RPG Teacher

[Scarface Larry]

I'll probably use RM95, It's uber-easy. 2000 is too hard to teach without knowing the basics. But thank you for the comments anyways!

[WarxePB]

Sephy
Why not just use rm2k3. It's really easy to understand for newbies.

Because it's illegal, and limited compared to GM and Toolkit.

[Sephiroth rocks]

Well they only have to learn it so I'd weight user-freindliness higher than capabilities.

[Blademon]

I guess the fact that it's technically illegal makes it so that you can't teach it. So what's this "RPG toolkit"?

[Scarface Larry]

RPG Toolkit is the greatest freeware open-source RPGMaker there is, and ever will be. It has a really great coding system, and you can even download pre-made programs for it! It has a built in graphics editor, and some other 1337 features. I'd use it if not that It'd be to hard to teach. Gamemaker or RM95 seems like the choice. What do you think?

[Blademon]

I think Gamemaker could be the right choice because if a person knows minimal amount of coding and/or are relatively skilled as an artist, they will find RPG Maker too easy. The classes will be like, "where's the good stuff"
Game Maker is enough material to wow people, AS LONG as you have a clue and have a great schedule laid up, that's full of content and has logical connections.
edit: oh and think like a teacher, the speed at which you teach new stuff, how much you each and what they should remember etc

In College for example, to all those not in College yet and just as a comparison, I think that you get anywhere between 5x to 10x the content of a high school class both of the same duration (College could actually be shorter)
This is relevant because let's say you can learn this new section of GM on your own in 1 day, give them maybe 5 days to cover the topic.

[GaryCXJk]

Actually, for RPGs, it DOES require some lot of coding.

[Blademon]

I never tried RM95 but if people call RM2K3 "coding", lol. Anyone who knows the basic crap can find their way with the RM coding, and I heard that RM95 was easier.

[Scarface Larry]

@Blademon: Don't mean to be rude but most kids in the school have no knowledge of any coding whatsoever. So I was going to use RM95 because of its simplisity and RPG Toolkit is a definite no-no as is anything that requires knowledge of codinge, hence why I'm using RM95 or GM.
And thanks for all the support! Everyone here deserves a beer: