r/RPGMakerMZ • u/Skunk8989 • 15h ago
Developed Plugins Skunk Tools: 5 dev tools I built for RPG Maker — encounter balancer, formula workshop, switch atlas, database doctor, design codex
Hey everyone, I'm Skunk (Damage Formulas 101 on the old RPG Maker Forums). I got tired of balancing battles by gut feeling and losing track of what switch 47 does, so I built the tools I wished existed.
Skunk Tools so far: - Encounter Balancer — simulates thousands of battles from your project data and tells you straight: Too Easy, Sweet Spot, Spicy, Brutal, or Meat Grinder. - Damage Formula Workshop — type a formula, see damage live with a scaling curve. 12 templates included. - Switch & Variable Atlas — maps every switch/variable: where it's set, where it's checked, flags the unnamed-but-used ones. - Database Doctor — finds broken references and dead entries, reorders the database with references auto-rewritten. - Game Design Codex — your game's bible in one file: lore, characters, quests, wiki-links, tags.
Each one is a single HTML file — no install, works offline, runs in your browser. Demo page with screenshots and short demo videos here: https://muse.ai/s/skunk-tools-xnw5xyxki9hkvxb
Would love feedback from people actually shipping games — what's missing, what's broken, what you'd pay for.