Popular games built on game engine RPG Maker 2003
The player is tasked with controlling the Batter and guiding him on his quest to "purify" the world of spirits. The player must take the Batter through the various Zones, collect battle partners, solve puzzles and partake in turn-based Active Time Battles in order to get to the source of the impurity.
In this Puzzle/Adventure game you must guide Niko through a mysterious world, utilizing items, characters, and the environment to progress. The life of a lost child and the fate of a steadily decaying world hang in balance, and not everyone—or everything—is interested in preserving them either.
A young girl with a hidden past sets off on an epic and mysterious journey in hope of learning more about her own origins in this beautifully rendered, classic-style RPG adventure.
Yume Nikki is a 32-Bit freeware game created by Kikiyama, a Japanese solo game designer. The game was made using RPGMaker 2003. The game is regarded as one of the most original applications of RPGMaker 2003, and the start of a possible new genre of games. "Yume Nikki" means "Dream Diary" in Japanese, and the game follows a young girl named Madotsuki as she dreams. The goal is to seek out and acquire all 24 'Effects'. The game otherwise has no plot, and nearly the entire game is left up to speculation.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Take in the beauty of a magical world floating above the clouds, then take on a menacing race of vampires hidden in the dark. Ara Fell combines the best parts of Japanese-style roleplaying games with the best parts of western RPGs. The new Enhanced Edition features a slew of new features!
Space Funeral is an independently created role-playing video game and art game by Irish developer thecatamites. The short game was created using RPG Maker 2003, and centers around a boy named Philip, who leaves home to save his world from a mysterious corruption. Space Funeral is notable for its parodies of the horror and RPG genres, its crude art style, and frequent use of blood in dialogue, graphics, and thematics.
The city where everything is possible... But where it could also be fake.
Made on RPGMaker 2003 with the intention of being the happiest, least scary game ever made on that engine. Featuring: * 2 endings! * Over 20 dog breeds! * 100 billion lines of dialogue
You&Me is a Yume Nikki fangame. This game focuses on the connection and mechanics of the dreams, both shared and not shared, between Yarn and Nyla, and how these two sisters influence one-another. This game was created for the 2017 Dream Diary Jam, in celebration of Yume Nikki's 13th anniversary. This is a game that follows a similar structure to Yume Nikki, as you explore through dreams and collect Stuff, but is otherwise a self-contained, original project.
A simple coloring book program made within RPG Maker 2003!
Dreamscaper is an English Yume Nikki fangame. The game stars Natalie, a young girl who locked herself in her room. According to the developer, Dreamscaper uses American culture to contrast against the large amount of eastern/Japanese fangames out at the time. Dreamscaper plays like most fangames, focused on collecting effects and exploring Natalie's dream world.
Zuriumak, a small town in the Irrizzary District (Capital Zone), is right in the radius of the district's large laboratory, called Zaryeth. On any given day, an unfortunate mistake happens, causing an unidentified pathogen to spread in a considerable radius, but not so alarming as to put the whole district in isolation. Zuriumak is within that radius, so the authorities decide only to make a quarantine of 15 days, praying that people don't leave their homes. Unexpectedly, the opposite happened, and the quarantine, which was estimated to last only two weeks, was extended indefinitely. It has now been almost 2 years since the alert was sent out. And it is not known how many people from Zuriumak have survived... One family, still trying to survive as best they can, is slowly beginning to decay into despair without realizing it. Karey, the eldest son, is still in his right mind, though he assumes not so much. He wants to do something to save his mother and sister from the horrible situation they find themselves in. Karey doesn't know how to deal with the situation... The only people he could feel safe with have decided to break the quarantine, but since then nothing has been heard from them until today... Karey finds something on his computer, something he thought wasn't real... An old message from his best friend, Haruzi. What will Karey do next? Will he try to leave? But he can't unless he gets the keys to the cellar door, which his mother is so careful to hide. You have two ways, Karey... None of them are good. What do you plan to do?
Remnants is a top-down exploration game about descending underground into a mysterious abandoned facility.
Sliding action puzzle game with 100 levels
Surprisia is a freeware Role-Playing Game made with RPG Maker. The game consists of 3 chapters; chapter 1 was released in 2004, chapter 2 in 2006, and united version containing chapter 3 came out in July, 2008.
Anamorphosis is a traditional Yume Nikki fangame. The goal of the game is to explore Kikei's dream world and find Personalities, the game's version of effects. Every single Personality turns the protagonist into something that bears no resemblance to their original self, an unusual feature for a fangame. Before version -0.75, the game was made with RPG Maker 2003, until it was remade in RPG Maker VX Ace.
You May is a Yume Nikki fangame. The game follows a young girl called Yarn as she explores her dreams to rediscover her past and find the items most important to her.
Lenora Calamint lives with her mother in a small village called Pokeweed Hollow on the outskirts of a forest. She often delivers food to her stubborn grandmother, who prefers to live alone in the woods. While the forest is a dangerous place full of wolves, the village and her grandmother's house were peaceful. However, once a travelling, charismatic hunter decided to settle near the village and offered to protect it, the local wolves became mysteriously violent and began to attack the village in erratic bursts of activity. Due to these events, some villagers praise the hunter for his help in keeping the wolves out of their homes. The others can't help but think there's something suspicious about the matter. Despite it all, Lenora still has a grandmother to take care of, and so she wakes up to begin her routine of visiting her grandmother anew.
Cranberry Dream is an English Yume Nikki fangame created by Gumitsu. It was made for Dream Diary Jam 2 in RPG Maker 2003.
An alternate take on the classic fairytale of Rapunzel in the form of a puzzle game with horror elements.
Amorita Town, a sleepy location filled with peaceful residents and gloomy scenery. You are Carlos Ramirez, a seasoned Detective who has experience in many different kinds of cases and investigations. On a fated day, you come face to face with a case you have never witnessed before. A very mysterious and tragic murder of a family that lived in the outskirts of the town. Something about it is not right, it makes you feel extremely uneasy, and almost, unsure. As your mission deepens, the mystery appears to be shrouded in an evil like never before. What awaits you will tear you down and shake you to your core, an ancient darkness arises from the shadows. Enter the Shadow Seeker.
Genso Nikki is a fan made tribute to the Japanese indie game: Yume Nikki Play as a boy trapped in his room. If you dare, turn out the lights and explore his mind. Collect effects to alter his appearance and powers, enabling him to access new areas, who know what you might find!
Dream Records is a game where you explore Hizashi's dreams and you can collect hairstyles. A YNFG for DDJ6.