Despite the massive amount of completely free assets available under the Liberated Pixel Cup Project at OpenGameArt.org it is not widely used. One of the reasons could be that it is not obvious how to get started with it in some of the most widely used game engines.
The most widely used 2D RPG game engine at the moment is RPG Maker MZ. This project is an attempt to make it a bit simpler to get started using LPC art to make an RPG using that software.
Play it now in your browser at https://liberatedpixelcup.github.io/RPG_Maker_MZ_LPC_Starter_Kit
Contributions welcome. All non-third party code in this repository is under the MIT license subject to RPG Maker MZ terms of use. RPG Maker Core scripts are commercially licensed without royalty and with source code available, all other code in this repository is open source under various licenses. There is no GPL/copyleft code.
- RPG Maker MZ (requires a one time payment per user, but you can sometimes find it on sale at a discount on Steam)
- TileD Map Editor (open source, but please donate)
- Bulk Animations Extension for TileD Map Editor (open source)
- can be used instead of the builtin TileD Animation Editor for setting up animations in tilesets more easily
- https://github.com/lukas-shawford/tiled-bulk-animations
Try pressing F3 to enable stretch mode. Press F4 afterward to go full screen.
I've done a couple of passes at an in game credits screen, but it still needs some work. You can find it on the title menu. Until it is fully complete, please find the full attributions alongside the files in this repository.
I am using TileD and the VisuStella TileD plugin because the RPG Maker MZ map editor doesn't support all the features LPC tilesets require, such as translucent tiles. As a bonus, it helps immensely to have unlimited layers and flexibility in collision mapping.
In addition, I would have to reformat the tilests to RPG Maker MZ's format, which would take significant effort and would need to be redone each time those tilesets are updated.
To view the map, open the map in TileD. You can export the map as an image to use as a parallax; this can be a guide while you create your events. To sum up, do your mapping in TileD, and your eventing in RPG Maker MZ.
YES. Everything in this repository other than RPG Maker MZ core scripts is open source. Please observe the terms of all the licenses for each RPG Maker MZ plugin and all of the art in the repository. Please attribute where required. Feel free to use my Credits screen and add to it.
Payment is only required for RPG Maker MZ base software. There is no royalty, just a one time payment per user. See license for RPG Maker MZ for further information.
Regardless of whether explicitly stated in each file, consider the code in this repository as derivative of RPG Maker MZ and subject to its terms of use. Do not use, modify, or distribute your modifications unless you have purchased RPG Maker MZ for each user.
Only interested in the art? Find it under the Liberated Pixel Cup Project at OpenGameArt.org
See also the character generator at https://liberatedpixelcup.github.io/Universal-LPC-Spritesheet-Character-Generator/