[Discussion] Where are the RM2K3 Pokémon game engines?

[davidbuddy9]

The reason why I'm calling this a discussion is kinda because Its not all about questions and I may ask new things ect.

I feel that in the Pokécommunity since I've joined last year we barely talk about RM2K3, many games started with RM2K3 but then ported over to RMXP (Like this: h*ttp://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=260369), many of the starter kits for RM2K3 have been 'in development' and never saw a release. Others (Like this: h*ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M_1CFttTbc) Weren't even on the Pokécommunity forums and was discontinued. The problem is is that either we have these abandoned RM2K3 starter kits that promise many features and then we have others that saw a release but are only half baked.

Now if you don't mind I'm going to ask some questions...

Question 1 is; are there any alive RM2K3 starter kits that aren't half baked and are downloadable?

2: If Q1 isn't solvable is anyone planning to ask the creator of this (h*ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M_1CFttTbc) RM2K3 starter if they can add the missing features Like the Pokémart items, and fully functional PokéCenter as that's really what we need in a truly essential starter kit.

RM2K3 would be a good platform for fan games and an alternative to RMXP. If we the community would pitch in and make (or fork) a starter kit for RM2K3 I would help. It doesn't have to have all the out sourced code like Pkmn Essentials for RMXP it just needs to have the core done.

 

[TBM_Christopher]

If I remember correctly, RM2K3 was somewhat harder to work with, and lacked a lot of the robust scripting and graphics features that RMXP had which made Pokemon Essentials doable.

Plus, let's face it, a lot of people look to Essentials because they don't want to have to look into alternatives :P

 

[PinkCatDragon]

RPG 2003 did have one last i remembered but that was a long time ago. ill have to say to pokemon essentals is a lot easyer.

 

[Boonzeet]

The fast advancement and sheer quality of Poccil's kit discouraged many developers in the past to continue with their starter kits.

XP was the first RPG Maker to use RGSS and I'm not even sure full scripting in 2k3 is possible. I know you can't edit the battle system, for example. There are numerous reasons why XP was a better choice to create a starter kit in.

I'm just curious why, when there is the full-featured Pokémon Essentials, you would want a 2k3 kit that would never be close to full-featured?