Starmen.Net

Join the discord for the project!!
https://discord.gg/9sYRFvS

I have created an Earthbound/Mother 3 Engine for people that use RPG Maker VX Ace. This is not
one of those scripts that just add scrolling HP, think of it as Pokemon Essentials but for Earthbound.

The goal of this project is to allow fans to create EarthBound fan games much easier and more
efficiently.
-EDIT-

A guide this will be made in the near future.

Currently this is not complete. But feel free to test it out with your own project! I recommend not adding, removing or altering scripts unless you *know* what you’re doing! You will need to know how to use the basics of RPG Maker VX Ace in order to use this, as you’re going to need to alter the database for characters, skills, weapons, armor, animations, etc.

The following protain v1.0 (current version)
*Currently known issues:*

*Currently implemented:*

*Currently being/going to be implemented:*

*Things that will not be implemented (due to mainly limitations):*

Now I can’t do some of these on my own (well I can, but it will take me forever), so I’ll need help on certain things. Most the resources are provided in this ’EarthBound Essentials’ pack. I would be so grateful to anyone willing to pitch in.

*Things I will need help on:*

If there are problems, bugs, etc. feel free to ask But before asking, please look at the above notes for future updates and to not ask a question that has been answered by me. Also tell me if there are things that you think should be implemented. All the Scripts and graphics belong to their respective owners. I only own graphics that I made, such as the HUD and the Window skin

In v1.0 there are some random graphics and sound clips in there that were used for test purposes and
will be taken out in future updates.

If the download link doesn’t work, please tell me. Thanks
https://www.mediafire.com/file/u0d95j2gfjnio4w/EarthBound_Essentials.zip/file

Thank you! Also sorry for the multi post. When I submitted this post, it went to PK Hack and the writing forum. So I reposted here. Thank you for locking that!

I’m a fan of the boss rush idea! Would be a great way to showcase the engine.

Yeah something similar to that. That’s awesome! I’ve been so busy but now I’m back and should be working on it again soon

If I can recommend anything it’s making maps of mother places like deep darkness, magicant New York city and making sure to add barriers to th
em would be a great idea

I can tell that this is gonna take time but its.gonna be great

Pork not york oops lol

Keep us posted! So many cool areas and designs are going to be made using this! I can feel it!

This is looking pretty cool so far!

Yes I’ll do that I actually forgot about that lol. There is a playable demo inside the project link. An update should release within the next few days! So look out for that!

Japanese text in what song? I’m sort of confused

Oh yeah those came with the Japanese scripts, They’re all being replaced with the English texts.

Also the v1.1 update is releasing hopefully tomorrow or at the latest Thursday (which is the most likely scenario). Features will include:
- Battle Swirls
- New Battle HUDs
- A few more PSI Animations
- Conversation Windows from Mother 3 (you’ll know what they are when you see them)
- A few NPC sprites added
- Ability to change Window Flavors, and Types that’ll match the ones in battle
- New Launcher that upscales to a higher resolution and it helps it run smoother and faster on lower-end devices
- Hopefully a revamped title screen
- And More! (That’s all I could think of off the top of my head)

Coming Soon:
- All Music from every game: (maybe even Mother 4 tracks but probably not since the rights have been changed)
- Mother 4 Styled Sprites!
- PK Beam animation (There will be a few so everyone can be happy)
- All Mother 3 Enemies ready for battle (I would say all but I want to work on the other game’s sprites first)
- Animated BattleBacks

I recemend adding the ability to choose between mother 3 psi animations and earthbound but its probably too hard huh

Awesome! I also noticed that version 1.1 hasent been released, what’s the holdup?

Cool!
I love how you really take your engine serious!
When I released my engine, I actually just published it for fun, so it is not very good.
It’s always good to have a good engine.

Yes, there are actually. I never got to finish the sprites, or adding them in…

Sprites and other graphical things might take a bit longer than anything else.

And for those who are wondering, yes, I’ve been working on this. I haven’t given an update with pictures of what I’ve worked on. So I thought I should. Try and spot out a few changes and updates that I’ve made! Don’t worry, they’re more than those.

Again, I really need to add more sprites…I’ve only been using Ninten and Ness sprites.

Actually I do want to add that. I saw what the fan game Mother: Russia did and I might add something like that. I thought it was pretty creative

This is awesome! Have you considered creating a wiki page so that updates and tutorials could all be centralized?

A wiki page sounds like a good idea actually

looks pretty neato, cant wait to see it when its much farther along! (=bOuO)=b
(Let’s just hope ninty doesn’t find this one.)

It’s a thumbs up emoji

Hello, I’ve been watching this project for quite a while now, and I was wondering, what was done so far, other than v1.1’s changes? I don’t want this project to die as it’s an amazing project. Put in any new sprites? Fixed any new bugs?

Not sure if this is necroposting, but I’m having a problem.
Everytime I astart up the game, my chareacter starts with 0HP and 0MP, wich makes me Instadie in fights.
Also, if I try to open the Status menu, the game crashes.

EDIT: I sort of fixed it, The thing is that if I just edit the default character without editing notghing but the Graphics for the map, It’ll work
but it’ll have weird stats.

EDIT 2: Finally figured it out for anyone that has this problem, just midify some values in the code in the actor’s notes.

The server will go up sometime tomorrow (hopefully)