RPG Maker
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RPG Maker adalah aplikasi untuk membuat Game RPG. Muncul pertama kali di tahun 95, merambah ke PS,PS2 hingga handheld. Nama lainnya adalah RPG School.
RPG Maker (RPGツクール, Ārupījī Tsukūru?, commonly Tsukuru, also Tkool) is the name of the expansive series of programs for the development of computer and console role-playing games (RPGs), first created by the Japanese group ASCII, then succeeded by Enterbrain. The Japanese name, Tsukūru is a pun mixing the Japanese word tsukuru (作る), which means "make" or "create", with tsūru (ツール), the Japanese transcription of the English word "tool".[1]
The RPG Maker series has been released primarily in Japan, with later versions also released in Hong Kong/Mainland China, Taiwan, South Korea, and North America.[2]
RPG Maker has been used in studies involving students learning mathematics[3] and programming[4] through the creation of role-playing games.
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Tentang RPG Maker
RPG Maker is a program that allows users to create their own role-playing games. Most versions include a tile set based map editor, (tilesets are called chipsets in pre-XP versions), a simple scripting language for scripting events, and a battle editor. All versions include initial premade tilesets, characters, and events which can be used in creating new games. An interesting feature of the PC Versions of RPG Maker programs is that a user can create new tilesets and characters, and add any new graphics he/she wants. Several sites have developed, dedicated to helping users share their creations.
Versi RPG Maker
RPG Maker 95
RPG Maker 95 was the first Microsoft Windows-based RPG Maker released, in Japanese from the ASCII company. Despite being an early version, RPG Maker 95 has both a higher screen resolution, and higher sprite and tile resolution than the later version of RPG Maker 2000.
RPG Maker 2000
RPG Maker 2000 (also called RM2k) was the second release of RPG Maker for Microsoft Windows. While it is possible to do more with RM2k, it uses lower resolution sprites and tiles than RPG Maker 95. However, it does not have a noticeable limit of 'sprites', unlike RM95 which can only use one 'set', RM2k can use an unlimited number of sprite sheets with specific sizes for each type. The tilesets also have a similar non-limitation, however due to the fact that tiles must be entered into a database, there is a limit on tiles. This limit however is rarely a problem (normally 5000), and even when it is, an unofficial patch exists which can bump most limits much higher at the risk of potential game corruption.
RPG Maker 2003
Unlike the difference between RM2k and RM95, RPG Maker 2003 (Also referred to as RM2k3, and sometimes RM2k/3) is largely an improvement of RM2k, RM2k games can be ported to RM2k3 (but not back to RM2k, the conversion is permanent), and most resources are interchangeable. It does however feature a side-view battle system similar to the Final Fantasy games on the Super Nintendo. This was the first version made by Enterbrain, which had previously been a part of ASCII.
RPG Maker XP
RPG Maker XP (Also referred to as RMXP) is the first RPG Maker which can use Ruby, making it the most powerful, programming-wise. However, many normal, simplified features present in RM2k(3) have been removed. Most of these features, however, have been programmed with Ruby, and distributed online.
RMXP runs at 1024x768 resolution (though games made in it run at 640x480), while offering four times the playable area of its predecessors. Additionally, it allows greater user control over sprite size (there is no specific image size regulation for sprite sheets) and other aspects of game design. This more open-ended arrangement, coupled with the inclusion of the Ruby Game Scripting System (RGSS) makes RPG Maker XP more versatile than other versions in the series, at the cost of a steeper learning curve.
Illegal distribution
Notably, each PC version of RPG Maker has been, in some form, distributed illegally through the internet. RPG Maker 95, as well as translation patches for the Super Nintendo titles RPG Maker Super Dante and RPG Maker 2, were translated and distributed by a group called KanjiHack. In 1999 KanjiHack closed upon receiving a cease and desist e-mail from ASCII's lawyers. RPG Maker 95 was re-released with a more complete translation under the name "RPG Maker 95+" by a Russian programmer, under the alias of Don Miguel, who later translated and released RPG Maker 2000. Later versions, RPG Maker 2003, and RPG Maker XP, were similarly translated and distributed by a programmer under the alias of RPG Advocate. RPG Advocate took the translated versions and patches off his website and later promoted the full english version of RPG Maker XP. Both of the translations that RPG Advocate made are still in circulation.
