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.

Action Battle System (ABS)

Refers to a genre of RPG's where the player fights enemies on the map rather than being sent to a different battle scene to fight them.

Closely resembles the battle system in The Legend of Zelda series.

Active Turn Battle (ATB)

See Battle System - ATB.

Ækashics

See Ækashics Librarium.

AGI

Agility

Character speed parameter in RPG Maker MV.

Archeia

Founder of Visustella.

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.

Aries

See Aries of Sheratan.

ATK

Attack

Physical attack parameter in RPG Maker MV.

C

Charge Turn Battle (CTB)

See Battle System - CTB.

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.

DEF

Defense

Physical defense parameter in RPG Maker MV.

Default Turn Battle (DTB)

The default battle system that comes with the majority of the RPG Maker series.

RPG Maker 2003 is the exception as it was ATB.

Heavily inspired by the old Dragon Quest games.

Discord

A online chatroom hosted through Discord.

You can join the RPG Maker Portal Discord here.

DMG

Damage

H

Healer

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

Horror Game

A genre of games made in RPG Maker dedicated to spooking the player.

Doesn't usually have a battle system.

I

Iconset

Refers to a system graphic that's used as a spritesheet for all the icons used in a RPG Maker project.

Irina

See Atelier Irina.

J

JRPG

Japanese Role Playing Game

A genre of RPG's labeled after Japanese-style RPG's.

Arguable whether or not it has to be of Japanese origin.

L

Librarium

See Ækashics Librarium.

LUK

Luck

Status resistance parameter in RPG Maker MV.

Luna Engine (Luna)

A plugin made by Visustella dedicated towards the creation of custom menus.

Made for artists by artists.

M

Mage

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

MAT

Magic Attack

Magical attack parameter in RPG Maker MV.

MDF

Magic Defense

Magical defense parameter in RPG Maker MV.

N

Non-Playable Character (NPC)

Characters inside a game that aren't actively playable but can be interacted with.

O

Olivia

See Fallen Angel Olivia.

Order Turn Battle (OTB)

See Order Turn Battle.

P

Party

In the RPG Maker community, this refers to the cast of playable characters actively available to the player.

Pixel Movement

In the RPG Maker community, this means grid-free movement, allowing the player to move outside of designated tiles and standing in multiple at a time while idle.

Playable Character (PC)

Characters inside a game that are active playable and can be controlled by the player.

R

Random Number Generation (RNG)

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

RPG Maker (RM)

A software series that allows its users to create games specialized in the Role Playing Game (RPG) genre.

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.

S

Scope

Inside the RPG Maker software, this refers to the target range of a skill or item.

In the RPG Maker community, this refers to the projected time length and scale of a game project.

State

In RPG Maker, this refers to what's common known as "status effects" in other RPG's.

Standard Turn Battle (STB)

See Battle System - STB.

T

Tank

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

Tips & Tricks (T&T)

Usually refers to various techniques that game devs can in RPG Maker.

In certain RPG Maker communities, this refers to Yanfly's Tips & Tricks.

Troop

Enemy party

W

Warrior

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

WRPG

Western Role Playing Game

A genre of RPG's labeled after Western-style RPG's.

Arguable whether or not it has to be of Western origin.

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.