“After spending maybe five hours with the software, they deem themselves experts and crank out some pile of shit with a story containing feels a 14 year old self-proclaimed poet would find acceptable. Or they’ll try to use humor that only their shut-in friends find funny ultimately failing to realize that all the jokes they made in mom’s basement were driven by a devouring lonely sadness brought on by futile attempts to create a world where they feel like they “fit in.” Most of them don’t even bother to attempt creating their own resources, using either stock nonsense or swiping from the forums without any due credit. The driving force is some flaccid understanding of RPGs in general because they’ve played a few Final Fantasy games on some emulator and, knowing just enough to be dangerous to themselves and the community, somehow came to the conclusion that this shit is easy. Ultimately, it all adds up to a notion of somehow getting paid for masturbating.”

DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING! WINNER! WINNER!

@Java: I joke about hating RPGMaker, because just like you I do not hate the software but the people who think they can take the pre-made graphics and get people to buy their game. Many titles have proven that you can make an original looking game in RPGMaker and it will be worth buying. Undertale is the first one that comes to mind.

It’s not RPG Maker that I hate, it’s the attitude of the majority of its users. After spending maybe five hours with the software, they deem themselves experts and crank out some pile of shit with a story containing feels a 14 year old self-proclaimed poet would find acceptable. Or they’ll try to use humor that only their shut-in friends find funny ultimately failing to realize that all the jokes they made in mom’s basement were driven by a devouring lonely sadness brought on by futile attempts to create a world where they feel like they “fit in.” Most of them don’t even bother to attempt creating their own resources, using either stock nonsense or swiping from the forums without any due credit. The driving force is some flaccid understanding of RPGs in general because they’ve played a few Final Fantasy games on some emulator and, knowing just enough to be dangerous to themselves and the community, somehow came to the conclusion that this shit is easy. Ultimately, it all adds up to a notion of somehow getting paid for masturbating.

I’m not ashamed to say I have 160 hours clocked with the software. In the end, it is more robust than what these idiots who defecate all over Greenlight with their vapid projects and false expectations. Even after working with it for 160 hours, I’d still never consider myself an expert, and thus have produced nothing beyond some experimental “scenario games” to test Ruby scripting and whatnot, and even if I had, I would never expect someone to pay for my work. There are so very few in the community that feel this way, yet they are the ones producing games worth playing and even fewer have gotten lucky with getting a little compensation for their work.

I’m all about opening up DIY-style game-making capability to everyone, but not before we make sure anyone wishing to call themselves a “dev” while using this software understands that unless they plan to devote a minimum of 1000 hours into development, there is no reason they should expect anything but laughter at whatever they produce, and even that is contingent on the quality of resources and writing. This, in my opinion, is where RPG Maker fails, doing so by using a tagline that says a child can do it. It does nothing but attract people who are, essentially, children.

This is by far one of the best things you have ever written for the site.

I dunno about the first game on the list. The pixel art isn’t truly amazing, but actually it isn’t really terrible either. I’m actually kind of favourably impressed that someone would create a game with 1990s Sierra-style pixel art.

And you’re wrong: I’m sure that is the real Karl Pilkington. Just look at his name!

Cube Wars is a crock of shit. Anyone who uploads anything remotely derived from Minecraft should be taken from their home, in the night, by a bunch of men with Minecraft masks. Gagged and bound, they should be bundled onto a plane and flown out of the country. Arriving at their destination–a dimly lit, cool, damp underground chamber, they should be given a handful of Lego and told, “Now build.” There to remain confined for all eternity.

I sure am glad that RPGmaker exists. See above, except without the Lego bricks, and with daily floggings from an angry scotsman.