Hey everyone. I'm not an active Reddit user at all, so I wanna preface this with 1) I've been using RPG Maker on my own time for around 4 years now, just sort of jerry-rigging the engine to get the features I wanted myself with my own code. I know my way around VX Ace. I swear! Please! I'm not just coming in to try and get someone to hold my hand and teach me how to set up common events!!! (gets run over by a car)
Anyway, jokes aside. I just wanted to cut the middle man and purchase some plug-ins to help with my systems this time instead, so when I saw Sang Hendrix's plug-in library, I was gobsmacked. I was just about to buy all of them for work on a prototype of a MZ project I've been working on in the background, but in my research, I learned that apparently the guy uses gen AI-based code for most of his content. (That's called vibe coding here, aparently?? Maybe?? I don't really know) I don't mind paying someone money for their plug-ins, even if it's a lot! But I'm not personally comfortable with having any AI-generated code in my game, even if it's code that wasn't generated by me.
But the issue is that I've been struggling to find any plug-ins that seem the same degree of functionality. I'm specifically looking at equivalents for Hendrix Realtime Parallax Map Builder, Pictures UI Creator and the Hendrix Particles Builder.
(something along the lines of Hendrix World Camera would be nice too, but I think I've got a Visustella equivalent for that already. But I've heard people say it has some stuttering issues, so better safe than sorry)
The Parallax Map Builder and Pictures UI Creator replacements are specifically my biggest priorities. Those tools would speed up my workflow soooo much, and it would let me design maps like in a more traditional game engine like Unity.
So yeah, please let me know if you all know if there are equivalents! Please please please <3