RMVX Scripting Basics On the Way

Hi everyone, I’ve been learning how to program in Java and Actionscript lately, and because these are what are called “object-oriented” programming languages, understanding how they function has helped me a whole lot with understanding RGSS2, the programming framework that RMVX uses. After going through RMVX tonight, I finally started getting a good grasp on how RGSS2 works, so I’ll be posting some basic scripting tutorials in the near future.

In the meantime, here’s a very, very simple script on how to use a different font for your game’s text that I got from TheMize18’s video on YouTube (and he credits it to the community on RPGmakervx.net, which is listed on the left-hand side of this blog, actually).

RPG Maker VX Event Basics 1: Allowing the player to choose a name for his or her character.

I’m kicking off the actual design process with some of RPG Maker VX’s basic concepts. Everybody who has ever played a console RPG from the 1990s is used to the obligatory opening sequence, where the game introduces the player to the main characters, backstory and current events. Creating a complete opening sequence is a much longer process, and I’m going to get to it. But before I can tackle that topic, I need to provide a very basic example that a user of RPG Maker VX can build on to create longer, more complicated introductory and cut scenes.

This basic example explains how to create a “Character Naming” Event that allows the player to name his or her main character. By the way, I’m bolding words that appear for the first time that are actual commands used in RPG Maker VX. FYI, this first post covers a whole lot about using the RPG Maker VX interface. If you’re already familiar with it, what Events are and how Switches and Self Switches work, you might just want to skip to the very end of this post and read the summary. If you have no idea what you’re doing and want to learn the basics, keep reading.