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WOLF RPG Editor
The WOLF RPG Editor (WOLF RPGエディター), often called Woditor (ウディタ, Udita)1) or WRPGE, is a Japanese-language game development program for Microsoft Windows by “SmokingWOLF”. It began development in 2007,2) had its first release in 2008,3)4) and still receives updates.
Main releases
Over the years, there have been multiple versions of the WOLF RPG Editor, as detailed in the changelog. For a condensed, rough timeline, 'v1.00' began April 15, 2008,5) 'v2.00' began October 27, 2011,6) 'v2.20' began March 22, 2017,7) 'v2.255' began February 27, 2021,8) 'v3.00' began November 26, 2022,9) and 'v3.50' just began on January 18, 2025 with an ongoing stream of updates at the time of this writing.
List of select games
This section contains a select list of games that had been developed in the WOLF RPG Editor, alongside the initial or full release year if documented. It's meant to be a 'works you might've heard of' sort of thing, so it'll sound 'mainstream' to nerds, except this tool is a bit niche outside of Japan and not many works have ever had a translation. This is not a 'personal' recommendation list.
[2008]Wolfarl's Sample Game[2011]Ipponmichi Meikyuu (2011-03-09)[2011]Meguri Meguru. (2011-10-16)[2012]Yami no Rumia (2012-01-07)[2012]The Curse of Utaho (2012-07-15)[2013]The Crooked Man (2013-01-04)[2013]Alicemare (2013-03-01)[2013]Mermaid Swamp (2013-07-06)[2014]Bury (2014-01-29)
[2014]One Way Heroics (2014-03-01)[2014]LiEat (2014-04-26)[2016]Midnight Puppeteer (2014-07-09)[2015]1bitHeart (2015-05-19)[2015]Faraway Story (2015-07-29)[2016]Kurui Zuki (2016-01-23)[2017]Purgatory (2017-10-31)[2017]Touhou Shoujo Kisoutan (2017-11-18)[2021]Oikumene (2021-02-05)[2022]Drago Noka (2023-01-12)
Wodicon
The WOLF RPG Editor Contest (WOLF RPGエディターコンテスト), or Wodicon (ウディコン, Udicon) for short, is an official11) annual contest for free games developed in WOLF RPG Editor, which typically runs in the summer months since 2009. In other words, it's basically a competitive game jam event, but keep in mind that most of the entries will obviously be in Japanese. You can find details about the contest here.
| No. | Latest | Contest phases | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entries | Judging | Results | ||
| 01 | v1.13 | 2009-08-10 | 2009-08-25 | 2009-09-10 |
| 02 | v1.30 | 2010-08-09 | 2010-08-16 | 2010-08-26 |
| 03 | v1.31 | 2011-08-07 | 2011-08-15 | 2011-08-26 |
| 04 | v2.02a | 2012-07-29 | 2012-08-05 | 2012-08-31 |
| 05 | 2013-07-28 | 2013-08-04 | 2013-09-01 | |
| 06 | v2.10 | 2014-07-27 | 2014-08-03 | 2014-08-23 |
| 07 | 2015-07-26 | 2015-08-02 | 2015-08-27 | |
| 08 | 2016-07-24 | 2016-07-31 | 2016-08-26 | |
| 09 | v2.21 | 2017-07-23 | 2017-07-30 | 2017-08-25 |
| 10 | v2.24 | 2018-07-22 | 2018-07-30 | 2018-08-22 |
| 11 | 2019-07-21 | 2019-07-30 | 2019-08-24 | |
| 12 | 2020-07-19 | 2020-07-26 | 2020-08-29 | |
| 13 | v2.271 | 2021-07-18 | 2021-07-25 | 2021-08-21 |
| 14 | v2.295 | 2022-07-17 | 2022-07-24 | 2022-08-21 |
| 15 | v3.207 | 2023-07-16 | 2023-07-23 | 2023-08-19 |
| 16 | v3.352 | 2024-07-14 | 2024-07-21 | 2024-08-24 |
| 17 | v3.631 | 2025-07-13 | 2025-07-20 | 2025-08-23 |
| 18 | TBD | 2026-07-19 | 2026-07-26 | TBD |
Notes
- The program's mascot is 'Wolfarl' (ウルファール, Urufāru) from Wolfarl's Sample Game.
- I've considered making a huge Gantt chart of every WOLF RPG Editor release, mainly for comedic reasons, but the program's changelog gets really messy and vague from v3.0 to v3.396.
See also
External links
- WOLF RPG Editor (Pro) - The official website for WOLF RPG Editor.
- @WO_LF on Twitter - The developer's Twitter account.
- @smokingwolf.bsky.social on Bluesky - The developer's Bluesky account.
Silver Second Development Diary (WOLF RPG Editor)- The old blog, recently closed.
- WOLF RPG Editor on Niconico Encyclopedia
- WOLF RPG Editor, WOLFRPGEditor on Pixiv Encyclopedia
- Woditor Translation Gallery - Translation hub for WOLF RPG Editor, including archived versions.