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| Original author(s) | ASCII |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Enterbrain, Gotcha Gotcha Games |
| Initial release | 17 December 1992 as RPG Tsukūru Dante 98 |
| Stable release | RPG Maker MZ
/ August 27, 2020 |
| Written in | JavaScript, HTML5 |
| Platform | |
| Available in | Japanese, English, Korean, Chinese |
| Type | Game creation software |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www |
RPG Maker, known in Japan as RPG Tsukūru (RPGツクール, sometimes romanized as RPG Tkool), is a series of programs for the development of role-playing video games (RPGs) with story-driven elements, created by the Japanese group ASCII, succeeded by Enterbrain, and then by Gotcha Gotcha Games. 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 transliteration of the English word "tool".[1]
The RPG Maker series was originally released primarily in Japan, but it was translated by fans[2] in Taiwan, South Korea, China, Russia, and North America with RPG Maker 2000 and RPG Maker 2003.[3] Most of the later engines have been officially translated.
- ^ Outline of Tsukūru Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine at the official Tsukūru website (in Japanese) (Retrieved on 2010-3-6)
- ^ Zavarise, Giada (2018-09-01). "Are RPG Maker games as bad as people think?". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
- ^ "International Licensing Business" Archived 2007-09-23 at the Wayback Machine at Enterbrain's website