Interview with developers of RPG Maker MZ
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An interview with the developers of RPG Maker MZ, finally available for your viewing pleasure
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| 00:00 - 00:05 | Users have been telling us for years now, with increasing frequency |
| 00:05 - 00:07 | "We want XP's mapping system" |
| 00:07 - 00:10 | After MV, they got even more impatient with us |
| 00:11 - 00:16 | They said MV didn't bring anything new, calling us lazy |
| 00:17 - 00:21 | So we release RPG Maker MZ |
| 00:21 - 00:24 | MZ |
| 00:29 - 00:31 | MZ! |
| 00:31 - 00:34 | With MZ we gave them nothing new except optional XP style mapping |
| 00:38 - 00:40 | MZ |
| 00:41 - 00:47 | And we changed the animations function to use an external open-source program |
| 00:47 - 00:50 | It's incompatible with all the animations from MV |
| 00:50 - 00:56 | and it doesn't work properly on mobile |
| 00:58 - 00:59 | The whole point of MV |
| 00:59 - 01:01 | So now it runs worse on mobile! |
| 01:04 - 01:06 | It uses MV's codebase |
| 01:06 - 01:08 | with only minor changes |
| 01:13 - 01:14 | MZ |
| 01:14 - 01:16 | We said we used the latest standards |
| 01:16 - 01:20 | but we still use Prototype inheritance and huge "core" files |
| 01:21 - 01:27 | We made a big deal about this "code update" to the community, getting plugin developers excited |
| 01:35 - 01:36 | And then they get the source |
| 01:36 - 01:39 | and they see nothing's changed, and they obviously complain |
| 01:41 - 01:44 | So we tell them they're being entitled |
| 01:44 - 01:47 | That they can't expect us to reinvent the engine |
| 01:47 - 01:49 | After all, it's not expensive software |
| 01:50 - 01:53 | We put pre-orders up for $80 |
| 01:54 - 01:56 | We bundle some assets |
| 01:56 - 01:58 | to sweeten the deal |
| 01:58 - 02:02 | But the assets are made on a shoestring budget |
| 02:05 - 02:07 | and the community has to fix them for us |
| 02:10 - 02:11 | And then |
| 02:11 - 02:13 | And then some of |
| 02:15 - 02:17 | Some of our community moderators |
| 02:17 - 02:20 | are part of a team of developers that port Yanfly MV plugins |
| 02:21 - 02:28 | Most plugins cost money, and all of them have obfuscated code |
| 02:29 - 02:30 | Even paid ones? |
| 02:30 - 02:32 | Yes even paid ones |
| 02:36 - 02:39 | Can't edit them if you need to |
| 02:40 - 02:42 | Even if you pay |
| 02:50 - 02:55 | Some other plugin developers start complaining on the forums about this |
| 02:56 - 02:58 | What were their complaints? |
| 02:58 - 03:04 | Really hard to make your plugin compatible when you can't read their code |
| 03:04 - 03:09 | They make some threads and try to get a discussion going |
| 03:09 - 03:11 | Our moderators chime in too |
| 03:16 - 03:20 | "You're acting entitled" |
| 03:23 - 03:26 | Even though plugin developers fix our shit for us |
| 03:31 - 03:36 | They do it for free and then we tell them off for being entitled! |