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Not to detract from this project, which clearly has a robust following, but what would the best tools be for a first time attempt at making an SNES-level RPG? With a focus on ease-of-development.

I'm an experienced programmer and RPG player, but have never used any of the DIY tools.

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RPG Maker: https://www.rpgmakerweb.com/

You can get it on Steam. The latest one (RPG Maker MZ) is currently $49. But you can get one of the older ones, which are a lot cheaper, they go as cheap as $2.

They are all on sale for the next...12 hours. Although they seem to go on sale quite often, they're also in a lot of game bundles.

My understanding is RPGMaker is the de-facto standard, and I know a lot of games have been made in it. And this project seems to be a reimplementation of an old RPGMaker in open-source.

Currently some number of versions are also on humble bundle: https://www.humblebundle.com/software

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