[CGMZ] Currency System for RPG Maker MZ

Hi all, introducing [CGMZ] Currency System.

Unlimited Custom Currencies

This plugin creates a currency system that can handle more than one currency. It does not touch the default currency set up in the database, so should be highly compatible with other plugins that utilize the default currency in some way. 

There is no limit to how many custom currencies you have. You can use this to create more immersive kingdoms or areas within your game, by giving each area its own currency it uses.

Currency Exchange

Of course, when your player travels from an area that uses one currency to a new area that uses another, they may want to exchange their currencies. To allow changing one currency for another, you could event this process or you could use the built in currency exchange scene. When using the built in scene, you can assign a custom exchange rate in case you want to make multiple exchange areas with more or less favorable exchange rates.

See below gif for how it can look:

Currency Customization

Currencies can be undiscovered or discovered, and this will determine which currencies the player sees when they open the currency scene. Currencies can have their own customizable icon, name, short currency unit, description, max amount, and associated color.

Currently, the currency system works by setting the current "main currency" which causes the game to use different currencies in things such as the gold display window or the shop. The game starts with the "default" currency selected, but you can change the main currency to any valid currency id you have set up which will then be the main currency.

Feature Parity with Default Currency

Custom currencies should be usable similar to the default currency. For this, there are some additional features that come along with custom currencies:

• You can create gold double party effects for custom currencies via a note tag on weapons or armors.
• Items, weapons, and armors can all have their own custom buy and sell prices in custom currencies as well. However, you can also set default prices in each currency, so there is no need to determine item prices in the shop call.
• Plugin commands exist for getting the currency amount or the current main currency so you can easily use conditional branches based on the new currencies.
• You can make enemies drop custom currencies
• Many integrations with [CGMZ] plugins allow custom currencies to be used similarly to default currency, such as an ingredient or product in [CGMZ] Crafting.

Highly Compatible

In RPG Maker, money is highly integrated into the default game with things like gold effects, shops, event commands, enemy drops, etc. This can make other custom currencies not very compatible with plugins that touch currency without a patch. [CGMZ] Currency System aims to get around this by leaving the default currency alone, so other non-CGMZ plugins that deal with the default currency should still work as expected with no work required on the part of the third party dev.

Roadmap

This plugin has some planned additional features not currently included. These include:

• Shops that use multiple currencies in the same shop
• More customization for the currency bag scene
• Currencies that can be made up of multiple denominations

Want additional features not already present/listed above? Make suggestions on the Patreon Post, this Itch.io page, or in my discord under the #suggestions channel!

PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASING:

Please be aware that you can access this as well as all of my other Alpha plugins for $5 on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CasperGamingRPGM

This is posted to Itch.io since some people only use Itch and are not aware my Patreon and all of my beta/alpha plugins exist, or want to have everything in one convenient location (itch.io), or do not want to do a monthly subscription.

Casper Gaming's Beta/Alpha plugins are treated as an "early access" and will eventually be free for everyone once they are fully released, though this process can take months/years. By purchasing in beta/alpha, you are able to provide early feedback/suggestions which are more likely to make it into the final fully released plugin.

Credit & Requirements

Please see terms of use here: Terms of Use

Requires CGMZ Core plugin: CGMZ Core

Happy RPG Making!