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It really depends on how quickly you pick up new software and workflows. And on how easily you give up on trying to learn a new skill. You can get pretty good results in a short amount of time, there are a lot of good tutorials on this. If you feel comfortable mapping in rpgm I'd recommend getting something like orange mapshot to export your maps from RPGM so you can just edit/paint them over in something like gimp, krita, procreate or CSP (or if you have PS). For some people that workflow is easier, than starting from 0 in an image editor. I'd say just give it a try with one map and see if you think you can get into it. The workflow gets faster once you are comfortable with the process. And I'm currently not available for hire.

@@starlitcastle thank you 🙂

I use Clip Studio Paint. But you should be able to do most of this in most image editors. PS, Gimp, Krita... it's just a question of knowing how to use the software.

The map is created in Clip Studio Paint and is a parallax map for RPGMMV. You can look up parallax mapping tutorials if you want to learn more about it.

@@starlitcastle One more question How do I take the files out of the engine to a drawing engine?

It's parallax mapping (using a plugin called galv's layer graphics) with RPG Maker MV. Maps are created in Clip Studio Paint, but other image editors will also work.

@@starlitcastle thankyou very much

depends on your game resolution and the map size you want. For MV/MZ it should be a multiple of 48 and at least as big as you game resolution... for example if your game res is 1280x720, the map would be at least 1296x720. Usually I go for an estimate like I want a 20x30 tile big map and turn that into the canvas size... 20x48 and 30x48 etc.

The option in engine saves the maps in a smaller resolution, not 1:1. You'd need to use a plugin that saves the map in original size. For MV there's organge mapshots which does that, not sure if it works in MZ. But yes, a lot of people do it that way.

@@starlitcastle thank you, that helps a lot!

You can do it with most image edits, PS, Gimp, Krita, CSP, Procreate, given you know how to use it. It really doesn't make a big difference, all of them have the option for a grid to place your tiles and layer settings, etc. I used Clip Studio Paint.

There should be an option in the plugin setting for a button to show/hide the overlay in playtest mode plus it should be automatically disabled after deploying the game, as far as I remember.

@@starlitcastle Hello there, does QMovement work with MZ?

Its usually found already in your plugins in your files!

you can use screen tint instead of a fade. Just tint the screen white and back to normal when needed.

@@starlitcastle I do that, but it doesn't gradually fade in. Also the screen tint doesn't fully turn the screen completely white.

@@TheLastLivinGameCube Which engine are you using? For MV it works, I've used it many times before. Use tint screen, set all values to 255 and set the duration (and check wait if you need it).

@@starlitcastle I'm using the default MV engine.

I used MV, but the plugin (galv's graphics layers) is also available for MZ, and the rest is just parallax mapping done in an art software.

No I can't. They are paid DLC and some edits. The tileset is called First Seed Material (FSM) with some extra tiles by Avery and some Edits by me.

You can exchance parallax layers, there's a plugin command for that. So based on your clock system you could switch out the needed layers :) If you don't mind the extra work that would be needed to create a night version of every map. Also, the doodads plugins (yanfly or visustella) can be helpful for extra light sources. Just create the light as a sprite and use a switch to determine if it's shown or not. The only problem with all of that is, that at some point of the day all the maps will pretty visibly update to the night/day version. (and updating large scale maps might cause a flicker... all of that could be hidden behind a screen fade though, something like "dawn of the 3rd day" ;) )

@@starlitcastle Yeah, I have no idea where to start with the plug in commands to make the image only appear based on a variable. and with the sheer amount of maps ( including forest levels and indoor/outdoor ) there's not a chance i could do a day and night version, not to mention the day night system i have tints the screen manually, and i'm honestly not sure how to adjust it without completely messing it up and then not knowing how to put it back haha. adding a layer on top that isn't affected by the tint is the only way i can do what i need but so far, the tint affects all parallaxes that i've tried so it doesn't really seem to work in my case.

I'm not super familiar with the plugins available for MZ at this point. I'm pretty sure VisuStella probably has some kind of pixel movement and there's also the Rosedale collision altering plugin. Just google for pixel movement rpg maker MZ and you'd probably find a few plugins. If I remember correctly the free ARPG DLC also has a pixel movement plugin. (it's by unagiootoro on their github github.com/unagiootoro/RPGMZ called DotMoveSystem) But as I said, I'm not familiar with MZ plugins, so you'd have to read the plugin documentation yourself.

Sure feel free to copy the settings.

@@starlitcastle i copied all the codes. But tilt shift is not looking like your's.... Actually i dont see any filter in my screen. Just Sunday.png

@@sthenexx well, what's your screen resolution? My settings will only look like they did in the video if it's the same resolution (in my case 1280 x 720). Otherwise you probably have to play with the start and end values. If you think your fullscreen forcing plugin could cause an issue, turn it off and see if stuff starts working, if so it's causing an issue and you have to decide what to do with that.

@@starlitcastle i removed the fullscreen plugin and tried pixi filter, didnt worked again. And my resolution is 1920x1080 right know.

@@starlitcastle Can i send you a screenshoot on discord? This is really important for me.

Q's plugins do not work with followers, only for the character.

There are some lighting shaders for RPG Maker as pixi based plugins, but the results just aren't to my liking, haha. You mostly only get point lights, at least as far as I've seen :)

RPG Maker is known for ease of use and being quite limited. If you're a "traditional" game dev and know how to code, there's really no reason to be using RPG Maker.

As another game dev this was my thought too, though I'm fairly sure RPG Maker devs could *potentially* get decent results with a tile-based light/shadow layers system, if that doesn't exist already. Like, allow the mapper to paint solid colors of light per-tile (or maybe even per quarter-tile), kinda like just drawing big solid pixels, and the rendering engine smooths it out for them. RPG Maker (from my admittedly limited understanding) was designed to render maps as individual tiles, so manually copying tile art and saving maps as merged renders is kind of cursed to me, and I feel like RPG Maker devs shouldn't need to be going through such work.

Whatever program you are comfortable with. Aseprite, CSP, PS, should also work with gimp, krita, etc. As long as the image editor offers a grid with settings you should be good :) I personally use CSP (Clip Studio Paint).

​@@starlitcastleThank you 😊

If you talk about the pixi filters: The plugin is called Filter Controller, it's on screen when I introduce it. And there already is a link in the description.