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Game Dev Tutorials

This forum is for scripts and code, as well as all kinds of tutorials, software, tools and so forth. Remember to give credit!

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Section Staff: Jazzy, _pheebee

Coding Tutorial

The Basics of the Ruby programming language

Mohitsingh, Nov 2020: very intersting

11 18,390

Started by Marin

Forum Info

About the Scripts, Tutorials & Tools forum

Marin, Oct 2018: *About the Scripts, Tutorials & Tools forumWelcome to the Scripts, Tutorials & Tools forum! This is the go-to place for scripts, whether they be for Pokémon Essentials or general utilities. You're also more than welcome to share other tools or...

0 9,641

Started by Marin

Other Tutorial

How to make a game (with emphasis in Essentials) - 2022 edition

apkmosa, Jul 29: Thanks for sharing this amazing information.

10 23,779

Started by FL

Other Tutorial

Gamemaking Tutorial Series: How to Make Music

AenaonDusky, Jul 8: Have you been reluctant to start learning how to make music, because it seems very complicated and it’s not something you think you have a knack for? Well, fear not! Here’s a music-making tutorial, for those who don’t consider themselves...

0 369

Started by AenaonDusky

Other Tutorial

BW PokéMart Screen

DeepBlue PacificWaves, Jun 30: Support to Essentials v20.1 added! Heya folks, Just a quick update. BW PokéMart Screen has now been updated to Pokémon Essentials v20.1. As always, I would like to remember that older versions of the script are now discontinued. Hope y'all...

6 3,450

Started by DeepBlue PacificWaves

Essentials Tutorial

Fog like in Pokemon Fire Red Game

Celebri, May 13: For some reason, doing this makes all of my maps tagged "outside" foggy, instead of just the one I used the event on.

2 3,130

Started by Richard PT

Essentials Tutorial

Sideways Stairs without using events

Jonko, Apr 25: Idk why but it doesn't work for me, what is the exact thing I need to replace? I replaced move_left after 'then' with the 'def move_left ...' from the script, but at first it only made my character turn instead of walk and then it worked but made my...

16 11,022

Started by Marty152

Essentials Tutorial

How to set-up sellers (e.g. scammers/one-time sales)

Milkcookie24, Apr 13: Hey, I was wondering what changes I would have to make to have the npc sell a pokemon instead of an item, any ideas?

8 6,115

Started by PiaCRT

Essentials Tutorial

[TUTORIAL] Gen V Badge Making - A step by step lesson

DeepBlue PacificWaves, Apr 4: Introduction Hey folks. How do you do? Today, I'm going to pass on some findings I found while researching Gen's V Roms, while also trying new ideas that came out of my head. The topic of today is: Making Badgesin Gen's V Style. This is a...

0 691

Started by DeepBlue PacificWaves

Essentials Tutorial

Simple system for pokemon above the maximum level!

Jazzy, Mar 28: Hi there, I've moved this post to the Game Dev Tutorials section, as it seems more fitting here

1 710

Started by Frost the Fox

Essentials Tutorial

How to Add Save Character Scene Animation

REALMUGEN, Mar 4: Hi! Has anyone managed to get this script working in V 19.1? It is a beautiful detail and I am migrating my game so it would be ideal not to lose it... Thanks :D

7 3,520

Started by WolfPP

BW Hall of Fame for V19 (Ripped from Leaf Green Remix scripts by Zeak6464 and KleinStudio)

Mr.Paradox, Feb 17: where are the graphics

1 1,967

Started by ElijahZx360

Essentials Tutorial

Dynamax y Maxraid Pokemon essentials v17

Lycanroc crepuscular, Feb 7: Main Installation Additional Installations 2) Changes in PokeBattle_Move (changes to Choice Band/Specs) 3) Changes in PokeBattle_MoveEffects (changes to a slew of old moves for compatibility)

0 1,054

Started by Lycanroc crepuscular

Other Tutorial

tImE's Extensive Tiling Tutorial

jacobhue, Jan 29: Tiling is the process of creating seamless textures that can be repeated over a large area, such as a floor, wall or ceiling. There are many uses for tiling textures: game art, wallpapers, backgrounds and so on. There are many ways to create tiling...

2 14,904

Started by tImE

Other Tutorial

XV Launcher

NoNoNever, Dec 10: open XVLauncher in Visual studio press ctrl + shift + f and search for projectid change the id number in value with the project id from gitlab

12 3,372

Started by NoNoNever

Other Tutorial

How To rip Tiles from Pok�mon DPPt/HGSS/BW/B2W2

theRiolvile, Nov 25: From still this day I did only one rip of a TV from dppt which is good but adding it to rmxp it takes allot of time so yeah great tutorial!

19 25,878

Started by shiney570

Coding Tutorial

An easy way to create rotating NPCs

ChromusSama, Nov 17: This tutorial has been made with Essentials v19.1. While the chances of the functions we'll be working with being modified with v20 or future versions are very low, I'll keep an eye on it. If I ever notice any modification, I'll try to get this...

0 1,714

Started by ChromusSama

PBS

FULL updated Gen 1-8 PBS for pokemon.txt and pokemonforms.txt

silverlime, Nov 6: Ok, here's the Essentials docs page from v17 which will have descriptions that are in the same format as this moves.txt: https://essentialsdocs.fandom.com/wiki/Defining_a_move?oldid=448 And here are the target codes in case you're just looking...

22 6,829

Started by silverlime

Emerald Engine

hino3, Aug 24: How to run? I see JSON file but i can't run it.. Help

9 7,726

Started by tokenizer

Other Tutorial

RPG Maker XP on Mac

Game Duelist CJ, Aug 18: Which version of this program is best for macOS Big Sur 11.5.2? With an Apple M1 chip in an iMac?

17 33,766

Started by Boonzeet

Essentials Tutorial

A Beginner's Guide To FONTS

DarkraiMaker, Jul 2021: Good Guide Brother!

3 6,402

Started by भाग्य ज्योति

Essentials Tutorial

Essentials v19: Introducing the new save data system

Savordez, Jun 2021: If the v19 conversions are kept in v20, then yes. If they aren't, they can be added as a plugin.

2 3,994

Started by Savordez

Effect fixes and new ones for other fan games

ElijahZx360, Jun 2021: Ah, what the heck.. Might as well add new moves here as well :/ Uproot: Then adapt Move Effect 0EC with missing part in comparison:

16 1,843

Started by ElijahZx360

Other Tutorial

Mini Gamemaking Tutorial Series: Designing and Animating Portraits

AenaonDusky, Apr 2021: Updated the Tutorial with a step by step guy, uh I mean, guide, for the non-lazy folks (that'd definitely be me) so you can see how we get to draw a portrait from the very beginning,

1 1,762

Started by AenaonDusky

Coding Tutorial

Integrating ~PokeRide~ pb(mount) w/ Party Screen Menu (Essentials v18.1) ~~ [Recent: Added Shiny | Form | Array Container]

JulyArt, Apr 2021: What would you like for the game to do when you select option from menu specifically? At the moment, PKMN following comes with a 'toggle hotkey'. When press this hotkey, it will hide all following PKMN. when toggle again, it will show all...

9 1,939

Started by JulyArt

Essentials Tutorial

Adding Affection Effects

REALMUGEN, Apr 2021: This is a great script. Works perfectly on 17.2 My question is. How can I reduce the chances of have an affection effect on battle (heal poison or prevent a enemy movement). In my game, my Pokemon are at level 20 and they already do it...

7 4,626

Started by HeyHeyHenry

Essentials Tutorial

Dynamax tutorial

(4 pages)

StCooler, Mar 2021: This version is outdated... But try searching "pbInitEffects(batonpass)" instead (one "t" in "batonpass")

81 25,328

Started by fauno

[PSDK] Mining Game System

YashPokeFan123, Feb 2021: It's for PSDK

3 2,344

Started by The_Rey

Essentials Tutorial

[EBS]Cache In-battle animations to fix lag

Golisopod User, Feb 2021: v18 does this already. You don't need to do it separately.

24 9,071

Started by thepsynergist

Essentials Tutorial

A Comprehensive Guide to Making Good Overworld Sprites

The cool Treecko, Jan 2021: this is a really good guide on ow's good job

5 12,061

Started by Radical Raptr

PBS

Pokémon Essentials Generation 8 PBS files (Now with Isle of Armor)

StCooler, Jan 2021: A tutorial for what? This content has been added to Pokémon Essentials v18.1.

21 14,910

Started by HM100

Essentials Tutorial

Weather-Dependent Events

silverlime, Jan 2021: Here's the pathway you have to do in the event editor: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/624724349345071105/799133932163301416/unknown.png

4 2,342

Started by silverlime

Other Tutorial

How to Add PSS Icon into Load Screen

The cool Treecko, Jan 2021: Where do I get those PSS Icons? link please...

4 3,432

Started by WolfPP

Other Tutorial

Advance Map tips for 3rd gen editing.

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 2021: ok I gotcha, that "except rom hacks" sure was tiny lol. That thing's way too easy to miss. I'll make a copy and move it over soon, but can you keep it up for another day at least, I'm helping someone and I already linked this to them for...

2 1,518

Started by Meister_anon~Master_o f_None

How to implement the DexNav but with all Pokemon visible?

ArchyTheArc, Dec 2020: I mean its not that hard i feel to find the pokemon but, for dexnav it should have a check if the pokemons been seen or caught, and just removing that does what you want.

1 1,402

Started by SuperSpyroDragon64

Essentials Tutorial

Hidden Encounters

Derxwna Kapsyla, Dec 2020: I've posted an update to the pastebin, as a critical issue was discovered with the resource which made the Hidden Battle BGM play during Trainer Battles- whoops! The change now allows you to set the track for Hidden Battles in metadata.txt, under a...

3 1,493

Started by Derxwna Kapsyla

Accessibility for the blind (speech to text)

Olasooo, Dec 2020: Hi. I wonder that to, as always, amazing work! I am just amazed that people do this vvoluntarily, it's just amazing. Even if ther's no new info, I am just glad that people still works on this.

8 2,565

Started by silver-wind

Essentials Tutorial

Quicksave Script

silverlime, Nov 2020: When I press the quicksave button and enter a battle right afterwards (I assume this can also be triggered through other means), the quicksave icon stays on the screen and stays faded away as much as it got to before the battle starts (so it doesn't...

6 3,928

Started by Marin

Essentials Tutorial

Team Preview

FL, Nov 2020: The correct line was: @sprites.x-=16 if @sprites When the thread broke, I incorrectly fixed this line. Now is correctly fixed.

6 3,053

Started by FL

PBS

Crown Tundra DLC PBS info

silverlime, Nov 2020: Just wanted to say that I think some of the flags are wrong for these moves. Fiery Wrath doesn't have a chance to flinch I don't think, and apparently the galarian bird moves are supposed to go through Protect?

7 2,697

Started by Phye

Essentials Tutorial

PokeMap - Make HGSS-style maps with RMXP

KP7, Nov 2020: I've used the townmapgen.html to type out a few places and then copied it to my townmap.txt but nothing is appearing on my map. Is there a way to change the map size in the scripts to accommodate my 8x8 towns? My map is the correct size but the...

16 47,250

Started by xdanx

Essentials Tutorial

New Field Effects

(2 pages)

HeroesFightingFear, Oct 2020: remove the opponent.pbthis, that will no longer work when assigning messages to terrain/field boosts and what not. in addition to that, the files and battle backgrounds have changed. example: indoor1_base0, indoor1_base1, indoor1_bg,...

31 6,514

Started by #Not Important

Other Tutorial

Mini Gamemaking Tutorial Series: Compact Mapping

AenaonDusky, Sep 2020: Thank you, it is the basics that are the most difficult to get right, while paradoxically being , well the basics. Thank you, it's thanks to the work of great developers whose legacy we can only analyze. Also, this tutorial will be...

7 4,887

Started by AenaonDusky

Essentials Tutorial

Berry Tree From Galar

(2 pages)

#Not Important, Sep 2020: As far as I know, BerryTreeDone isn't in my script. That's what the error is

27 5,751

Started by #Not Important

Other Tutorial

Change Game.exe's icon.

#Not Important, Aug 2020: I think that if you have it as a .zip file it's fine. I just tried

6 2,433

Started by #Not Important

Mapping Aide

Rhatios16, Aug 2020: https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=429142 its only gen 3 style, but it does have sideways stairs support.

1 1,127

Started by Adam's IQ

Essentials Tutorial

How to create a Warp Tile animation

TA Star, Aug 2020: Thanks. Now it works fine.

5 5,247

Started by Ulithium_Dragon

PBS

Fully comprehensive pokemonforms pbs file

Lucidious89, Jul 2020: I'm probably late to the party, but I just finished updating my pokemonforms pbs file and I figured I'd upload it in case it makes anyone's life easier. No credits needed, it's mostly a collection of things I've found anyway. Although I did have to...

0 2,053

Started by Lucidious89

Question about programming and languages for ROM Hacking

Golisopod User, Jun 2020: Neither did I. EDIT: I see what the problem may be. The 2nd part of my comment was actually directed towards RougeNin7x not you Bonzeet. Sorry if I came off as condescending.

3 2,018

Started by RogueNin7x

Essentials Tutorial

How to write your own GUI

भाग्य ज्योति, Jun 2020: Nice tutorial. Learning GUI using this.

5 5,676

Started by Marin

Essentials Tutorial

Changing An Opponent's Trainer Class Temporarily

Jazzy, Jun 2020: Yeah thanks, I fixed the slashes. I'm still not quite sure what you mean by the definition of the trainers pokemon. That should still be handled in the trainers.txt. The script is mostly just for flavor, in case you want a slightly different trainer...

10 1,801

Started by Jazzy

PBS

Gen 7 PBS, Scripts, Graphics and more

(6 pages)

Marin, Jun 2020: I've removed the download links now. Please use a modern alternative if this is what you're looking for.

144 86,586

Started by Marin

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The Basics of the Ruby programming language

About the Scripts, Tutorials & Tools forum

How to make a game (with emphasis in Essentials) - 2022 edition

Gamemaking Tutorial Series: How to Make Music

BW PokéMart Screen

Fog like in Pokemon Fire Red Game

Sideways Stairs without using events

How to set-up sellers (e.g. scammers/one-time sales)

[TUTORIAL] Gen V Badge Making - A step by step lesson

Simple system for pokemon above the maximum level!

How to Add Save Character Scene Animation

BW Hall of Fame for V19 (Ripped from Leaf Green Remix scripts by Zeak6464 and KleinStudio)

Dynamax y Maxraid Pokemon essentials v17

tImE's Extensive Tiling Tutorial

XV Launcher

How To rip Tiles from Pok�mon DPPt/HGSS/BW/B2W2

An easy way to create rotating NPCs

FULL updated Gen 1-8 PBS for pokemon.txt and pokemonforms.txt

Emerald Engine

RPG Maker XP on Mac

A Beginner's Guide To FONTS

Essentials v19: Introducing the new save data system

Effect fixes and new ones for other fan games

Mini Gamemaking Tutorial Series: Designing and Animating Portraits

Integrating ~PokeRide~ pb(mount) w/ Party Screen Menu (Essentials v18.1) ~~ [Recent: Added Shiny | Form | Array Container]

Adding Affection Effects

Dynamax tutorial

[PSDK] Mining Game System

[EBS]Cache In-battle animations to fix lag

A Comprehensive Guide to Making Good Overworld Sprites

Pokémon Essentials Generation 8 PBS files (Now with Isle of Armor)

Weather-Dependent Events

How to Add PSS Icon into Load Screen

Advance Map tips for 3rd gen editing.

How to implement the DexNav but with all Pokemon visible?

Hidden Encounters

Accessibility for the blind (speech to text)

Quicksave Script

Team Preview

Crown Tundra DLC PBS info

PokeMap - Make HGSS-style maps with RMXP

New Field Effects

Mini Gamemaking Tutorial Series: Compact Mapping

Berry Tree From Galar

Change Game.exe's icon.

Mapping Aide

How to create a Warp Tile animation

Fully comprehensive pokemonforms pbs file

Question about programming and languages for ROM Hacking

How to write your own GUI

Changing An Opponent's Trainer Class Temporarily

Gen 7 PBS, Scripts, Graphics and more