How hard would it be to create an MMO like game?

I know creating true MMOs with stuff like raids and other things you generally see in big time MMOs aren't possible in current RPG Maker but what about a single player version that mimics all that including player interaction?

Yes, you can mimic MMOs in your single player JRPG, but you'll have to at least emulate some aspects of it via cutscenes or otherwise. RPG Maker games have played around with the idea of existing within an MMORPG universe, but I just can't remember any off the top of the noggin. For instance, you got a show like Sword Art Online which emulates what it feels like to be in an MMO. But of course you couldn't really feasibly create AI that would simulate teammate strategy, since it's so dependent on the context and requires a real flexible human brain. I don't think they've made AI that's that level yet.

If you're not so experienced with RPG Maker, I'd recommend implementing this kind of thing as a storyline theme rather than an actual mechanic. For instance, the actors of the party are players in an MMO, where you have to grind and do quests and get XP and levels. That actually sounds like a cool idea.

If you only need other features of MMO's minus the actual MMO part, that would be easy...

I think he wants a more in-depth answer than that Engr. Lol....

For quests, you can use the Basic Quest System to make it seem like it's an MMO with lots of quests

Here's a class system script, plus it's Yanfly so it's robust. Emulates the kind of class-choosing mechanism that MMOs use

You got Yami's Pop Message which you can use to make chat bubbles over peoples' heads like in some MMOs. If you want this text to pop up indeterminately of message boxes, here's a script called NASTY Text Popup which does not use the message box to interrupt the game flow.

Basically there's a ton of scripts available to customize your game to make it seem like an MMO.

Thanks, if you or anyone else knows of anymore scripts that can help me emulate an MMO please let me know.

What I find the easiest to do is just think of something that you want, and then try to use Google to approximate the right search. Then you go looking for it. For example if you wanted Stat Attribute Points then you'd just google "rpg maker vx ace stat attribute points script" and the 3rd link is Dekita's Perfect Stat Point Distribution System which has a lot of features. It might be a little cluttered but you can simplify it for your use, etc. That's how I do it anyway.

I only answer the question at hand... Lol. XD


Anyway, please tell us exactly what features you want so that we could guide you to which script does which. MMOs are still quite a huge thing and vary greatly.

Illusions of intelligence can by far be your biggest hurdle.

Well looking around it seems there's scripts to emulate a lot of MMO stuff but one thing I'd really like is a friends list type option like you walk up to a random npc, add them to your friends list and then use that list to add them to your party and dismiss them from your party.   It's basically just a fancy recruitment system that looks like an mmo friends list.   Also what's the best character creation script you know of?   I'm using vxace btw.

Then maybe just get a party manager that allows adding/removing actors on the fly...


as for character creation, there's only a few of them out there...