Mega Maker is a simple yet powerful tool for creating your own Mega Man levels. Much like Nintendo's Super Mario Maker, but with Capcom's little robot. "Mega Maker is a fan-made game where you can create and share your own Mega Man levels. You can create a traditional level, a series of puzzle rooms, or even an automatic level. Anything goes! In addition to that, you can play levels created by other users, allowing you to create and personalize your own Mega Man experience", says the official program website.
Mega Maker will have everything you need, and more, to make all your ideas real. It will include 46 enemies, 29 level objects, 12 bosses, 24 special weapons, 40 level backgrounds, 129 textures, and 63 music tracks, among other things. Developed by WreckingPrograms, this level creation tool was built with the "Mega Engine" for Game Maker (a fun and simple software for making your own games).
At first, the team behind Mega Maker had opened a Patreon account to collect the money needed to put the servers online, without which it would be impossible to share levels simply and directly. Since then, the Patreon has been canceled, and for a very good reason: the hosting company OneProvider will give them free servers! This pushes away one of the biggest ghosts over the project's continuity. Capcom is usually very benevolent regarding fan games, but the Patreon campaign could go against the "non-profit" necessary so the company wouldn't get angry.
Mega Maker will be free and will be launched this coming July 15. Stay tuned to the countdown on the official site, from where you can start its download as soon as it's available. Personally, I'll almost certainly create some level, so see you there!
