Tutorials

Let’s build… a Cave!

Space Map Design the Space Map as shown below: This is a binary Map, which means you put one Ceiling Tile one Floor Tile That’s it for the generation. Feel free to put invisible Events for background effects, e.g. screen…

Post Processing

This plugin series lets algorithms generate a skeleton first, and then provides a set of functions to beautify it step-by-step to get a whole map. This so-called post-processing is independent of the chosen algorithm – in other words: you can…

Random Map within the Meta Maze

In this article, we do a small Game Changer, a Maze within a Maze (Maze-ception), with the possibility to travel back to the Main Map. We will do secret underground ruins to explore beneath the Forest. In this example, the…

Main Exits and Inner Exits

This tutorial requires you to use the Meta Maze and to let Exits spawn via Decoration Map. When you want to visually enhance whether an exit leads to the next randomized map or actually lets the Player leave the dungeon,…

Meta Maze – Layouts

You can pick from these Layouts: Tower Given a height, the Plugin builds something tower-likely for you. The Player can move upwards and downwards. Grid Given a width and a height, the grid builds connections to every adjacent cell. Maze…

Meta Maze – Multiple Exits

All from our dungeons always had one entrance and one exit. Although it was possible to make more than one exit using some tricks, it was not well supported. Here the Meta Maze comes into play. This add-on sets up…

Respawn at Custom Position

In this tutorial we will transfer the Player out of the randomized area, but when he re-enters the Map, he will spawn at the exact position where he originally left the Map. For example, you can have a tent or…

API Reference

This page shows and explains every JavaScript Call method. Algorithms The Algorithms are described here: Algorithms Maze Generator / $DungeonGenerator Entrance, Exit, and makeWayOut Choose if you want to draw Entrance and Exit, or if you want to have pathways…

Save Self-Switches

When using a Meta Maze, the Plugin will handle Self-Switches automatically for you, and you can skip this tutorial. However, you want to check out how to reset Self-Switches. The feature described in this article will memorize Self Switches, with…

The great Overview

Inspired by the Game No Mans Sky, I’m working on methods to enable Randomly Generated Maps during Gameplay. This Plugin series for RPG Maker MV and MZ has been my greatest work ever since. There are multiple Plugins with different…

Troubleshooting

In this article I try to collect all common mistakes, errors, and suggestions to solve them. If you have trouble with my Plugins but checked your project and all the tutorials, please turn off all other (yes, all other) Plugins…

Introduction

This series of articles is currently being revised. Come back soon!

Gallery

Here you can find some Code Snippets to copy-paste into your project. If there are lines with a <– symbol in it, read the comment and then remove the arrow and the comment from your command. Mind adjusting variables! Classical…

Path in and outside the Map

Today we build a road which goes straight from the south to the north. This Tutorial is best combined with (Not) Persist Maps. Region IDs Setup This function can be used instead of „place Entrance / Exit“. Instead, we build…

Outer Snippets

I haven’t come up with a better name yet. Outer Snippets are snippets to replace the blank area around the dungeon with a set of alternative snippets. There are usually used on field maps, like roads, canyon or a forest.…

Create Specific Object X Times

In this topic, we handle scenarios in which you want some objects to be instantiated a specific number of times. This is useful when… You want to define more precisely how often loot chests, enemies, or points of interest should…

Seedable RNG

I recommend you to check out the Meta Maze first, as it already assists you a lot with this topic. If you want to set the RNG’s seed, you can do so by calling: If you want to use a…

Dungeons with large Areas

This tutorial focuses on another algorithm to generate dungeons: Those to create dungeons with large areas. Create more Snippets We need some new snippets to draw those dungeons. Those to draw large areas, including edges, corners, inner corners Those to…

Procedural Maze Generator – Starter Guide

Welcome to this tutorial about adding randomly generated Dungeons into your RPG Maker project. As using this plugin is not plug-and-play as most other plugins out there, I recommend you to read every step carefully. I also recommend you to…