For those of you who don't yet have RPG Maker, but who want to help jj out, check out this week's Humble Bundle (https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly). You can get RPG Maker VX Ace + other stuff for ANY PRICE you want. I donated $15, but you could probably get RPG Maker VX Ace for $1 if you wanted to. Donate over $6 to add RPG Maker XP and other stuff to your cart. Donate at least $12 to also get a useful sprite editor, plus some more games and DLC. There are a bunch of payment options too, from PayPal, to credit cards, to Google and Amazon, to BitCoin. If you don't eventually get yourself a copy of the software, you won't be able to play what jj built, let alone help him build it.
RPG Maker VX Ace is also free on Steam to try until about mid day Sunday (~12 hrs from now) and you can also buy it at a 75% discount until then. I think this Humble Bundle deal lasts for a few more days at least, and is the cheaper deal.
Note: You can also buy these as gifts, which you can then gift to other people. So if someone wants to contribute financially to the project at large, you could probably buy multiple licenses for RPG Maker VX Ace for real cheap, and then give them to people who you think'll help work on the project.
The other great thing about the Humble Bundle is that you get a diverse selection of games that not only show what RPG Maker is capable of, but which you can then use as code-guides. I plan to use the games to help me learn how to better use RPG Maker.
RPG Maker VX Ace is also free on Steam to try until about mid day Sunday (~12 hrs from now) and you can also buy it at a 75% discount until then. I think this Humble Bundle deal lasts for a few more days at least, and is the cheaper deal.
Note: You can also buy these as gifts, which you can then gift to other people. So if someone wants to contribute financially to the project at large, you could probably buy multiple licenses for RPG Maker VX Ace for real cheap, and then give them to people who you think'll help work on the project.
The other great thing about the Humble Bundle is that you get a diverse selection of games that not only show what RPG Maker is capable of, but which you can then use as code-guides. I plan to use the games to help me learn how to better use RPG Maker.