RPG Tsukūru 2
Encyclopedia
is a program that allows players to design their own traditional role-playing game
on Super Nintendo Entertainment System
. It has only been released in Japan
. All menus that are available to the player are in Japanese
.
s (limited to twelve player characters), and even the entire set of boss
es (right up to and including the final boss of the game).
An airship
, a boat
, and some form of land transportation must be assigned different places in the game. While designing the game, the player must add in a title screen, some basic information about the author, and any magic
spells that will be used in the game. Monster
s must also be added; the editor comes with more than sixty images of typical RPG monsters ranging from insect
s, dragon
s, creatures from various mythologies
, and even the undead
. Players must determine whether they attack on the field, in a dungeon, or as an event-related attack (bosses and special monsters fall under this category). Non-player character
s can also be programmed to talk to the character as one of the townspeople (either male or female), sell items like a merchant, and even offer complete healing as an innkeeper.
The game uses the rare Super Turbo File
technology. Even without a patch, video games created in this game can have up to 70% English language
content. While the story, items, spell names, and other things can be done in English, the menus will always be in Japanese. Up to three files can be used for saving customized games. However, the process of creating a role-playing game can be tedious and time-intensive.
Role-playing video game
Role-playing video games are a video game genre with origins in pen-and-paper role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, using much of the same terminology, settings and game mechanics. The player in RPGs controls one character, or several adventuring party members, fulfilling one or many quests...
on Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...
. It has only been released in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. All menus that are available to the player are in Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
.
Gameplay
Players can create their own worlds, characterPlayer character
A player character or playable character is a character in a video game or role playing game who is controlled or controllable by a player, and is typically a protagonist of the story told in the course of the game. A player character is a persona of the player who controls it. Player characters...
s (limited to twelve player characters), and even the entire set of boss
Boss (video games)
A boss is an enemy-based challenge which is found in video games. A fight with a boss character is commonly referred to as a boss battle or boss fight...
es (right up to and including the final boss of the game).
An airship
Airship
An airship or dirigible is a type of aerostat or "lighter-than-air aircraft" that can be steered and propelled through the air using rudders and propellers or other thrust mechanisms...
, a boat
Boat
A boat is a watercraft of any size designed to float or plane, to provide passage across water. Usually this water will be inland or in protected coastal areas. However, boats such as the whaleboat were designed to be operated from a ship in an offshore environment. In naval terms, a boat is a...
, and some form of land transportation must be assigned different places in the game. While designing the game, the player must add in a title screen, some basic information about the author, and any magic
Magic (gaming)
Some role-playing games or game systems can include a set of rules that are used to portray magic in the paranormal sense. These rules simulate the effects that magic would have within the game context, according to how the game designer intended the magic to be portrayed...
spells that will be used in the game. Monster
Mob (computer gaming)
A mob, mobile or monster is a computer-controlled non-player character in a computer game such as an MMORPG or MUD. Depending on context, all such characters in a game may be considered "mobs", or usage may be limited to hostile NPCs and/or NPCs vulnerable to attack.-Purpose of mobs:Defeating...
s must also be added; the editor comes with more than sixty images of typical RPG monsters ranging from insect
Insect
Insects are a class of living creatures within the arthropods that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body , three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae...
s, dragon
Dragon
A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, that feature in the myths of many cultures. There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern...
s, creatures from various mythologies
Mythology
The term mythology can refer either to the study of myths, or to a body or collection of myths. As examples, comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures, whereas Greek mythology is the body of myths from ancient Greece...
, and even the undead
Undead
Undead is a collective name for fictional, mythological, or legendary beings that are deceased and yet behave as if alive. Undead may be incorporeal, such as ghosts, or corporeal, such as vampires and zombies...
. Players must determine whether they attack on the field, in a dungeon, or as an event-related attack (bosses and special monsters fall under this category). Non-player character
Non-player character
A non-player character , sometimes known as a non-person character or non-playable character, in a game is any fictional character not controlled by a player. In electronic games, this usually means a character controlled by the computer through artificial intelligence...
s can also be programmed to talk to the character as one of the townspeople (either male or female), sell items like a merchant, and even offer complete healing as an innkeeper.
The game uses the rare Super Turbo File
Turbo File (ASCII)
The Turbo File devices from ASCII Corporation are external storage devices for saving game positions on various Nintendo consoles. The devices have been sold only in Japan, and they are mainly supported by ASCII's own games.- Turbofile :...
technology. Even without a patch, video games created in this game can have up to 70% English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
content. While the story, items, spell names, and other things can be done in English, the menus will always be in Japanese. Up to three files can be used for saving customized games. However, the process of creating a role-playing game can be tedious and time-intensive.