Challenge: Can You Combine a RPG MV Game With VN Maker?

Jordan_Winslow · 2018-10-11T01:15:11+0900

Hey guys! I'm Jordan, your Electronic Music Producer Friend, but this time I'm not here to talk about music. I know this is possible and I will have to figure it out one way or another (either the jerry-rigged way or professionally with your help haha!) but I have a large Visual Novel project which is going to incorporate an RPG Maker Game into the story so I am going to have a scene in my VN Maker game execute some sort of javascript to open and auto-fullscreen an RPG MV game so they can continue the story in a unique fashion, then inside RPG MV do the same thing once they beat the game: execute javascript to return to the VN Maker game. So this is a huge challenge for someone like me who fundamentally understands how code operates but does not have the technical knowledge of RPG Maker MV or VN Maker to create custom javascript for it! Also maybe this inspires some of you to create some unique new projects too! If you're curious, the RPG Maker MV prototype demo of my game is here: https://jordanwinslow.itch.io/the-franklin-coverup but my visual novel has not been uploaded anywhere yet because I need to finish this code first Thanks for your help in advance!

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Started by Jordan_Winslow Oct 10, 2018, 04:15 PM 4 posts View original ↗

Jordan_Winslow

#1 Oct 10, 2018, 04:15 PM Source

Hey guys! I'm Jordan, your Electronic Music Producer Friend, but this time I'm not here to talk about music.

I know this is possible and I will have to figure it out one way or another (either the jerry-rigged way or professionally with your help haha!) but I have a large Visual Novel project which is going to incorporate an RPG Maker Game into the story so I am going to have a scene in my VN Maker game execute some sort of javascript to open and auto-fullscreen an RPG MV game so they can continue the story in a unique fashion, then inside RPG MV do the same thing once they beat the game: execute javascript to return to the VN Maker game.

So this is a huge challenge for someone like me who fundamentally understands how code operates but does not have the technical knowledge of RPG Maker MV or VN Maker to create custom javascript for it!

Also maybe this inspires some of you to create some unique new projects too!

If you're curious, the RPG Maker MV prototype demo of my game is here: https://jordanwinslow.itch.io/the-franklin-coverup but my visual novel has not been uploaded anywhere yet because I need to finish this code first :)

Thanks for your help in advance!
Mr-Verde

#2 Jan 20, 2019, 12:29 PM Source

I was wondering the exact same thing as you. I'd love to know if there's any updates in your situation.
Prescott

#3 Jan 23, 2019, 07:47 AM Source

I'm not exactly sure how VN Maker operates, but wouldn't it be easier to just make the VN within RPG Maker MV? It's more than capable. I'm guessing it's easier to make a VN in VNM but if you're switching between engines mid-gameplay you're already doing complicated stuff regardless. Better to work in one engine, I think. Everyone questions if they could, but never stops to think if they should ;)
Aloe Guvner

#4 Jan 24, 2019, 12:33 AM Source
It's technically possible to do this. Both are HTML engines so, you could have two different HTML files in your project folder. You could even share resources between the two. index.html would be the VN game and you could make mv.html the MV game. From VN, call the nwjs function to open a new window with mv.html.

But you'd have to think about additional caveats such as:
- Do you need to stop user input in the VN game while the MV game is going on?
- Do you need to share characters and their current state between the two?
- How will the VN game know when the MV game is done?