I’m testing new gameplay footage from MMO Studio, my 2D online RPG engine built for creating multiplayer RPGs with RPG Maker-style workflows and MMO-ready systems.

This trailer-style test shows early gameplay movement, world exploration, combat, pets, enemies, and the overall feel of a live online RPG world. MMO Studio is designed to let creators build their own multiplayer RPGs with tools for maps, quests, NPCs, items, combat, pets, crafting, and more.

This is still a work-in-progress gameplay test, but it shows the direction MMO Studio is heading: making online RPG creation easier, faster, and more accessible for indie developers.

Try MMO Studio here:
https://mmo.ed5enterprise.com/

I made a new video testing the duel system in MMO Studio.

MMO Studio is my own engine for building 2D online RPGs and MMOs. It is built around tile-based RPG worlds, multiplayer systems, custom game mechanics, and the ability to import full RPG Maker projects into a more online-focused engine.

In this test, I’m running around the world and testing duel combat. The video shows player movement, targeting, skill usage, hotbar/inventory UI, and early PvP systems working together.

The main goal is to get the core MMO loop feeling solid: movement, combat, abilities, pets, mobs, inventory, and multiplayer interaction all connected inside the same engine.

The video shows:

• Duel / PvP combat testing
• Player movement
• Skill and ability casting
• Combat targeting
• Inventory and hotbar UI
• Early MMO gameplay systems coming together

Video:
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MMO Studio:
https://mmo.ed5enterprise.com

It is still early, but seeing the duel system working in-game makes the engine feel a lot closer to the type of online RPG builder I’m trying to create.

made a new video testing pet combat in MMO Studio.

MMO Studio is my own engine for building 2D online RPGs and MMOs. It is built around tile-based RPG worlds, multiplayer systems, customizable game mechanics, and the ability to import full RPG Maker projects into a more online-focused engine.

In this video, I’m running around the world with a pet while fighting mobs. This is still early, but it shows the gameplay loop starting to come together: movement, enemies, combat, and pet companions all working inside the same world.

The goal is for pets to be more than just cosmetic followers. I want them to become part of the actual RPG system, where they can follow the player, help in combat, and eventually have deeper progression or battle features.

MMO Studio is my own engine for building 2D online RPGs and MMOs. It is not just a plugin or a map editor. The goal is to give creators a full engine where they can build tile-based RPG worlds, customize systems, work with multiplayer features, and launch playable online games.

One of the big things I’ve been working on is team workflow. With this update, multiple users can work inside the same project in real time, which makes MMO Studio feel much closer to a collaborative development workspace instead of a solo editor.

The video shows:

• Multiple users collaborating in the editor
• Real-time project updates
• Team-based MMO/RPG world building
• MMO Studio moving toward a more complete online game creation pipeline

MMO Studio is its own engine, but one of the important features is that it can also import full RPG Maker projects. So people who already have RPG Maker maps, assets, or game ideas can bring them into MMO Studio and start moving toward an online multiplayer setup.

MMO Studio:
https://mmo.ed5enterprise.com

I’m still building it, but real-time collaboration is a big milestone for where I want this project to go.

I’ve been testing the projectile system in ED5 MMO Studio, my own 2D isometric/top-down MMO engine.

This test is focused on making projectiles feel good in real gameplay, not just spawning a sprite and calling it done. I’m working on things like:

• Firing projectiles from abilities
• Direction-based movement
• Collision with enemies/players
• Server-side validation for MMO gameplay
• Visual feedback so attacks feel responsive
• Making it work with tile-based maps and real-time combat

The goal is to let creators build RPG-style combat systems where spells, arrows, bullets, fireballs, and other ranged attacks can work properly in an online world.

MMO Studio is its own engine, but it also supports importing full RPG Maker projects, so creators can bring in maps, tilesets, and events, then expand them into an online multiplayer game.

Projectile combat is one of those systems that seems simple until you start making it work in a real MMO environment. This test is a big step toward making combat feel more alive. 🎯

Big update for ED5 MMO Studio: this one focuses on making hosted projects, collaboration, publishing, and customization feel much more production-ready.

Studio Web now supports shared projects with owner/editor/viewer roles, live editor presence, view-only locks, and real-time co-editing for cursors, tile/object painting, placed objects, walls, and roofs.

Large hosted maps also got a major reliability pass: better chunk loading, compressed baked map data, smarter image warming, scene-cache reuse during panning, and an optional Pixi/WebGL renderer for big RPG Tools imports.

Publishing is now staged instead of fragile: media optimization, DB syncing, map/chunk publishing, Supabase/local asset handling, managed VPS lifecycle tools, backups, logs, domains/TLS, heartbeats, and public hosted play links are now supported.

The in-game UI customization editor is also live. Creators can configure HUD/menu placement, 9-slice frames, panel images, hotkeys, inventory slot counts, custom equipment slots, widgets, and server-authoritative UI config that syncs to the client.

Studio AI Copilot got a big redesign too: turn-based chat history, inline tool activity, approval cards, artifact previews, screenshot attachments, Stop button, better cost tracking, safer auto-run behavior, and stronger planning that avoids repeating work.

Other additions include skill-book items, better pet/equipment handling, hosted starter-content seeding, a higher-quality SVG character fallback preview with direction rotation, a new AI Game Builder flow, full embedded admin DB pages, vocabulary overrides for more client/server UI text, developer API keys, yearly billing, pricing-page improvements, and a lot of bug fixes.
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Some background. I'm a web/game dev who loves to program and build. Before I got into software I was making websites for clients and selling plugins for rpg maker mz. This made me some money (websites I would get like a client every so often not enough to count as reoccurring) and the plugins I sold would make about $200-300 a month highest most was 400 but normally ranges between 200-300.

The very first software I would say I built was a digital business card platform which I built around the time I first started coding (This didn't go anywhere) I got like 2 sales from people I knew in real life one was for $100 and the other was $50. I was selling the cards no the software.

What I learned from this was that Just because I can build it doesn't mean people will use it. Even if it's a product that is already exists. You need a lot of things to go with just building the product. (I'll explain later)
https://vcard.ed5enterprise.com/

I built a lot of other tools but didn't release any of them.

My next Software was an online booking platform I was selling as a direct competitor to acuity scheduling. I made it free or a one time payment for $50 vs the $16 monthly fee they charge. Same issue as my first saas even though this one was free to start I still got 0 users. https://boox.ed5enterprise.com/

SO now I have two software all in my option are great and solves real problems, but NO customers or users.

From my own research I can tell I was missing marketing and more importantly I was marketing to the wrong people. I only advertised my software on IG where I knew most people thinking they would at least be interested as some of them would actually benefit from my services.

The second thing I Learned was that it's hard to actually tell people what your product is! If you get good at that things will be easier. Most people I talked to in real life would always say "Yah i saw that what was it" lol and I'm like bro if you paid attention you would know. But it's not their fault. you just have to do a better job.

I gave up on software because It wasn't going anywhere based on those past result. What was working was the plugins for rpg makers so I kept doing that.

I had an idea to make a trading card game like cards and castle (a game i used to play on IOS)
https://unit.ed5enterprise.com/

When that was completed to about 80-90% I launched the game (still no users, but I haven't been marketing it)

While working on the finishing touches of the Game I got bored and said you know what I always wanted to build an MMO lets do that especially now that AI can speed up my progress.

So i spent 1 month building my MMO , which included building systems and menus to make it easy to add and change features without having to code. at the point I was like you know what Since I'm building all these tools I can also package it as a software and also allow other people to make their own games.
So I transitioned from making a game to building an engine.
https://mmo.ed5enterprise.com/

so a month in and turning my MMO that's 10% completed into a game engine that's (25-50%) completed since I don't have to build the content anymore.

after a week of listing I got my first sale of $250, then $400, and sales have been coming since. so far we're about 2.7 months in and about 2.7k in revenue with 14 active users.

This one Taught me a lot about what I was missing for the other Sass i built.
1 I gained most of my sales from people that we're in the same community I have been a part of since I was 12. I know everything about that community and what makes them go AAAH because that would also make me go AAAAAh. My highest ticket purchases though has been from people discovering me for the first time.

So that's the other lesson, stay consistent and just build.

So now I've been spending most times updating and completing the engine(released in early access) and while I was at it I turned my Trading card game into a game engine that allows users to make their own card games just like my MMO studio, and Also rebuilt the digital business card from scratch so I can try again to get some users using the things I learned
https://tcg.ed5enterprise.com/

Out of all my build 1 would say only 1 is going unexpectedly which is good! and using that momentum I'm building everything else up while pushing out new update/fixes for the MVP while trying to get more customers for it as well.

ED5 MMO Studio 0.2.6 is here, and this update brings a huge wave of improvements across the desktop app, admin/editor, Media Manager, and in-game client.

In this video, I walk through the newest changes, including faster zone editing, improved world setup, better RPG Maker/RPG Tools imports, Media Manager cloud sync, AI image generation tools for hosted plans, new asset tracking, fantasy-style character select UI, improved nameplates, smoother local playtesting, and major desktop fixes for macOS/Linux.

This update focuses on making ED5 MMO Studio feel faster, cleaner, and more production-ready for indie developers building MMO-style games.

What’s new in 0.2.6:

• Faster zone editor rendering and tile painting
• New tabbed World Setup flow
• Weather, seasons, day/night settings now persist properly
• Better map loading with local IndexedDB caching
• Improved RPG Maker and RPG Tools import reliability
• Media Manager cloud sync with conflict resolution
• AI image generation tools for hosted users
• Bulk rename, bulk tagging, and folder drag-drop support
• Asset “Used By” tracker before deleting media
• New fantasy character select UI
• Configurable player nameplates
• Better local playtest syncing
• Desktop app fixes for macOS/Linux
• License tier limits now apply correctly in desktop builds

ED5 MMO Studio is a standalone MMO creation engine designed to help indie developers build online RPGs with modern tools, server support, admin controls, map editing, RPG Maker-style imports, and more.

🌐 Try ED5 MMO Studio:
https://mmo.ed5enterprise.com/

Join me as I break down everything new in version 0.2.6 and show how the engine is getting closer to a full MMO-building pipeline.