Okay I'm kind of at the end of my rope. I've been trying to make it so that when the npc lands on the player it switches to a "landing" sprite, but it does this instead:

I've asked other people, but they've been unable to help. The coding for the event will be under the cut, but if anyone can help it would be much appreciated

How do I change the font in rpg maker VX ACE too look Kinda 8 bit. If I use thing thing where you put the

 “Font.default_name = ["a font "] # Edit as you see fit.  Font.default_size = 23 # Edit as you see fit.”

question for anyone into rpg maker mv:

i’m trying to learn parallax mapping, and my map keeps looping for some reason. i followed a video tutorial but i’m not sure where i’m going wrong with it. here’s the map info screen:

-using this overlay plugin -i have my map saved as !foyer (it’s a bit longer than the screen so i thought that was the correct way to to do it. also tried with foyer.png and it didn’t help)

I don’t know how obvious of a problem this is. But I seem to encounter a problem trying to import zone 0s sprites from OFF into RPG maker 2003.

Is your question how to make a minor character interesting?

THEN I HAVE AN ANSWER MAYBE:

Minor characters are just as important as main; if they’re forgettable, a whole part of your game/story world will also be forgettable. Do they need to be fleshed out and have names? Not always, but they do need to be memorable. Either with unique designs, or interesting dialogue, or their actions too, they need to stand out just enough to make the story have more flavor.

In Huntress, the amount of characters is small, so I could afford to make all of them have a unique identity at least. Ms. Dogwood is an outdoorsy, head-in-the-clouds type who has a pet dog and sympathizes with animals, and her face is rounder and has a softer expression, and her hair is messy which means she doesn’t care as much about personal appearance, fitting her character. She doesn’t say much, but she makes the character interactions more dynamic. Even Madder (in the house below) who hardly ever shows up, has funny dialogue that reveals that he’s a hermit, he gets teased by Lenora a lot, and while he has a sense of responsibility, he still lets Lenora do a job he thinks he should have done, probably just because he’s a young man.

In games with larger casts that need background filler characters who can’t have names and faces, either they are true fillers and have no interactions worth nothing (like large crowds) or, if anything, the story can mention them as world-building. Here’s an example of that in the TLG remake:

I personally came into using RPG Maker with a background of already knowing how to program in similar languages, so unfortunately I do not have much in the way of good resources on hand...

I did find this tutorial, though! I’ve only skimmed parts of it, but it seems like a pretty good resource to get started with. I’d say the most important things to understand if you want to code are event triggers, event priority, conditionals, and variables. I’d also suggest messing around with those in the editor itself before you move on--try to create some really basic stuff, like an NPC you can talk to that says something different the next time you talk to them. Google if you’re not sure about something.

After you have a grasp on basics and terminology, I’d suggest starting to Google around for other tutorials for specific things things you’d like to learn how to implement. A lot of them may still be beyond your knowledge (for example, custom menus is a shockingly huge pain in the butt). The RPG Maker forums are full of useful knowledge, too, but like many programming-related websites, they do tend to expect you to do your own Googling and read relevant tutorials first before actually posting a question.

I’d also suggest staying away from adding or especially editing Ruby scripts until you have a decent grasp on the existing mechanics and code structure. If you modify those wrong, you can pretty much break your game. You can make some neat little games without ever touching the Ruby scripts--my first game was made in RPG Maker 2003, which does not support scripts at all. (I did use a third party patch for the save/load menu, but that was the only thing).

Other than that... not sure. @nonpracticinghuman do you have any suggestions? Tutorials, etc? (Pinging my sister for this because she came into using RPG Maker without a coding background so she might have some better insight for you)