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If you read the link the company does of course say they’re replacing the existing forums with new ones, and I’m sure no one would say the old ones didn’t perhaps need a lil bit of a glow up, some tech debt fixing… but there’s a few key notes in there:

They are NOT carrying over any history, data messages etc. from the old forums

They are NOT archiving, retaining or in any way saving the existing forums in any way

They have NOT provided any reasoning past ‘as part of continued efforts to support developers’

As an offhand, moderate read, this sounds to me like a desire for some change in the forums but deciding nuking everything is less expensive than rebuilding and carrying over info.

If I’m cynical, and likely realistic? Probably to increase sales of their latest GameMaker software by making it inherently more difficult for someone getting the older software for cheap pushing it to its limits. The amount of institutional knowledge on those forums is absurd.

And even if it is a benign reason, it’s still terrible because what do you mean you’re doing this with no recourse or potential for change? You sell software that runs on community goodwill? In an era where people are pulling away to open source software?? Crazy.

There are yeeeaaars of answers, plugins, suggestion, community built up on those forums - I’ve used the em to learn and grow my own skillet!!! And soon it won’t exist.

At the very least, they gave a ‘heads up’ - the deletion occurs mid December, so archiving by the community is possible from now. It’s just absurd that it needs to happen in the first place.

https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000*/https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/

https://rpgmakerchat.com/

https://github.com/imraf/rpgmakerweb-archive/

If YOU use any RPG Maker engines or are considering using one, YOU should let them know that we don't want decades of RPG Maker support and history taken down. Especially when the intention seems to be discouraging people from using older versions. I personally still use RPG Maker MV because privately made MZ plugins are often made with AI, and the more recent RPG Maker versions they've released are Unity plugins and not their own seperate program, and I'm not interested in Unity at all.

Let them know you want an archive here:

And contact the admins on the new forum:

This past month a group of my talented friends (check out the guys on their socials here: VeePlusCtrl, @martvy-jpeg,) and I have been working on a short horror game based around christian iconography for a monthly game jam! We ourselves are not very religious at all but the christian trauma made us think about some interesting horror elements. Here are some of my concepts and sprites I did for the game :-)

We are very excited to share the game with you and hope you enjoy this little experience!

The last version of my guide is 2 years old, and doesn't account for some new features, new competition, and some rebrands, so once again;

i struggle a lot with lighting so if anyone could offer some tips that'd be great!! (i use gimp & ibispaint)

I love sweet/candy tilesets and, since I have a list of them, I thought I can share it, maybe it can be useful to someone!

RPG Maker VX/ACE

Avery [Sweets Icons]

Noir et Blanc Patisserie [Sweets Tile (Tileset/Autotiles)] [Biscuit Windowskin, Chocolate Windowskin]

Bouigainvillea [Biscuit Chairs/Tables/Sign (マップチップ 3), Biscuit Wall (マップチップ 5)] [Sweets Icons (アイコン 2)] [Biscuit Windowskin (ウィンドウスキン 1)]

Candra [Sweets RTP Edits] [Sweets Tileset]

Chocomill [Chocolatery Tileset] [Macaron Towers] [Pocky Fence]

Green Pochette [Sushi, cake, etc.] (material > first banner under “MAP”, on the left)

Guiguimu [Cakes!!!! RPG Maker VX Ace Shops C]

Lemori [Candy Theme Tileset]

Lizzy [Candy Furniture] [Sweets Walls] [Sweet Round Windows]

Lunarea [Gingerbread House/Lollipops (Re-Staff releases)]

Pandamaru [Candy Canes, Gingerbread House]

Spritemight [Candy Land Set 01]

Thalzon [Battlers] [C-D: Candy01-11] [E-H: Food03-04-08-10-11-14-15] [ReStaff: Halloween001-004-005-006-010] 

Tsarmina [Candy Windowskin] [ReStaff: Food Organizer]

Ying [Fanciful Tiles (various sweets, Sweets House)]

List of Fairytales resource by slimmmeiske2: Hansel and Gretel resources

RPG Maker MV

Avery [Sweets Icons]

Bouigainvillea [Gingerbread House (マップチップ 5)] [Sweets Icons (アイコン 2)]

Com-sho [Sweet Village Tilesets]

Dragoonwys [Candy/Cake House Walls and Floors] [Pastries Icons]

Journey_Sticks [Candy Country Tileset, Candy Characters, Candy Battlers]

Pandamaru [Candy Canes, Gingerbread House]

Whtdragon [Candy Weapons, Icecream Weapons]

RPG Maker XP

Citrus Cat [Candy House Exterior] [Candy House Interior]

Nekura [CandyLand (Cake Town)]

If you want to know the terms of use of Japanese sites, check this topic: Translated Terms of Usage of Japanese blogs.