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Game-making tool RPG Maker XP is free on Steam right nowAs used to create To The Moon

As used to create To The Moon

Image credit:Freebird Games

Image credit:Freebird Games

Emotional action in a To The Moon screenshot.

Hey, you know that idea for an RPG you’ve been kicking around your head for years now? Maybe it’s time to give it a crack. Right nowon Steamyou can grab a free copy ofRPG MakerXP, an older version of the wildly popular (and quite accessible) game-making tool. It might be fun to kick around an idea or—who knows—maybe you’ve even got the next To The Moon (made in RPG Maker XP, don’t you know?) rattling around up there, waiting to manifest.

RPG Maker XP Trailer (New)Watch on YouTube

RPG Maker XP Trailer (New)

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RPG Maker XP is several versions old (dating from 2005) but it does still normally cost £21 and hey, you can still use it to make RPGs. Older engine versions do also often have the advantage of having years of knowledge and tools available online. If you run into trouble doing something weird, chances are someone else tried to do that years ago and sprawled their solution across a messageboard thread somewhere. That’s another advantage of using software which predates knowledge congealing in ungoogleable places like Discord servers.

You have until 6pm GMT on Monday the 19th to grab RPG Maker XP free for keepsiesfrom Steam. This freebie comes alongside anRPG Maker Salewith discounts on games made using RPG Maker, as well as other versions of RPG Maker, its makers game-making tools for other genres, and more tools and asset packs and bits. There’s some good games discounted there too, like To The Moon and Ib.