Indy made "RM"-like programs?

[Kain Nobel]

Hello and good day!

Over the years, I've seen many people attempt their own take on building their own game making devices, usually they're something similar to RPG Maker series but boast that they have better features and whatnot. Regardless of what kind of positive or negative feedback these folks get, I always hope that they'll come up with something awesome but wind up losing track of these kinds of projects.

What happened to many of these projects, did they all become vaporware, has anybody ever completed one of these 'maker' thingies on their own? If you know any sort of projects like this, completed or at least still in development, I would like to hear about them.

Also... XP Ace anyone? To be honest, the main reason I made this topic is because I'm anxiously awaiting EB to one day announce they're making an XP Ace. (By the way, if anybody wants to start their own take on XP Ace, I'm willing to get my hands dirty to help ya haha!)