RPG MZ Plugin: Dynamic Help System

✦  Dynamic Help System ✦

Dynamic Help System is a lightweight but powerful plugin for RPG Maker MZ that detects player inactivity and displays helpful hints to gently guide them forward — without breaking immersion.

Perfect for story-driven games, puzzles, visual novels, or any project where you want to assist the player only when they truly need it.

🔎Features:

• Shows a help message after a configurable period of player inactivity.

• Fully customizable inactivity time.

• Supports global default hints and map-specific hints.

• Map hints can override the default message only on selected maps.

• Messages can be changed dynamically via plugin commands.

• Automatically resets the timer when the player makes progress.

• Does not pause during parallel events.

• Fully compatible with RPG Maker MZ.

• Compatible with VisuMZ Core Engine.

♟️ How it works

The plugin monitors player activity.
If no progress is detected for a certain amount of time, a help message is displayed.

✦  The timer resets automatically when the player:

• Transfers to another map

• Activates switches

• Gains items

• Starts a battle

This ensures hints appear only when the player is truly stuck, not while actively playing.

📝 Hint Types

✦ Default Hint

A global message defined in the plugin parameters.
Used automatically if no map-specific hint is set.

✦ Map-Specific Hint

Override the default hint on a specific map using a plugin command.
Perfect for puzzles, investigation areas, or complex scenes.

Once the player leaves the map, the system returns to the default hint.

⚙️Plugin Parameters

• Inactivity Time (seconds)
  Time without progress before the hint appears.

• Default Hint Message
  The global help message shown when no map-specific hint is defined.

📑Plugin Commands:

✦ Set Inactivity Time

• Changes the inactivity time dynamically during gameplay.

✦ Set Map Hint

Choose between:

• Default → uses the global hint

• Specific → define a custom hint for the current map

This allows you to tailor guidance precisely to each part of your game~!

✦ Recommended Uses ✦

• Puzzle-heavy games

• Mystery or investigation systems

• Visual novels with branching logic

• Story-focused games where player guidance must remain subtle

✦ Notes ✦

• The system automatically pauses during autorun events

• Parallel events used for visual effects do not stop the timer

• The plugin is designed to be unobtrusive and performance-friendly

💜¡THANK YOU!💜