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<p><i>RPG Maker</i>, known in <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a> as <i>RPG Tsukūru</i> (RPGツクール, sometimes romanized as <i>RPG Tkool</i>), is a series of programs for the <a href="/facts/Game_development_tool/uLvsM4PI">development</a> of <a href="/facts/Role-playing_video_games/o4sTj5vl">role-playing video games</a> (RPGs) with genre-driven varieties as well as <a href="/facts/Machinima/h4ylswuu">machinima</a>, originally created by the Japanese group <a href="/facts/ASCII_(company)/Vf2w3L9X">ASCII</a>. The Japanese name, <i>Tsukūru</i>, is a pun mixing the Japanese word <i>tsukuru</i> (作る), which means "make" or "create", with <i>tsūru</i> (ツール), the Japanese transliteration of the English word "tool". </p><p>The <i>RPG Maker</i> series was originally released primarily in Japan, but it was translated by fans in Taiwan, South Korea, China, Russia, and North America with <i>RPG Maker 2000</i> and <i>RPG Maker 2003</i>. Most of the later engines have been officially translated and created by successors, <a href="/facts/Enterbrain/fKKMGSFg">Enterbrain</a> and Gotcha Gotcha Games. </p>