If you know how then no harm no foul, but there's likely far fewer 3D specialists than there may be 2D. Sculpting, texturing, rigging and animation are all considered separate skills in 3D graphics and that's a little more than what you'd have to worry about than in 2D especially for amateurs with no training that intend to work with more than what the engine readily provides. I think a 3D RPG engine like RPG Maker is great on paper but may be very limited in execution. You can put it in there next to mine that says, "I'd like a standard wolf in the RTP in the next RPG Maker since none of them have ever had one". Put it in the suggestion box for sometime in the future. It'll never really happen, and that's okay. Or, maybe even Final Fantasy Tactics on the PlayStation. It'd also be very interesting to maybe mimic games like Super Mario RPG on the SNES. I think it'd be interesting to get some of our resident artists into working on actual 3D graphics if possible.
If RPGMaker here released an Isometric RPG system, would I buy it? I most definitely would. But, I don't think it ever got released, I don't think it was ever actually planned, and I don't think anyone ever picked it up again after that. As a young kid, I was very much interested in the Isometric looking program with building blocks, as it would let me be far more creative with my mapping and eventing. I have no idea where I ever saw these screenshots, however, or where they may have gone, but I don't think it was ever anything more than a pipe dream. The sprites were the same, except only had four directions, and it was still grid based. The screenshots I'd seen looked like it was an Isometric program that used "Building Blocks" that you could move, place, rotate, flip, and even paint. No idea if any of that was ever concrete, however. No information about what company was doing it, or anything of that nature, but I remember screenshots of an editor and some database options. I think around the time RPG Maker 20 were out, there were rumors of an "RPG Maker 3D" in progress. I personally am eager for someone to try simple 3D on RMMV such as Breath of Fire III / IV or Etrian Odyssey. Not something I'd recommend everyone, to be honest, as you'll need to dig in quite deep to produce anything even remotely playable, but it's probably the route that gives you the most power if you have time and, more importantly, lots and lots of money to invest Theeen there are some other, shadier alternatives that are currently sold or freeware, then comes the 90's abandonware which you'll hardly find a working download on the internet, and if you do find, they will not work on windows 10Īnd then there are unity presets and stuffs that, according to people, are quiiite complex and hard to use but give you a lot of freedom in exchange for a steep (?) price and learning curve. Then the closest best thing to an RPG Maker is Smile Game Builder, but it's quiiite limited compared to the super flexible RPG Maker (even more limited than RM2k, to my surprise, database and eventing-wise)
Official 3D RPG Makers are the 2 PS2 ones and that's it. "they" are always working on a 3D RPG Maker, and currently there are quite a few alternatives out there from all sorts of consoles and timespans.