Venere-Marte’s RPG Maker site has been down for awhile. The incredible resources there should not be missed! But if you wait, they will be gone.
Most of Venere-Marte’s resources are here.
The links are going bad by the second. Quick, get this tree! =]
Alisa Tana (Alisa Christopher) has some famous trees made for XP and shared here with permission.
Her original tree is posted in the upper left. Edits are in the remainder of the tilesheet.
Credit Alisa Tana. Edits are by BenBen.
Credit Alisa Tana. Edits are by BenBen and Hanzo Kimura.
To see more of BenBen’s trees, and read more about proper crediting of his resources, click here.
In BenBen’s Chateau Sinclair set, there is a lovely tree – only problem is that I have no idea where the tree trunk comes from and I am sorry to say that I cannot be sure that I could ever run down the credits with a happy resolution.
However, I decided to take Soruve’s beautiful tree trunks and give these huge trees a new lease on life.
Credit BenBen, Mack, and Soruve. Granny doesn’t need credit. She’ll just take your undying devotion. =]
(Trees have been edited a bit where the trunk meets the foliage. Please re-download.)
These trees must be used with credit to Mack and BenBen, and XP. You must have the right to use RPG Maker XP. (because the trunks are from XP.)
And BenBen says, feel free to use the trees, and asks that you please use them to try to make beautiful maps.
Please also credit Hanzo for the edits. They have been adjusted to be more in style with VX/Ace colors than the XP colors.
As a note, these trees are largely pixel style. Some of them are resized and can work in a painted tree environment, but generally speaking (from a style standpoint), I would not recommend BenBen’s pixel style trees to go alongside of Ayene’s or Celianna’s painted trees.
Please, if you use BenBen’s trees, credit Mack and BenBen, and XP. You must have the right to use RPG Maker XP. (because the trunks are from XP.)
And BenBen says, feel free to use the trees, and asks that you please use them to try to make beautiful maps.
The tilesheets should be in the right size for RPG Maker MV if all goes as predicted. We shall see. =]
Click here for a more thorough discussion of complete credits of BenBen’s trees.
Green Trees with shadows for parallax mapping or RPG Maker MV
Dark Green Trees with shadows for parallax mapping or RPG Maker MV
Dark Green Trees without shadows for parallax mapping or RPG Maker MV
Seasonal Trees and bushes for parallax mapping or RPG Maker MV
Black/Grey Trees without shadows for parallax mapping or RPG Maker MV
Some of BenBen’s resources were posted in mixed sets that included tiles that must not be used. Ripped resources and uncredited/inadequately credited resources cannot be part of the honorable gamemaker’s work.
Furthermore, using works without proper permissions is perilous.
For this reason, the game making community now works hard to keep resource credits clear, and help honorable game makers be well informed about risky online materials.
Here is a link to some of BenBen’s very large trees edited to be used with full credits.
Here is a link to some of BenBen’s trees edited for use in VX/Ace by Hanzo Kimura.
Many years ago, an XP artist named BenBen made some incredibly lovely trees.
The trees were made in a time when the online world was full of both beauty and darkness for artists. Generous artists shared their work and brought beauty to the world. BenBen found some of this art.
And talented artists also created new art using their own skills, building on the works of others. And BenBen made trees, and many other things, as well.
But many had not yet found the peaceful path of careful credits, and walked in darkness. BenBen could not find it, or did not know how to stay on its path. And this is a path many still struggle to attain…
In the years that followed, BenBen’s beautiful trees and resources were displayed with no credits, poor credits, and even claimed by hooligans as their own work.
His sets were mixed with things that should not have been.
So many lovely things were lost because the peaceful path of careful crediting was not followed. BenBen was disheartened.
But his trees were still beautiful. And among those who loved those trees was a lad named Hanzo. He loved them, and like BenBen, he built on the works of others to create more beauty. But the slippery path of poor credits was there to trip him up. Were they by BenBen? Alisa Tana? The credits were so old, from a dark time…
And along came another tree lover. A short, old tree lover with a stick. And she began tap, tap, tapping. The trees were credited to Alisa Tana, so she found Alisa Tana. She waited, and tap,tap tapped until she found a way, and finally heard back from Alisa Tana. Some of the trees were not hers. The tree lover kept careful notes.
Satisfied with the first step, she started tapping for BenBen. French sites – tap, tap, tap. Google searches – tap, tap, tap. Years went by.
And then the stick hit an artists’ hideout full of deviants. And she tapped with her stick, tap, tap tap. Time went by.
And one day, out of the blue, success! BenBen answered her tap!
BenBen told her about how he had found art, and used that art to make beautiful trees himself. He told her about some of the art he used. It was enough for the tree lover to help save the trees.
Tap, tap, tap, she travelled to her mighty resource library and discovered all of the information need to restore the trees’ credits.
And just like that, BenBen’s trees found their way to the peaceful path of crediting!
Because art is always beautiful.
Please, if you use BenBen’s trees, credit Mack and BenBen, and XP. You must have the right to use RPG Maker XP. (because the trunks are from XP.)
And BenBen says, feel free to use the trees, and asks that you please use them to try to make beautiful maps.
Soon I will post an assortment of the trees by BenBen that can be considered to have trusted credits.
Click here to see the post.
Some of BenBen’s resources were posted in mixed sets that included tiles that must not be used. Ripped resources and uncredited/inadequately credited resources cannot be part of the honorable gamemaker’s work.
Furthermore, using works without proper permissions is perilous.
For this reason, the game making community now works hard to keep resource credits clear, and help honorable game makers be well informed about risky online materials.
I would like to thank Avery for the extensive research done to raise awareness of dangerous materials, so that game makers can utilize online resources with a clear conscience and excellent information and even pursue commercial games.
You may have heard of the Resource Staff concept, in which talented artists from an RPG making community combine their talents to create a package of goodies for the RPG making world.
(I believe this was the brain-child of Pineda, or at least of the staff when Pineda was actively working his magic in the old RPG Maker VX.net site.)
Did you know that our excellent friends in the German RPG Making Community have a most outstanding set of Resource Staff releases? (The materials in the banner above are from Panda Maru, a contributor there.)
And these resources are all sitting there, waiting for you to appreciate, download, enjoy and use them!
Here they are: go snatch them up! (terms of use translate easily in Google Translate)
http://rpgmaker-vx-ace.de/board52-spieleentwicklung-maker-%C3%BCbergreifend/board17-ressourcen-tools/board34-vxace-restaff-release/
Granny’s hints to you are:
When you first open the individual resource threads, the tabs with each resource may take a little longer to load. Wait for it! =]
Look everything over in the thread by clicking on the tabs, and see all the best goodies! Then use the download link to get the zip file.
Here is a picture of how Granny organizes all of her folders from the RPGMaker-VX-Ace.DE Resource Staff:
(oops! Two folders are inconsistent! Even Granny gets it wrong, you know!)
Other tips to help you find things:
1. As you can see above, I named each download by date, with the source, and included a brief description of the contents.
2. Create a text file for each main folder. the NAME of the file should be “2013 09 ReStaff Contents” or something similar. In your text file, list the elements you find in this folder: sprites – modern – gate – use words you might search for. When you search for your resources, you will find this text file and know exactly what resources are being referred to. =]
3. Alternatively, make a text file, put absolutely nothing in it except maybe the link back to the source of the resouces,
and use the NAME of the file to list the elements you might search for (works for simpler lists.)
Enjoy!
To Download Mack’s Tileset, you can download a VX game (called vx_sample,) and pull the resources from the Graphics folders. If you have the vx_sample game you have 27 char sets and the tiles. =]
Mack’s two-tile high Characters and outstanding Tiles from his Blog, are available here in a VX sample game
https://www.mediafire.com/?2jbvk6nvxdpnhnm
(You do not need VX to access the tiles and character files.)
(please do not repost this link elsewhere – thank you.)
Where to find the Resources After you Extract the Demo:
Example Maps – Exterior
BlueGreen Village Overview
Church
Shop
Example Maps – Interior
Inn
Shop
Village House Downstairs
Village House Upstairs
Additional Help and Materials
Mack’s snowy trees
Mack’s Japanese Tiles
Mack Red Couch front and back edit by Atticus Harper
Mack’s tiles with Snowy Edits by Alaurable
http://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?/topic/27298-alaurables-snowy-mack-tile-edits/
How to use Mack Roof tiles, with roof edits, by Candacis
http://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?/topic/19672-how-to-use-mack-roof-tiles/
Mack A2 tiles edited as an Ace exterior tileset
http://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?/topic/16122-mack-tilea2-reconfigured-for-ace-exterior/
additional Mack mapping tutorial by CrayDragon
http://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?/topic/26559-craydragons-mapping-dark-forest-with-mack-tiles-tutorial/
Mackie’s Faces
http://www.mediafire.com/download/6mjia3cavlbkmxa/mackie.zip
KitaAngel posted some lovely Fall/Autumn edits of Mack’s trees.
Please use with credit. Here they are in action:
And here are the tiles:
KitaAngel also made some great Kaduki Style edits of the Skeleton (Monster1-2), Slime(Monster2-3), Ghost(Monster1-1), Plant(Monster2-1), The Ogress and Actor2-6
to be available for the Tankentai SBS.
Please use with credit.
Skeleton (Monster1-2)
Slime(Monster2-3)
Ghost(Monster1-1)
The Ogress
Actor2-6
Plant(Monster2-1)
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