I wanna say that I like your channel, but it seems that some of your subscribers have been disrespectful and trollin*... I have been very respectful and do not bother people... I did not want to talk about it on your channel, but I had to report this, since I was forced to block these disrespectful users on TH-cam. That's all. Sorry for inconvenience...
So, the publisher Playism banned the biggest fan-made community and STOLE its members (by hiring them as official jobs at Playism) to turn against the fan-made communities so the company could get ahead, pretty awful and not right to do this to people, not to mention the company Playism has been doing an insane amount of really bad things to it''s consumers, we'd like to expose it along with all the harassment and damages the company is doing to it's users and the general public. Only we have the exclusive story ---- E-MAIL US. We've contacted KADOKAWA but they haven't responded in over a week, they said they would investigate but nothing seems to be happening.
If this gets even half the community that RPG maker has then it might be a good option. I'd imagine the plug in scene will be where this program will shine.
At first I watched your previous PGMMV review video, I hesitated to buy it, but eventually bought it, and to me it was worth the money. As a visual artist, I don't like the code very much, for me it is quite a headache and difficult to learn. That's why visual scripting language is what I'm aiming for and PGMMV has most of what I need. Yes, it has a lot of bugs and an unfriendly user interface, but it often updates with significant improvements. And now that it has made an official release with the promise of improving the UI of the developer, I have to say I don't regret buying it. It no longer crashes like it used to, everything works fine. One minus point is that sometimes it loses text on the UI buttons, I have to restart the software to get rid of it. I really love your channel and it would be great if you make a video tutorial about it
not an artist or coder.. but reinventing the core systems in code for a game is usually what drags me always... I believe this is the one having tried Defold and GMS2
It can't be that bad. There are at least three games made in PGM MV on Steam. Namely, "Dickie A Cumming', 'Pension Day' and 'Someone Cloned The President'. Pretty cool!
I'm downloading the demo to see it for myself, but if this is good for 2D scrolling games as RPG Maker is for rpg, then this engine is definitely a god send! I always wanted to make some 2D SD games myself and the best engine I found for it was Unity, which is amazing but if this new engine can make it easier for me then I would definitely switch out.
This is pretty awesome looking now, it definitely wasn't before. I'm going to give it a try just for a hobby type thing. Would definitely love to see a tutorial or other getting started kind of video.
I can personally recommend this tutorial by Heartbeast. I had never used Godot before and had a fully functioning bare-bones platformer in very little time. You can always find me lurking the Godot Discord server (link below) if u want ;-) th-cam.com/video/wETY5_9kFtA/w-d-xo.html discord.gg/SkCtNmf
After using it for a while and get somewhat used to it's interface I must say I like it, you could make a plaformer, top-down or arpg or whatever 2d game you can think of quickly, this software needs more recognition, it's good for amateurs imo. With that said, it's still too new so there aren't many large or impressive games made with it as compared to RPG Maker, Clickteam software or any other amateur/non-programming game dev tool that's been around for longer.
So it's still not even fully localised? Why is there still Japanese text in the animation editor? It's fair enough in early access, but in an official release that's really not acceptable imho.
@@MakkusuOtaku Most westerners do not speak or read Japanese, so it seems pretty stupid to release a product to a western market if not even the interface is properly translated. It also looks completely unprofessional to do so.
@@MakkusuOtaku No, I'd prefer them to translate it to the best of their ability. What exactly is it that you think cannot be translated? I've bought a whole lot of Japanese software and media in the past, but they always managed to localise it, so I find it hard to believe that's impossible to do in this case...
@@MakkusuOtaku Lol, if the developers cannot even localise their product successfully then they should not expect western people to buy it. You cannot expect people to learn a new language every time they buy a new app, don't you understand how ridiculous that is?
@@MakkusuOtaku Every serious company has sales projections, this data relates to their EXPECTED sales, have you never worked for a company before? :/ P.S. why do you click 'like' on your own comments? xD
A lot of people in the comments are missing the point about the true function of this program. The intention is not to provide a tool for creating professional games. Like RPG Maker, the function is to give the layman the chance to create a simple game in a more or less intuitive way, without requiring a more formal training or something. Virtually everyone who bought RPG Maker uses it as a hobby. They create JRPGs for the fun of creating characters, plot lines, etc. and then share with friends or on internet forums. This program basically tries to convey the same philosophy to platform games. The problem is that platform games are infinitely more complex than JRPGs and that's why the interface looks so confusing. Either way, for a child, teenager, or even an adult who has no time or interest in learning programming, but finds the act of designing games interesting, this type of program is very nice.
18:00 Another really important question I'd like to ask is if this programme is not recommended, then what would you Mike, & everyone else recommended as the best action game maker (among those which are easier to use for beginners, such as this one)?
"1, 2 and 3 of what?" Page 1, page 2 and page 3 because there are too many functions to fit on one page on most resolutions, not that hard to figure out.
I would be very interested in tutorials. Specifically just a traditional rundown of Megaman X style movement. Airdashes, wall jumping, double jumps, dashes and making attacks chain for small combos.
Update: The tutorial is so buggy, I literally cannot get by step 7 without crashing or having the tutorial ui stuck not progressing. While it has great potential, the tool is not ready for the customer. Even the crash reporter crashes when you click ok to exit it. So disappointing, if they had videos of the tutorial to get me up and running, I could have remade my game in this engine and even been farther along! I added slopes in the demo which is something I haven't figured out how to code in my game yet. I installed the 30 day trial and started the plat-former tutorial. I must say I am really impressed so far. It is is rough around the edges, but amazed at how fast a level can be created with this tool. I hope Steam has a sale soon.
@21:23 - Yes, I'd be interested in seeing a tutorial, please. Also, I'd love it if someone can tell me whether this programme has the capabilities of making a game like Sega's "The Story Of Thor" AKA "Beyond Oasis", which is considered both an action-adventure, & RPG in one, as well as having a diagonal bird's eye (top-down) view of the world. Is this style & viewpoint possible?
I believe you couldn't program new keys because you were attempting to program a keyboard key under the controller box. I think if it showed what the code was for the weird drag and drop programing I would be able to learn a little about code, but I don't know anything about code so I might be wrong.
my biggest question is... is this still buggy like Indie game maker ? I was tried Indie game maker and its buggy like coalition detection is bad and ect ect... If its good then I really want to buy this because I simply want to make some simple game just for fun
This would have been perfect. But if you use this engine they force you to advertise for them in the form of a splash screen you can't remove. Which makes sense in a free engine. But 85$.. I think it's things like that that make people view this as a toy, a game.. Rather than a legit game development tool
How's this compared to RPG Maker? From what I see, it seems they pretty overlap, I mean it seems you can make an even better and varied RPG game using this software than using RPG Maker MV?
Hey Mike, very informative as always. I was trying to research more about exporting options (iOS, android, pc etc.) but came up empty. By chance do you have any idea what's available?
I did sub because of this. I would like to see some tutorials. I am not going to learn to code at this point. Maybe learning this would give me the drive to learn to code and use a better tool. I learned VB over 10 years ago. I have not coded anything in years. I have 0 knowledge of anything else. But shit if i could have fun with this I could see buying some Udemy courses to use unity or something else. I think that is the purpose of this tool. So if you have the time I will watch. I would definitely buy when it is on sale again and give it a run.
But seriously, after looking at the engine itself, I hope that they could develop this engine further. Or just use GDevelop if you're new to programming lol
hmmm i still think stencyl are better to make a games without coding i learned how to use stencyl before i learn programming in my class and it does help alot.
@@holographicSquid Jeah exactly... If he did it instead of saying he could, his program would certainly sell a lot. Kinda like this voxel based solution that's already out there for Godot.
Its really not that great. Its not horrid... but honestly, there are a number of free alternative that are either equivalent or superior. I wish I hadn't spent the money... but to be fair, your mileage may vary. I should note that the community support for Pixel Game Maker MV is almost non existent... so if you do buy it, expect a fair amount of experimentation to figure out how it works.
Kinda wish I had this back in my RPG Maker Xp times... It really tinted my Game Making glasses black because I couldn't make a compelling side scroller with this crap language Ruby code it included...
Yea, I totally agree. You'll never be able to create anything outstanding, or even decent, in these types of drag-n-drop programs. Only thing I can think of is a good storyline but that has little to do with the actual program.
@@TheCivildecay I would be the first to agree with you. The learning curve for Godot is steep, but once you get there the view is great. I personally want to help make that better. But at least I can - because it's open source, free, and always getting better.
my opinion but this engine seems like an actual scam... its so stupidly expensive for such a limited game maker. Better off sticking with gamemaker studio or even godot.
![ร้อยพ่อพันแม่ - WanMai [Official MV]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/XY2pNYASEbg/mqdefault.jpg)
Link:
www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2019/09/21/Pixel-Game-Maker-MV-released.aspx
Hey, have you considered doing a video about this one program called PixelMesh?
I wanna say that I like your channel, but it seems that some of your subscribers have been disrespectful and trollin*...
I have been very respectful and do not bother people...
I did not want to talk about it on your channel, but I had to report this, since I was forced to block these disrespectful users on TH-cam.
That's all.
Sorry for inconvenience...
So, the publisher Playism banned the biggest fan-made community and STOLE its members (by hiring them as official jobs at Playism) to turn against the fan-made communities so the company could get ahead, pretty awful and not right to do this to people, not to mention the company Playism has been doing an insane amount of really bad things to it''s consumers, we'd like to expose it along with all the harassment and damages the company is doing to it's users and the general public. Only we have the exclusive story ---- E-MAIL US. We've contacted KADOKAWA but they haven't responded in over a week, they said they would investigate but nothing seems to be happening.
Want to know your thoughts on iFAction Game Maker. looks like what the Pixel engine wanted to be
If this gets even half the community that RPG maker has then it might be a good option. I'd imagine the plug in scene will be where this program will shine.
Nothing happened. 40 daily users
At first I watched your previous PGMMV review video, I hesitated to buy it, but eventually bought it, and to me it was worth the money.
As a visual artist, I don't like the code very much, for me it is quite a headache and difficult to learn. That's why visual scripting language is what I'm aiming for and PGMMV has most of what I need. Yes, it has a lot of bugs and an unfriendly user interface, but it often updates with significant improvements.
And now that it has made an official release with the promise of improving the UI of the developer, I have to say I don't regret buying it.
It no longer crashes like it used to, everything works fine. One minus point is that sometimes it loses text on the UI buttons, I have to restart the software to get rid of it.
I really love your channel and it would be great if you make a video tutorial about it
not an artist or coder.. but reinventing the core systems in code for a game is usually what drags me always... I believe this is the one having tried Defold and GMS2
It can't be that bad. There are at least three games made in PGM MV on Steam. Namely, "Dickie A Cumming', 'Pension Day' and 'Someone Cloned The President'. Pretty cool!
Games (on Steam) made using this include: "Freedom Do Or Die", "Someone Cloned The President", "Pension Day" and "Dickie A Cumming".
I'll always be skeptical of "no coding" game engines, but I do value that it lowers the skill floor for gamedev.
damn right
@Sellis Simoh Well described!
I like unity
On the flip side, "no coding" engines attract a lot of inexperienced developers who tend to release games that aren't polished. I feel you too, man.
I think most people do it for fun since you don't have to learn to code.
I'm downloading the demo to see it for myself, but if this is good for 2D scrolling games as RPG Maker is for rpg, then this engine is definitely a god send!
I always wanted to make some 2D SD games myself and the best engine I found for it was Unity, which is amazing but if this new engine can make it easier for me then I would definitely switch out.
"If you want it to do something it can't do, it can't do it"
This is pretty awesome looking now, it definitely wasn't before. I'm going to give it a try just for a hobby type thing. Would definitely love to see a tutorial or other getting started kind of video.
I would absolutely love a tutorial made by you, I've been making sprites and been wanting to make a fun platformer since being a kid.
I can personally recommend this tutorial by Heartbeast.
I had never used Godot before and had a fully functioning bare-bones platformer in very little time.
You can always find me lurking the Godot Discord server (link below) if u want ;-)
th-cam.com/video/wETY5_9kFtA/w-d-xo.html
discord.gg/SkCtNmf
I bought it, really shaping up. Once you follow some YT tutorials, it has so much potential and functions already made for you.
I would be interested in seeing a tutorial that makes single level, single enemy type, and export?!
Love your videos. I always watch your channel and Bluedrake42's to see what's going on in the game world.
After using it for a while and get somewhat used to it's interface I must say I like it, you could make a plaformer, top-down or arpg or whatever 2d game you can think of quickly, this software needs more recognition, it's good for amateurs imo.
With that said, it's still too new so there aren't many large or impressive games made with it as compared to RPG Maker, Clickteam software or any other amateur/non-programming game dev tool that's been around for longer.
Yea some tutorial videos would be great. Keep up the good work!
So it's still not even fully localised? Why is there still Japanese text in the animation editor? It's fair enough in early access, but in an official release that's really not acceptable imho.
@@MakkusuOtaku Most westerners do not speak or read Japanese, so it seems pretty stupid to release a product to a western market if not even the interface is properly translated. It also looks completely unprofessional to do so.
@@MakkusuOtaku No, I'd prefer them to translate it to the best of their ability. What exactly is it that you think cannot be translated? I've bought a whole lot of Japanese software and media in the past, but they always managed to localise it, so I find it hard to believe that's impossible to do in this case...
@@MakkusuOtaku Lol, if the developers cannot even localise their product successfully then they should not expect western people to buy it. You cannot expect people to learn a new language every time they buy a new app, don't you understand how ridiculous that is?
@@MakkusuOtaku So they release a product in western territories, yet they do not expect to make any sales? xD
@@MakkusuOtaku Every serious company has sales projections, this data relates to their EXPECTED sales, have you never worked for a company before? :/
P.S. why do you click 'like' on your own comments? xD
A lot of people in the comments are missing the point about the true function of this program.
The intention is not to provide a tool for creating professional games. Like RPG Maker, the function is to give the layman the chance to create a simple game in a more or less intuitive way, without requiring a more formal training or something.
Virtually everyone who bought RPG Maker uses it as a hobby. They create JRPGs for the fun of creating characters, plot lines, etc. and then share with friends or on internet forums. This program basically tries to convey the same philosophy to platform games. The problem is that platform games are infinitely more complex than JRPGs and that's why the interface looks so confusing.
Either way, for a child, teenager, or even an adult who has no time or interest in learning programming, but finds the act of designing games interesting, this type of program is very nice.
I'm definitely wanting Pixel Game Maker MV
And I certainly want to see you do Tutorials
18:00 Another really important question I'd like to ask is if this programme is not recommended, then what would you Mike, & everyone else recommended as the best action game maker (among those which are easier to use for beginners, such as this one)?
1,2,3
most likely, page 1, page 2, page 3.
the list of options is too big to fit into one page (or tabe if you wish)
The sound effect he played scared the crap out of me
This looks REALLY good! So this saves an an EXXE WIndows game for anyone to play or do they ALSO need the game engine to play?
is it possible to make a beat em up in this program or maybe a hack and slash
"1, 2 and 3 of what?" Page 1, page 2 and page 3 because there are too many functions to fit on one page on most resolutions, not that hard to figure out.
That is terrible UI design then. This is what scroll bars are for. They could have easily grouped content by themes and made the tabs actually useful.
@@gamefromscratch Of course, I'm not saying it is good =P
can i create tiles with another software like aseprite or blender?
I would be very interested in tutorials. Specifically just a traditional rundown of Megaman X style movement. Airdashes, wall jumping, double jumps, dashes and making attacks chain for small combos.
But can you make a game that has gameplay from Pixel Maker AND RPG elements from RPG Maker ? And also, what about Sprite Editing ?
Uh... Yes, but no. It can have RPG elements, but I doubt it can use the same RM framework, even if I think they are both programmed in JS.
Judging by the promo you can have an isometric game in the sense of a streets of rage type game.
1:13 I would never do that first I watch the whole video and then I might do that with any software you review!
Update: The tutorial is so buggy, I literally cannot get by step 7 without crashing or having the tutorial ui stuck not progressing. While it has great potential, the tool is not ready for the customer. Even the crash reporter crashes when you click ok to exit it. So disappointing, if they had videos of the tutorial to get me up and running, I could have remade my game in this engine and even been farther along! I added slopes in the demo which is something I haven't figured out how to code in my game yet.
I installed the 30 day trial and started the plat-former tutorial. I must say I am really impressed so far. It is is rough around the edges, but amazed at how fast a level can be created with this tool. I hope Steam has a sale soon.
WOULD LOVE A TUTORIAL ON THIS PROGRAM
@21:23 - Yes, I'd be interested in seeing a tutorial, please. Also, I'd love it if someone can tell me whether this programme has the capabilities of making a game like Sega's "The Story Of Thor" AKA "Beyond Oasis", which is considered both an action-adventure, & RPG in one, as well as having a diagonal bird's eye (top-down) view of the world. Is this style & viewpoint possible?
I would be interested in seeing a tutorial
I'd probably buy it if it allows export to android OS platform.
I believe you couldn't program new keys because you were attempting to program a keyboard key under the controller box. I think if it showed what the code was for the weird drag and drop programing I would be able to learn a little about code, but I don't know anything about code so I might be wrong.
my biggest question is... is this still buggy like Indie game maker ? I was tried Indie game maker and its buggy like coalition detection is bad and ect ect... If its good then I really want to buy this because I simply want to make some simple game just for fun
This would have been perfect. But if you use this engine they force you to advertise for them in the form of a splash screen you can't remove. Which makes sense in a free engine. But 85$.. I think it's things like that that make people view this as a toy, a game.. Rather than a legit game development tool
you remove the splash screen in the game folder and replace it with your own.
i bought RPG maker MV and i see that this is on sale for 42$ and i am a game dev i want to know if this is worth getting
How's this compared to RPG Maker? From what I see, it seems they pretty overlap, I mean it seems you can make an even better and varied RPG game using this software than using RPG Maker MV?
RPG Maker can not make a platformer or ABS (action based strategy) game, this can.
Godot is a game engine. This is a game maker. So there not the same.
Hey Mike, very informative as always. I was trying to research more about exporting options (iOS, android, pc etc.) but came up empty. By chance do you have any idea what's available?
Sadly Windows EXE only. (tkool.jp/act/en/manual/10_01.html) Should have mentioned that in the video, my bad.
@@gamefromscratch Good to know, thanks for the reply!
are you able to port games over to switch and xbox ps etc ?
Uh... It's definitely better, but MY GOD they kept the diagram scripting format. Why not make it list format, like Fusion and Construct?
The UI looks pretty bland IMO
I did sub because of this. I would like to see some tutorials. I am not going to learn to code at this point. Maybe learning this would give me the drive to learn to code and use a better tool. I learned VB over 10 years ago. I have not coded anything in years. I have 0 knowledge of anything else. But shit if i could have fun with this I could see buying some Udemy courses to use unity or something else. I think that is the purpose of this tool. So if you have the time I will watch. I would definitely buy when it is on sale again and give it a run.
Can u create original sprites?
More tutorials please!
PGM has been excellent!
You can pretty much do the same thing in unity, for free, and with way more options...
Looks good
Can you export across platforms?
But is it free and is under 50mb and basically runs everywhere with minimal to no problem?
But seriously, after looking at the engine itself, I hope that they could develop this engine further. Or just use GDevelop if you're new to programming lol
yes make a tutorial nobody made a tutorial for this for side scrollers
hmmm i still think stencyl are better to make a games without coding
i learned how to use stencyl
before i learn programming in my class and it does help alot.
res
can do all that in godot + much more and it costs nothing
Cuss one is a game engine and the other is a game maker.
@@holographicSquid Jeah exactly... If he did it instead of saying he could, his program would certainly sell a lot. Kinda like this voxel based solution that's already out there for Godot.
To paraphrase a saying, Godot is only free if your time has no value. In other words, cost isn't everything.
This visual script is lick the animetor from unity
@Water Cat i think you try tell unreal not unity visual?the blueprints?
has this become easier to understand for a person with a brain the size of a peanut?
Its really not that great. Its not horrid... but honestly, there are a number of free alternative that are either equivalent or superior. I wish I hadn't spent the money... but to be fair, your mileage may vary. I should note that the community support for Pixel Game Maker MV is almost non existent... so if you do buy it, expect a fair amount of experimentation to figure out how it works.
What is equivalent or superior? Can you name a few?
Kinda wish I had this back in my RPG Maker Xp times... It really tinted my Game Making glasses black because I couldn't make a compelling side scroller with this crap language Ruby code it included...
I’m sorry it’s still too hard he needs to be something simpler.
Isn't it easier just to learn to code ?
This seems like a lot to learn, that you can only use in this engine.
Yea, I totally agree. You'll never be able to create anything outstanding, or even decent, in these types of drag-n-drop programs. Only thing I can think of is a good storyline but that has little to do with the actual program.
Heh. For everyone who's ever said that, we'll have you code in Java.
What languaje utilizes this software?
I still like MZ it's way better.
I look at this and compare it to the totally free Godot Engine and think Godot is superior in nearly every way.
Comparing this to Godot is like comparing Unity to Microsoft Visual Studio.
They have different scopes and different audiences.
@@MyNameIsMir what? k.
The problem with godot is that it really isn't that beginner friendly as the godot community likes to think it is.
@@TheCivildecay I would be the first to agree with you. The learning curve for Godot is steep, but once you get there the view is great. I personally want to help make that better. But at least I can - because it's open source, free, and always getting better.
One is for beginners the other is for hardened programmers.
Can I do a 30 day trial and retroactively return my $75 from Early Access? ; - )
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Yes it seems pretty good tbh
my opinion but this engine seems like an actual scam... its so stupidly expensive for such a limited game maker. Better off sticking with gamemaker studio or even godot.
It's for specific genre same as RPG Maker and Visual Novel Maker.
it's $85US fuck that
CDN actually. Unfortunately getting USD to show during videos can be a pain in the arse.
@@gamefromscratch I just checked, it's $85 USD
Wow that's insane that CDN and USD pricing are the same... That never happens. ;)
@@gamefromscratch that's not the point here
the UI is so... uggllyy.
Is it app or web based?
Also, is it free?
................Really xD
watch the video smh
@@GrumpyGameDev Yes, really... 😉
@@randominternetuser5123 what if I do not have time to watch the video for some reasons?...
Mr. Tech Guy then u can watch the video later instead of typing a useless comment.
Worst UI ever.
I dont like the UI
No, it's good.
this engine is so bad
lol trash engine