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Official DLC: 3 Unique Tilesets, a Plugin, and Two Music Packs!

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18d ago

This week brings three tilesets and music packs that add color to a wide variety of worlds, along with the MZ version of a plugin previously released for MV. NEONPIXEL - ANIME FAIRYTALE VALLEY SET is a tileset for creating peaceful villages and natural landscapes. From small rural villages and abandoned settlements reclaimed by nature to greenhouses, gardens, and fantastical natural scenery inhabited by native birds, this pack supports a wide range of map creation. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4894340/RPG_Maker_MZ__NEONPIXEL__ANIME_FAIRYTALE_VALLEY_SET/ CN-STYLE Tileset Collection is a tileset collection themed around the traditional beauty of the East. This large-volume asset pack lets you create quiet villages, scenery nestled deep within bamboo groves, bustling market streets, magnificent palaces, and more. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4894310/RPG_Maker_MZ__CNSTYLE_Tileset_Collection/ Fantasy Dreamland - Enchanted Pack is a graphic asset collection for creating dimly lit mushroom forests. Centered around tilesets, it also includes a variety of assets such as walking character graphics and SV actors. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4894350/RPG_Maker_MZ__Fantasy_Dreamland__Enchanted_Pack/ Press Team Battle System Plugin is an add-on plugin for battle systems that was also released for MV. It allows you to build deeper battles, such as granting additional actions when striking an enemy’s weakness or reducing the number of actions under certain conditions. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4894460/RPG_Maker_MZ__Press_Team_Battle_System_Plugin/ Blossom Music Pack is a music collection designed for RPGs and mystery games. It includes 20 BGM tracks and 10 ME tracks that express the contrast between peaceful everyday life and tense, extraordinary moments. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4894320/RPG_Maker_MZ__Blossom_Music_Pack/ https://youtu.be/JvneE4q_mc0 Nightwalker Music Pack is a music collection designed for games set in the modern day. It includes 21 BGM tracks and 11 ME tracks inspired by a dangerous yet elegant city at night. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4894330/RPG_Maker_MZ__Nightwalker_Music_Pack/ https://youtu.be/uXMNBFK8geQ

Official DLC: Unique Tilesets, SV Assets, and Two New Music Packs Available Now!

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53d ago

This week’s releases include a laboratory-themed tileset, retro-style 8-bit SV assets, and fantasy music packs perfect for your next project. Useful Laboratory Tiles is a tileset designed for creating laboratory-themed maps. It includes four sheets packed with large machinery, capsules, flasks, and other tiles ideal for building mysterious and unsettling research facilities. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4789600/RPG_Maker_MZ__Useful_Laboratory_Tiles/ 100% Kawaii Retro Tilesets features bright, colorful, and charming pixel-art tiles. With assets such as torii gates and five-story pagodas, this pack provides everything you need to create a wide variety of outdoor maps. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4789560/RPG_Maker_MZ__100_Percent_Kawaii_Retro_Tilesets/ MEGA FANTASY SV Actors is a collection of side-view battler sprites inspired by the walking characters featured in the companion pack MEGA FANTASY Walking Monsters & Faces. For the best experience, we recommend using both packs together. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4789580/RPG_Maker_MZ__MEGA_FANTASY_SV_Actors/ Depths of the World - Depths Dungeon Sound Pack is a fantasy music collection inspired by exploration areas typically encountered in the middle and later stages of an adventure. The pack includes 12 epic and mysterious tracks with 37 variations, perfect for rich fantasy worlds and deep dungeon exploration. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4789570/RPG_Maker_MZ__Depths_of_the_World__Depths_Dungeon_Sound_Pack/ https://youtu.be/-Qwdl2ibsHc Pandora’s Puppet : Retro Horror Music Pack is a retro horror and suspense music collection built around atmospheric synthesizer sounds. It contains six tracks designed to create a mysterious and unsettling mood. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4789590/RPG_Maker_MZ__Pandoras_Puppet__Retro_Horror_Music_Pack/ https://youtu.be/Tcls_fRa3ME

Official DLC: Tileset Builder — Pixel Art Editor for Tiles & Sprites — Out Now!

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74d ago

RPG Maker creators, meet Tileset Builder — a serious pixel art editor built for your projects, now available on Steam. Purpose-built for creating tilesets and character sprites, Tileset Builder brings everything you need for RPG Maker asset creation into a single tool: pixel-perfect drawing, autotile checking, character animation playback, and plugin-based extensibility. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4691700/RPGMZ__Tileset_Builder/

Dual-Pane Workspace

A two-panel layout that places your source image and your working tile side by side. Draw while referencing, trace, or pull colors directly — every part of asset creation made simple.

A Complete Drawing Toolkit

Pen / Eraser / Eyedropper / Rectangle Select / Fill / Magic Wand / Lasso Select / Gradient / Outline
Symmetry drawing (horizontal / vertical / four-way / diagonal) to build characters and icons fast
Flip (horizontal / vertical / both), per-tile filters, and color adjustment
1x–16x zoom (mouse wheel supported) with a cursor that scales to your brush size

Built for RPG Maker

A1–A4 autotile connection preview — see how patterns link together in real time
Tileset & character image support — cover every asset type in one tool
Animation playback preview — check character walk cycles on the spot
MZ-compliant export — load your finished tilesets straight into RPG Maker MV/MZ

Color & Layers

Layer support to keep your pixel art organized and separated
Color replace / palette extraction — generate palettes automatically from existing assets
Add, remove, and drag-to-reorder color palettes
Trace (reference overlay) to use another image as an underlay

Make It Your Own

Dark / Light themes
Multi-language UI — Japanese, English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Polish
Plugin extensibility — sample plugins included. Add your own tools, panels, and export formats

Who It's For

Creators making original assets for RPG Maker MZ / MV
Anyone who wanted RPG Maker–specific features in a general pixel art tool
Anyone struggling with A1–A4 autotile specifications
Anyone who wants to turn a large library of materials into tilesets efficiently
Development teams that need original assets for commercial projects
Advanced users who found existing tools limiting and want to extend their own

Supported Projects

Compatible with the tileset and character image specifications of RPG Maker MZ and RPG Maker MV. Output files can be placed directly into your project's img/tilesets / img/characters folders. Give it a try — Tileset Builder is here to support your map and character creation. *This product includes tilesets, character walk/damage sprites, and object images from "RPG Maker MZ," "RPG Maker MV," the "RPG Maker MV Trinity Resource Pack," the "FES Resource Pack," the "DS+ Resource Pack," and the "DS Resource Pack."

Official DLC: Five New Titles Including Menu Tools and Tile Sets

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172d ago

This week, five new DLC packs are now available, including a tool that lets you create custom menu screens, a plugin that adds collection-style features, and a large-volume graphics asset set. "Custom Menu Editor" is a tool that allows you to create your own custom menus and UI. You can preview and apply changes in real time while viewing the game screen, greatly improving your development efficiency. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4378980/RPG_Maker_MZ__Custom_Menu_Editor/ "UNDERMAX - STAMPS ALBUM PLUGIN" is a plugin that adds a stamp collection feature to your game. It includes an album that visually displays collected stamps as well as a completion rate display, making it ideal for adding collection elements to your game. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4378970/RPG_Maker_MZ__UNDERMAX__STAMPS_ALBUM_PLUGIN/ "VisuStella Worlds: Fantasy Realms" is a graphics asset pack that lets you create a wide variety of fantasy settings, including lively towns, caves, and grasslands. This large-volume DLC includes tile sets, character assets, window skins, and icon sets. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4378960/RPG_Maker_MZ__VisuStella_Worlds_Fantasy_Realms/ "SERIALGAMES Japan travel spots ONSENTown SET" is a tile set themed around Japanese travel destinations. As the second installment in the series, this pack allows you to create traditional townscapes inspired by hot spring resort areas. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4378950/RPG_Maker_MZ__SERIALGAMES_Japan_travel_spots_ONSENTown_SET/ ”Retro RPG World BGM Pack 2" is the second installment in a music asset pack inspired by classic 1990s-style RPGs. It features a large collection of 78 tracks, covering essential RPG scenes such as battles, dungeons, towns, and field maps. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4378940/RPG_Maker_MZ__Retro_RPG_World_BGM_Pack_2/ https://youtu.be/7xHO8XKaBqo

Official DLC: Massive Retro-Style Asset Packs and Animated Effects Are Here!

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186d ago

This week, we’re releasing a large-volume asset pack that lets you recreate retro game-style cityscapes, along with animation assets for enhancing battle scenes and a variety of music packs! "Enemy Counter Roar" is an animation effect asset pack inspired by techniques unleashed by enemies. It includes 77 effects focused on monster-specific attacks such as fangs, beaks, claws, and more. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4337310/RPG_Maker_MZ__Enemy_Counter_Roar/ https://youtu.be/_s4UtrFl_oE "Pocket Pixel: Basic Asset Pack" is a content-rich collection packed with retro pixel art assets. With tilesets, walking animations, system graphics, and more, this single pack lets you recreate the nostalgic look and feel of classic games. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4337340/RPG_Maker_MZ__Pocket_Pixel_Basic_Asset_Pack/ "NEONPIXEL MEGA CITY SET" is the latest entry in the popular tileset series. In addition to creating cityscapes such as historic downtown areas and modern urban districts, the pack also includes character animation assets like cargo ships and moving trucks. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4337330/RPG_Maker_MZ__NEONPIXEL_MEGA_CITY_SET/ "Breakthrough Battle Tracks!" is a music pack designed to heighten the intensity of battle scenes. It features 6 tracks spanning a variety of genres, covering everything from standard encounters to climactic boss battles. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4337300/RPG_Maker_MZ__Breakthrough_Battle_Tracks/ https://youtu.be/mPB0wbcUvMs "ORCHESTRAL BGM COMPLETE PACK" is an orchestral music collection perfect for sword-and-sorcery RPGs. It includes 38 background music tracks and 17 musical effects, covering a wide range of scenarios such as battles, casinos, ships, and themes of evil https://store.steampowered.com/app/4337320/RPG_Maker_MZ__ORCHESTRAL_BGM_COMPLETE_PACK/ https://youtu.be/l6Boexy8hso

Official DLC: Two New Animation Packs and Character Assets Now Available!

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200d ago

This week, we’re releasing two animation effect packs that bring extra impact to battle scenes, along with new character assets focused on walking graphics, and the third installment of the Door Tilesets series. "Arms Finishing Blow" is an animation asset pack for RPG Maker MZ themed around powerful “finishing moves.” It includes effects for 13 different weapon types, ranging from classic swords and spears to more unique options such as musical instruments and heavy firearms. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4251740/RPG_Maker_MZ__Arms_Finishing_Blow/ https://youtu.be/-9-GCJTUk2w "MEGA FANTASY Pixel Effect Pack" is a sprite animation asset pack featuring a retro pixel-art style. It also comes with sample files containing 120 pre-made animations, making it easy to use right away. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4251720/RPG_Maker_MZ__MEGA_FANTASY_Pixel_Effect_Pack/ https://youtu.be/Q_HiTUmB0JQ "REFMAP Fantasy Character Pack 4" is the fourth volume in the walking character and SV battler asset series. Volume 4 includes 36 characters, mainly inspired by snowy kingdoms and people working in castles. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4251750/RPG_Maker_MZ__REFMAP_Fantasy_Character_Pack_4/ "SERIALGAMES LivingGoodCity Japanese City NPC SET 1" is an asset pack focused on background NPCs suitable for everyday scenes in modern Japan. It works especially well when combined with other titles in the SERIALGAMES LivingGoodCity series. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4251730/RPG_Maker_MZ__SERIALGAMES_LivingGoodCity_Japanese_City_NPC_SET_1/ "NATHUHARUCA Door Tilesets 3" is the third installment in the door-themed tileset series, featuring large and distinctive doors. This pack includes 20 designs (160 variations across 52 sheets), such as tropical arches covered in lush plants and gates for secret bases. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4251760/RPG_Maker_MZ__NATHUHARUCA_Door_Tilesets_3/

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