Kadokawa, the Japanese studio behind the indie-enabling RPG Maker engine and its many iterations, recently announced Pixel Game Maker MV, the latest entry in the Maker software series.

Few platforms have stood the test of time quite like RPG Maker. With the release of RPG Maker MZ on PS4 and Nintendo Switch today, let's take a look back at how it happened.

Certainly a lot of indie games, and with GameMaker Studio 2 being a 2D platform, it lends itself really well to platform, adventure, puzzle and action games.

Design your own games from $2.54 with Humble's GameMaker Studio 2 bundle There are currently multiple Humble Bundles running which present great opportunity for budding game developers.