Formulas?......Page 93
   Additional Exercises......Page 94
   About that Winter Up There…......Page 95
  Summary......Page 96
  Adding Content to Our Game World......Page 97
   Populating the World Map......Page 99
   Populating the Fishing Village......Page 102
   Creating Characters to Populate Seaside......Page 106
   Items......Page 114
   Equipment......Page 115
   Enemies and Player Progression Considerations......Page 117
   Creating Random Encounters for the World Map......Page 119
  Battles in Side-View......Page 121
  A Discussion on Battlebacks......Page 122
  Adding Transfer Events to the World Map......Page 124
  A Little More on Terrain Tags and Tilesets!......Page 125
  A Discussion of Floor Damage......Page 127
  Additional Exercises......Page 128
  Summary......Page 129
  A Basic Discussion of Game Design: Skills and Class Differentiation......Page 130
   Random......Page 135
  Creating Static Encounters......Page 136
  The Change Encounter Event Command......Page 140
  Our First Boss......Page 142
  Additional Exercises......Page 145
  Summary......Page 147
Part 2: Increasing the Complexity......Page 148
  Updating Our NPCs......Page 149
  The First Two Floors of Our Second Dungeon......Page 150
  Interacting with the Dragon Statue......Page 155
   Drawing a Perimeter......Page 156
   Moving Our Interaction Event......Page 157
   Checking Our Player’s Directional Facing......Page 159
  Our Second Boss......Page 161
  Creating a Bookcase Interaction Event......Page 162
  Creating Our Second Boss Event......Page 163
   The Aftermath of the Boss Encounter......Page 164
   Summary of Our Second Boss Event......Page 165
  The Second Dungeon’s Random Encounters......Page 166
  New Equipment and Items for the Database......Page 168
   Notes......Page 169
  Placing the Second Dungeon on the World Map......Page 170
  Summary......Page 171
  Arena Overview......Page 172
  Outlining Our Arena......Page 173
   Creating the Arena Exterior......Page 174
   Overview of the Arena Sign-up Event......Page 175
  Creating the Arena Sign-up......Page 176
  Creating the Arena Battle Event......Page 177
  Creating the Arena Result Event......Page 181
  Miscellaneous Arena Considerations......Page 182
  Creating Our Arena Shop......Page 183
  The Treasure Chest Game......Page 187
  Populating the Chests of the Treasure Chest Game......Page 190
  Creating the Treasure Chest Game NPC......Page 192
  Completing the Treasure Chest Game......Page 194
  Related Exercises......Page 195
  Other Minigames......Page 196
  New Enemies and Region Placements......Page 197
   Adding Battles for Ranks B and A of the Arena......Page 200
  Summary......Page 201
  Let’s Create a Permanent Sidequest!......Page 202
   Creating the Sidequest NPC......Page 204
   Creating the Area Below the Well......Page 205
   Additional Exercises......Page 211
  Let’s Create a Time-Sensitive Quest!......Page 212
   Creating the Sidequest NPC......Page 213
   Of Bats and Their Wings......Page 215
  Other Sidequest Ideas......Page 217
  Summary......Page 218
 Chapter 9: All About Common Events......Page 219
   Updating Our Transfer Events......Page 220
   Creating the Exit Event Logic with Common Events......Page 221
  Creating an Enemy with a Shifting Anti-element Barrier......Page 223
  Sneaky Like Ninjas: Creating the Smoke Bomb......Page 227
  Making Specific Random Battles Inescapable......Page 228
   Additional Exercises......Page 229
  Summary......Page 230
 Chapter 10: Hunting for Treasure and Other Hidden Things......Page 231
  The Compass......Page 232
  How to Change Whether a Map Displays Its Name......Page 233
  Creating Hidden Treasure Chests That Require the Compass to Be Found......Page 234
  The Treasure Hunter......Page 235
   The Treasure Hunter’s Treasure Note Shop......Page 237
   Creating the Treasure Notes......Page 240
  A Hidden Location......Page 241
   A Page of Evented Plot......Page 242
   Making Sure That the Player Has Progressed in the Arena......Page 243
   Creating Our Hidden Location......Page 245
  Hidden Passages......Page 246
   Additional Exercises......Page 250
  Summary......Page 251
Part 3: The Finishing Touches......Page 252
   Creating Our Staging Area......Page 253
   Eventing Our Sliding Puzzle......Page 255
   Creating the Icy Area......Page 257
   An Intermission......Page 258
   Creating Our Riddle Event......Page 260
   Finding How RMMV Handles Actor Names Within Its Code......Page 262
   Using the Script Option to Store and Modify Text in a Variable......Page 263
   Finishing Up Our Riddle Event......Page 264
  Remote Statue Manipulation!......Page 265
   Creating the Puzzle Trigger (Interaction) Event......Page 266
   Creating the Puzzle Logic Event......Page 267
  Creating the Second Town......Page 270
  Summary......Page 273
  Populating Rocksdale......Page 274
   The Town Greeter......Page 276
   Creating the Village Elder and His Home......Page 277
   The Temple of Rocksdale......Page 279
  Leaving Rocksdale......Page 280
  New Items and Equipment......Page 283
  Enemies of the World......Page 285
  A Discussion of Superbosses......Page 289
  Completing the Dragon Statue Event......Page 291
  Setting Up the Use of the Exit Skill/Item Inside a Dungeon with Two Exits......Page 292
  Summary......Page 294
   The Teleportation Puzzle......Page 295
   Creating the Puzzle Logic......Page 296
   Creating the Crystal That Controls the Puzzle......Page 297
   The Enemies of the Demon Castle......Page 298
   The Ancient Armaments......Page 300
   Wrapping up the First Floor......Page 301
  The Basement......Page 303
  The Second Floor......Page 305
   Layout of the Final Floor......Page 310
  Creating the Blocking Event......Page 311
   The Boss Rush......Page 312
   Creating the Pre-Battle Autorun Event......Page 317
   The Dark Master and the Final Battle......Page 318
  Transform!......Page 321
  The End (of the Game)......Page 322
  More Tips and Tricks for Final Dungeons......Page 323
  Summary......Page 324
  What Is Object-Oriented Programming?......Page 325
    If You’re on Mac......Page 326
  Scripted Damage Formulas—RMMV Edition......Page 327
  Damage Floors Revisited......Page 332
  Critically Coded......Page 333
  Coded Messages (in a Bottle)......Page 334
   Dissecting the makeHpDamageText Method......Page 335
   Tweaking the makeHpDamageText Method......Page 336
   Dissecting the makeMpDamageText Method......Page 337
   Tweaking the makeMpDamageText Method......Page 338
  Of TP and Their Preservation......Page 339
   Searching for TP......Page 340
   Tweaking the TP Preserve Methods......Page 341
   Other TP Considerations......Page 342
  Game Over by Incapacitation......Page 343
  Adding a Menu to the Game Over Screen......Page 346
   Tweaking the Game Over Menu......Page 348
  Summary......Page 352
  Forcing Certain Party Members to Participate in a Battle......Page 353
   Finding Out How RMMV Handles Party Members......Page 354
   Creating the Forced Party Member Event......Page 355
  Play-Testing Features......Page 356
  Of Deserts and Ghostly Locations......Page 357
   The Desert Event......Page 358
   Forest Event Overview......Page 359
   Creating the Forest Event......Page 360
  Vehicles......Page 362
  Two of a Kind......Page 364
  A Full House......Page 365
  Ye Olde RPG—A Treatise on Quest Experience......Page 366
  The Other Actor Event Commands......Page 367
  The Bridge......Page 368
  The Resource Manager......Page 370
   Preparing Our Map Pictures......Page 371
   Using the Show Picture Event Command......Page 372
   Creating Our Town Map Common Events......Page 373
  Summary......Page 374
 Overview......Page 375
 For Android/iOS......Page 376
 Tutorials and General Help for RMMV......Page 377
 Sounds and Music......Page 378
 Plugins......Page 379
 Closing Notes......Page 380
Index......Page 381