Hello Aerosys, I am planning on buying your plugin for the project I am working on. However I have a couple questions that I'd like to ask to know if I'm able to achieve with this plugin what I'm looking for.
I'm trying to create maps that have corridors that are only 1 tile wide, and rooms that are made of 1 tile only. Each room must have a specific event on it, and certain events may be scattered through corridors.
For context, I am aiming to create a map like that of Darkest Dungeon, that can be navigated using mouse. (it's a simplified take on exploration so we can save on environment graphic creation)
Here's a sample of how it's supposed to look (btw I would achieve the rooms looking bigger by just having a big event graphic, they'd still be 1 tile only):
Would this be doable?
The other question I have is, can this plugin be used on a game deployed for mobile? I know some plugins aren't compatible with mobile, so would like to confirm that.
I hope to hear from you,
Thank you!
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Hi Creative Ed,
thanks for your interest!
Well, there's an algorithm "Rooms & Corridors" that looks a little bit like your screenshot. I'm a bit confused with "rooms that are made of 1 tile only". However, there's no algorithm to make something that looks exactly like your screenshot, I'm afraid.
There's a free version that enables all the algorithms so you can try them out for yourself. Only the deployment of your game and some add-ons are restricted to the full version.
Yes, it is platform-independent. If you encounter issues on Mobile, I'm here to assist you or give a refund in the unlikely case that it would not work.
Best regards
Aerosys
Hey Aerosys, thank you for your response!
Unfortunately as they are I'm not sure if they'll be able to achieve what I need. I will try doing some experimentation. Used to work around RPGMaker's limitations, so I'll try the same mindset here haha
In terms of the rooms being 1 tile only, in my game the rooms will be simply 1 event that when interacted with spawns a battle or a cutscene, that is why they need to be 1 tile only. After that's done with, the player progresses to the next room.
Is it possible to edit/create new algorithms? How hard do you think would be to make a change like this to one of the current algorithms?
Everything else is great news!
To be honest even if it ends up not being a fit for the current game I'm working on, this is hands down the best plugin I've seen for Random maps, and I have a couple games planned that will require the types of maps exactly like the ones already provided on the plugin, so this will definitely be useful for me. You did an amazing job, congrats.
One last question, do you plan on improving the World Map algorithm? It looks great sometimes but the edges are all straight lines, which makes it look unnatural. Is this something that will be improved in the future?
Maybe using a second noise pass applied to the edge area to cut out the edges could do the trick (just throwing it out there)
Cheers!
Well, I designed my code so that a developer could modify some (not all) algorithms and even add his own. The js file MK_RPGMaps_Algorithms.js is readable and hence editable.
However, I made the experience that most RPG Maker developers are overwhelmed by such power; hence I decided not to support this feature anymore officially. If you are interested, you can write me at m.kampermann@gmail.com, and I will check if I still have some documentation to share with you.
Yes, I think I will improve the Worldmap algorithm, as other people have already requested more improvements for this topic.
Thank you for your great feedback! :)