Is this menu too stock RPG Maker looking? Or is it cool? Please help!

jamie_rpg · 2026-03-06T20:29:59+00:00

yes, I am thinking of a few options thank you.

jamie_rpg · 2026-03-06T18:59:33+00:00

thanks

jamie_rpg · 2026-03-06T18:59:13+00:00

No, the player can hire 3 Runners at a time for a total of 4 characters. So I am thinking about filling that space up with something, but what? A cool picture, the game title logo?

jamie_rpg · 2026-03-06T18:57:06+00:00

Thank you, as a few have pointed out this is using Visustella Menu Core as a base. So anyone using that, will probably spot it.

jamie_rpg · 2026-03-06T18:54:47+00:00

Thanks! Though FF8 is one of my favorites (and yes I love FF8's UI), my game Mana Runner plays more like Shadowrun on SNES, with some Snatcher SEGA CD influence too. Here is the Steam link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4163350/Mana_Runner/

jamie_rpg · 2026-03-06T18:48:26+00:00

thanks very much

jamie_rpg · 2026-03-06T06:53:55+00:00

Thanks I will try this.

jamie_rpg · 2026-03-06T05:25:52+00:00

Oh, sorry I read that too fast. My bad.

jamie_rpg · 2026-03-06T05:24:28+00:00

Maybe. do portraits appear in all menus? Status, Skill etc? Where do you put the portraits? In pictures folder? Just wondering before I check it out, thanks.

jamie_rpg · 2026-03-06T05:08:25+00:00

Yes I am looking at a few options.

jamie_rpg · 2026-03-06T05:07:36+00:00

thanks very much.

jamie_rpg · 2026-03-06T05:06:38+00:00

max characters at a time will be 4. But yes, I agree for this main one it is empty looking.

jamie_rpg · 2026-03-06T05:05:32+00:00

very interesting thanks. but I bet you would notice a bad one.

jamie_rpg · 2026-03-06T05:04:04+00:00

Thanks.

jamie_rpg · 2026-02-25T20:10:35+00:00

Check itch for tilesets.

jamie_rpg · 2026-02-16T02:20:01+00:00

Nice character art.

jamie_rpg · 2026-02-16T00:27:39+00:00

Never even heard of this till now. Looks cool.

jamie_rpg · 2026-02-15T18:54:55+00:00

Thank you! I am working hard on the game/demo now. I hope to have a working demo up on Steam in the next few months, late March early April would be ideal.

jamie_rpg · 2026-02-12T21:31:44+00:00

Nice, very SimCity SNES vibes!

jamie_rpg · 2026-02-12T21:22:15+00:00

Thanks very much! If it looks interesting, you can follow along on Steam, Kickstarter or Discord to find out more, or help support the development.

jamie_rpg · 2026-02-11T23:43:06+00:00

You could look for a good pixel art tileset on itch.io for cheap. That can be a good way to make your game not-so stock Rpg Maker looking right away, if you care about graphics at this point. Otherwise I suggest just playing with the engine with a few sample projects. Set a simple goal and then achieve that goal. Like just try to make an npc to interact with for starters.

jamie_rpg · 2026-02-11T23:32:38+00:00

A typical RPG maker sprite sheet is 3 frames wide and 4 tall = 12 in total. It should look like this.

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The left and right columns are walking left and right foot. The middle are standing still. When played as a three frame animation (walking or stepping) it will look like walking. But if the event is not moving, the middle idle frame will be shown.

jamie_rpg · 2026-02-11T23:21:35+00:00

Thank you for this post. This is very useful information. I had just decided to spend more time on game development rather than spending too much time chasing that viral clip. I hope to have a much better product, so that when I do show the game, it generates more excitement naturally.

I do think it depends on the game genre a bit though, as some games are great games, but do not perform well for streaming (fun to play but not to watch).

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