Should I stick with RPG Maker or move on?
Hey everyone,
Lately I’ve been really conflicted about whether I should keep developing in RPG Maker or move on to something else.
Like many people here, I started with it because it felt like the easiest way to get into game development. My first one was RPG Maker VX, and since then it’s always been more of a hobby than anything else.
But now, as a solo indie developer trying to go a bit further, I’m starting to feel the limitations more and more. Not just technical limits, but also the fact that they don’t really get addressed over time. Instead of evolving the engine like other tools do, it feels like every few years there’s a new version ; and a lot of community plugins become unusable again.
Recently I’ve been experimenting with other engines, and I found GDevelop to be a pretty solid alternative. Of course, I do miss some things like the tilemapping from RPG Maker, but at the same time having more freedom (like customizing UI more easily) feels really refreshing.
So I’m curious, has anyone else been in this situation?
Did you stick with RPG Maker and work around its limits, or did you eventually switch to something else?
And if you switched, do you feel it was worth it?
Would really love to hear your experiences