Glossary

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These are a list of commonly used terms and/or abbreviations that you will often see in the community. This page will explain what they mean, too.

A

Ace

See RPG Maker VX Ace.

Area of Effect (AOE)

Actions that target multiple battlers at once. This can target either an entire enemy party, entire player party, or perhaps even the entire battlefield of units.

Could also refer to as a small condensed target range based on screen position achieved through the Area of Effect plugin.

D

Damage Over Time (DoT)

Adapted from MMORPG slang.

Refers to the damage produced over a period of time.

Usually referencing the damage output of a status effect dedicated to dealing damage to the affected battler.

Damage Per Second (DPS)

Adapted from MMORPG slang.

Refers to the damage output over a set period of time.

In the RPG Maker community, this term is inaccurate as it's also used to determine damage per turn.

Discord

A online chatroom hosted through Discord.

You can join the RPG Maker Portal Discord here.

H

Healer

Refers to a class or enemy type that focuses primarily on healing.

M

Mage

Refers to a class or enemy type that focuses primarily on casting magic.

R

Random Number Generation (RNG)

Often referred to skills, items, and other effects that have a percent chance of succeeding.

RPG Maker 95 (RM95) (95)

The first release of RPG Maker for a Windows platform.

RPG Maker 2000 (RM2k) (2k)

The second release of RPG Maker for a Windows platform.

RPG Maker 2003 (RM2k3) (2k3)

The iteration of RPG Maker that released in 2003.

A large improvement over RPG Maker 2000.

RPG Maker MV (RMMV) (MV)

The iteration of RPG Maker that released in 2015.

The first iteration of RPG Maker that uses JavaScript.

RPG Maker VX (RMVX) (VX)

The iteration of RPG Maker that released in 2007/2008.

RPG Maker VX Ace (RMVXA) (VXA) (Ace)

The iteration of RPG Maker that released in 2011/2012.

RPG Maker XP (RMXP) (XP)

The first iteration of RPG Maker that uses Ruby.

Run Time Package (RTP)

An asset pack that comes with each RPG Maker iteration providing stock assets.

T

Tank

Refers to a class or enemy type that focuses primarily on defense.

W

Warrior

Refers to a class or enemy type that focuses primarily on physical attacks.

Y

Yanfly Engine Ace (YEA)

The plugin library made by Yanfly for RPG Maker VX Ace.

Yanfly Engine Melody (YEM)

One of the plugin libraries made by Yanfly for RPG Maker VX.

Yanfly Engine Plugins (YEP)

The plugin library made by Yanfly for RPG Maker MV.

Yanfly Engine ReDux (YERD)

One of the plugin libraries made by Yanfly for RPG Maker VX.

Yanfly Engine Zealous (YEZ)

One of the plugin libraries made by Yanfly for RPG Maker VX.