why would you do parallaxing on a top-down RPG map?

most people usually keep them as a static background image as you walk around, but if you REALLY want to give it a 3D feel, then make the background in a 3D program

It's a bit of a misnomer coming from the RPG maker community. You can set a parallax background there like normal, but a lot of map makers are using that supposed parallax background as the actual map itself. So they can use an image file that they tweaked with photoshop. Basically to get around rpg maker limitations. I think a lot of rpg maker users would be better served by learning game maker, unity, or godot engine rather than constantly having to fight rpg maker.

unless he means parallaxing as in he's over a tall cliff and wants the view from below to scroll much slower to signify the great height you're in

Is it also the thing most likely to break after the next upgrade?

RPG maker, nice. I wish I could do stuff like this for it. I've no artistic talent lol

Nice modeling of pixels.

is there a way to turn off an object off screen? that could help reduce the resources needed...

gamemaker has a command called 'instance_deactivate_object/instance_deactivate_region'

look into that :)

This REALLY looks like the DS remakes of the Dragon Quest games

somehow the game(s) Golden Sun jump into my head...damit, now i want to replay the games XD they where great, i love such kind of games

tell that to the folks who made the FF1 and FF2 remakes.


I honestly think the fourth generation Pokemon games did this effect best, where they used very basic polygonal graphics to represent something akin to Parallax overworld tiles, but kept the graphics clean to achieve the desired effect while having 2D sprites still. There's also something to be said of Octopath Traveler's HD 2D approach where everything almost looks like elaborate voxels or models that were crafted best to accomodate the 16-bit styled textures applied to them, creating a Diorama-style effect.


that being said, I understand that your engine probably doesn't do that, and that the way you're going about doing this will probably look stellar when you're done.

It looks a looooot like the remake for DQ5

Pfft, call me when you can use five times the resources to make it look worse, then we can take it to a big publisher, like EA!

This is looking good.