Feel free to add to this list with stuff you find over the net. I'll keep adding myself till I'm satisfied the list is populated enough. Try to keep the information unique, link oriented, and generally on topic.

Helpful Mag Articles

Dray's awesome m def % defined!

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8256&p=120863


General Resources

Main tips and tricks thread

viewtopic.php?t=1701


Incredibly helpful site of old equipment.

http://wildfiregames.com/0ad/


Mu's Unbelievably Long and Disjointed Ramblings About RPG Design

http://web.archive.org/web/200902061355 ... rsion.html


Lantis' demo of a custom map and vehicle system. (rpg maker 1)

viewtopic.php?t=7061


Cliches list

http://project-apollo.net/text/rpg.html


Some info on RPGC

viewtopic.php?t=7297


The 7 main plot lines

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7810


System swapping for RPG Maker 1 defined

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8579


Beat the feel of the exp cap in RPG Maker 1

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8659


Quick and dirty how to get started with RPG Maker 2

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8445


Hero's Journey, something I typed up not that long ago.

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7823

creating a fantasy realm

http://www.squidoo.com/CreatingFantasyRealms


do's and don't's of creating a fantasy world

http://www.saradouglass.com/createw.html


magical world builder's guide

http://www.web-writer.net/fantasy/

rpg maker 1 azure dreams sytle system

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9586

rpg maker 1 randomization

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7478

stuff to leave out of rpgs

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9395



The Pavi's quick links (do not bump these topics please)


An article on originality

http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/sho ... php?t=2047


How to beat a writers block

http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/sho ... php?t=2261


Is good vs evil old hat? (first posts are relevant)

http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/sho ... php?t=2729


What annoys you in most RPG's?

http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/sho ... php?t=2464


How difficult should a game be? (battle/puzzle/story wise)

http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/sho ... php?t=3597


Naming items

http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/sho ... php?t=4562


Unconventional character ideas

http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/sho ... php?t=5817


Are traditional RPG's played out?

http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/sho ... php?t=7459


John Dies At The End: Twists and Pitching your Game.

http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/sho ... hp?t=13312


Sell your game

http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/sho ... hp?t=11365


Game length insight

http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/sho ... hp?t=13496


Keep promoting your game

http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/sho ... hp?t=11360


How to beat the don't-want-to-work-on-my-game blues

http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/sho ... hp?t=14186

http://rpgmakerpavilionboard.yuku.com/t ... ation.html

RPG Maker glitches you should know about

http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/sho ... hp?t=19123

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8984

Which media RPG Maker to chose - a debate of sorts

http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/sho ... hp?t=17149

Fleshing out your game

http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/sho ... hp?t=21746


The true RPG Maker 1 stats clarified plus other goodies

http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/sho ... hp?t=12831

pav

tips on balancing

http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/sho ... hp?t=25527

defying rpg maker glitches

http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/sho ... hp?t=24589


basics of making a cut scene in rpg maker 1

http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/sho ... hp?t=26109

rpg maker 1 info - more technical

http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/sho ... hp?t=25299

rpg maker 2 mass mini game thread!

http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/sho ... hp?t=25559

rpg maker 2 pavilion tutorial section

http://www.rpgmpavilion.com/index.php?page=rm2tutorial

balancing rpg maker 3 battles

http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/sho ... hp?t=26018

rpg maker 3 character templates by obright

http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/sho ... =templates

rpg maker 3 random number generater

http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/sho ... hp?t=24473


Old Pavi boards information


What makes good characters

http://rpgmakerpavilionboard.yuku.com/t ... cters.html


Equipment names

http://rpgmakerpavilionboard.yuku.com/t ... names.html


Anime Maker help

http://rpgmakerpavilionboard.yuku.com/t ... ctics.html


Music creation in RPG Maker 2

http://rpgmakerpavilionboard.yuku.com/t ... -idea.html


Various rpg maker 2 tips

http://rpgmakerpavilionboard.yuku.com/t ... ricks.html


RPG Maker 2 scripts

http://rpgmakerpavilionboard.yuku.com/t ... -quot.html


Gun names

http://rpgmakerpavilionboard.yuku.com/t ... a-gun.html


What not to include in your game

http://rpgmakerpavilionboard.yuku.com/t ... n-RPG.html


Options for two swords trick

http://rpgmakerpavilionboard.yuku.com/t ... s-WTF.html


Mythology

http://rpgmakerpavilionboard.yuku.com/t ... -help.html


"Why I Think the Vast Majority of You Suck"

http://rpgmakerpavilionboard.yuku.com/t ... -Suck.html


How many hours do you spend on rpg maker?

http://rpgmakerpavilionboard.yuku.com/t ... r-day.html


Gameplay discussion

http://rpgmakerpavilionboard.yuku.com/t ... ssion.html


Unsorted contributions

That list is great, I'd been looking for it for some time.
I especially like the names given to the cliches.

Thanks for sharing. ^^

I took the liberty of making a word doc booklet out of the scanned manual of RPGM3 on the site. It is attached to this reply.

That's soem good stuff Vagrose. And welcome to the Mag. (not sure if you are from the Pav or not, but the more the merrier, you know?)

Also, I see that you've been updating you first post, Karr... this is good stuff.

Welcome to the site, vagrose! Thanks for the submission, too!

Nope. Just a new guy. I recently bought RPG Maker 3 with some Christmas money. Thought I'd join the community.

lots of great articles in there! thanks

I found these articles the other night. They are related to builiding your own fantasy world, but I'm sure they could be helpful in making any type of world. I hope they are helpful.

http://www.squidoo.com/CreatingFantasyRealms

http://www.saradouglass.com/createw.html

http://www.jacmus-prime.com/modules.php?name=RPG_Names

http://www.web-writer.net/fantasy/

thank you, ill add them and sort them later.

Wanted to point to a couple of links that might be useful:

http://pockethouse.wordpress.com/2009/0 ... rpg-maker/
-It's a little harsh in tone, but speaks volumes about mistakes beginner's should avoid.

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7823
-Hero's Journey, something I typed up not that long ago.

thanks for the submissions. i must of glossed over this reply some time back and just forgot to add it.

i am going to have to sort out this list properly as its a bit hard to navigate. i added a massive section from the old pavi boards. its always nice to look back and see what questions and ideas we had some years back, because they can still relate to todays game making.

You know, if we can talk Dray into it, maybe we can get him to document all the RM1 battle system information he knows. Stuff that isn't common knowledge, like how much damage is equal to one point of attack, or that STA and INT are pretty much Max HP and Max MP. Also, his status percentages are invaluable. Also, we need to have a hard copy of the RM1 level up list. At least up to level 21 anyways.