The future of action games looks a whole lot weirder thanks to Action Game Maker, a new tool from the team that fuelled cult classic RPGs like Omori
Jul. 12, 2024The RPG Maker makers are back with more game creation tools that require no programming experience whatsoever
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RPG Maker once spawned countless roleplaying games of all shapes and sizes with tools that let anyone, regardless of their programming experience, make their own adventures. RPG Maker makers Gotcha Gotcha Games are now working on a very similar Action Game Maker.
“Take advantage of the excellent 2D functionality provided by Godot Engine, the popular open source engine powering Action Game Maker,” the project’sSteamblurb reads. Other features include design based on the existing Godot UI, support for GDScript, “a complete 2D pipeline,” a tile map editor, support for both sprites and bone animations, and “access to Godot’s rich particle and shader systems.”
Hundreds of distinct and wildly varied games came out of RPG Maker with the psychological dreamscapes of Omori, the memory-hopping tale of To The Moon, fangame Pokemon Uranium and the influential post-apocalypse Lisa: The Painful all being built with the tools. Who knows? Maybe we’ll see a crop of similarly weird, subversive action games drop in the next few years since I assume Action Game Maker will be just as robust as its predecessor. Metroidvanias, roguelikes, action-RPGs should all be possible, so next time you have a mind-blowing video game idea that you can’t believe hasn’t been made yet, here’s your chance!
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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that’s vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he’ll soon forget.
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