As used to create To The Moon

Hey, you know that idea for an RPG you’ve been kicking around your head for years now? Maybe it’s time to give it a crack. Right nowon Steamyou can grab a free copy ofRPG MakerXP, an older version of the wildly popular (and quite accessible) game-making tool. It might be fun to kick around an idea or—who knows—maybe you’ve even got the next To The Moon (made in RPG Maker XP, don’t you know?) rattling around up there, waiting to manifest.

RPG Maker has been used to create games includingLisa: The Painful RPGandSpace Funeral, and XP specifically is the version used byRPS favourite tearjerker To The Moon. XP is also home to Pokémon Essentials, the unofficial framework that’s helped squillions of fans make their own catch ‘em alls, such as Pokémon Uranium.

You have until 6pm GMT on Monday the 19th to grab RPG Maker XP free for keepsiesfrom Steam. This freebie comes alongside anRPG Maker Salewith discounts on games made using RPG Maker, as well as other versions of RPG Maker, its makers game-making tools for other genres, and more tools and asset packs and bits. There’s some good games discounted there too, like To The Moon and Ib.