XP is pretty old at this point, but it looks like it goes on steep discount pretty often and even has a free trial, so it's probably a decent cheap way to get started. I see that Pokemon Essentials only supports RPG Maker XP.
It's worth it to start small and work your way up. Why not use Pokemon Essentials to create a small game, release it for free, and consider it a prototype and learning experience? You can get the core mechanics you want from the plugin, maybe learn some things about how it works, and get some practice with basic scripting on whatever's left. Focus on just completing something first. Is that really a problem, though? It sounds like you haven't done any game development or coding before, so I wouldn't get hung up on trying to sell something. I thought about using RPG Maker, but as this is supposed to be a proper clone and not a fan game, I can't use Pokemon Essentials, because its license stipulates that games developed with it, even if they don't use any of the assets that come with the kit, can't be used for commercial use. Without a plug-in, I'm probably just going to stare at my computer, get frustrated, and go do something else. It still requires some scripting to do what I want.Īre there any plug-ins available that would make the game mechanics aspect of this a lot easier? As far as I know, I may need scripts to separate the player character on screen from the monster party, so that the monsters are the only fighters, restrict battling to 1v1 or 2v2 and not have the whole party out at once, and last but not least, have a working actor inventory, like the PCs in Pokemon, to withdraw actors and add them to the party or take them away. Well, take away Pokemon Essentials and RPG Maker isn't as easy to create a monster-catching game on. Otherwise, it would just be an uninteresting vanilla clone.
I don't want anyone to write it for me, because I need to be able to see where everything is in order to set up NPCs and write dialogue for quests. Instead, I'll probably just start daydreaming and jotting down game ideas when I'm supposed to be learning. I have an idea for a decent Pokemon clone that I want to build, but I really don't know much about coding, and I probably won't slow down and teach myself.
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