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This is an RPG Maker XP project file. One that you download and use to start creating your own EarthBound fan-game. All the basic systems and features are already coded and complete for you, leaving you to focus on the actual gameplay, maps, and story.

Uhh, what is this…?

So what’s included in this kit doohicky?

B-b-but… can’t you include “blah blah blah” too?

Ooo, screenshots!
Apologies for the lame-o pictures. When I get more graphical work done I’ll make a video.

Screens

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Random Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvbgUy2hc-g

Oh god this is awsome! Enough said.

PLEASE finish making this! it’s an awesome idea!

This isn’t the place to ask for that.

As far as coding it’s a combination of the following.

Event coding.
Scripts I collect, edit, and then make sure work together.
Tweaking and using some of the engine already there.

You can download a trial version of RPG Maker XP. I think it’s good for like a month.

Currently finishing up on the pixel movement and making it so your party changes appearance based on criteria… like if you’re a ghost, diamondized, climbing, or swimming.

Also working on the register section at the beginning of the game where you name everything.

Updates:

Completed character set for Ness and various objects.
Completed custom title screen. Skips generic RPG Maker title screen and goes straight to a map.
Main menu is lookin’ good, just about finished. Able to select text speed and menu flavor.
Still trying to figure out the name registering.
Big breakthrough on sprite updating. Caterpillar system sprites now change when needed.
Will probably do more sprite sheets next.

Problems:

Lag on sprite update.
Main menu cursor stuck if player cancels load file.

Heh. There are TONS of those scripts on the Net, so it’s probably not too hard to pull off.
It looks good, Muffin.

VX is quite a bit different than XP. Even the RGSS (script) is different and can’t simply be copied and pasted from one to another.

So unfortunately you’ll need XP to take advantage of this Kit. I think XP is better than VX, personally.

Whoa, just figured out a way to have enemies randomly spawn just off screen. You can also move enemies off screen and change if they’re there or not.

Just popped in to show you a video capture of me goofing around with the kit. Hope you like it.

See link at bottom of first post.

Wow, figured out the text system, even for the phone and the ATM. But it it actually scrolling like that, or is it just the video?

…Say, do you have the tilesets already tiled for RPG Maker XP? You shouldn’t have to waste your time doing that. Tell us what you need.

XX Stone: If you have M2 tilesets for XP that would help immensely. I haven’t started making tilesets yet so…
Also, the text? It goes letter by letter like in EarthBound, the framerate of the recording kinda couldn’t capture it accurately.

K. Phelps: I coded PK Teleport Alpha in Memoirs so all I have to do is mimic what I did. YES to the teleport question!
I’ll probably include most, if not all, of the PSI skill in this kit. Prayer and Spy too, most definitely. Mirror will pose a challenge.
Why would you want the rest of the party to fall behind? They would get lost. Maybe I don’t understand what you’re asking.

Hm…I don’t think that Teleport Beta (don’t remember how to put those symbols into a post) would really be necessary. Given the fact that most maps (or at least the ones that I’m using) are rather small, it would be too easy to run into an object mid-tornado.

Then again, Alpha requires a running start, so…

earthborn: Never tried it. It might be possible… especially with the pixel movement script.
G.G.Y.K.H: Thanks for the support! I’m trying to balance user-friendliness with in-depth features. I hope it becomes a useful tool.

I think that you should add the slight Capn Muffin changes/improvements.

Ugh, my computer that I was re-organizing the tilesets won’t start up! I’m hoping it’ll turn on later, all my pk hack stuff’s on it, too…
EDIT: Woo, okay, false alarm.

I’ll try and post a picture later to show you what I mean.

…I’m sorry, Capn Muffin, I can’t do this. These tilesets are driving me crazy. There’s over 850 tiles I’ve been trying to piece together, but it’s not possible. If anyone wants to try, I managed to get some work done:

what I have

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Cliffs I took out:

Houses:

Trees and grass, where I was planning on everything going:

Everything that I didn’t take:

OK, quick question: Are the character sets going to be in normal form, with the left, down, right, and up positions, or are you doing something else?
Like, would this be how you’d want the coil snake?

So:

coil snake

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Oh, I see. I thought they just went counterclockwise, starting with down-left.

next try

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What do you mean by the shadow shift thing?

It’s not just randomly put in there. Did you try it? I want to get this sorted out, so that I can be useful in the project.

And so it begins.

Onett enemies

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I’ll make the Starman Jr. and Frankystein Mark II later, but I’ve got the rest of the Onett enemies. Even made a custom sprite sheet for the Titanic Ant, but for some reason I think it won’t work right. I’ll make custom sheets for the Attack Slug and Black Antoids later, because it looks much nicer with each enemy having its custom sprite.