   RMXP
  Hello everone,Well I am here to introuduce my self, my name is chris and I have been in to rpgs for a very long time. I myself am making one in python as a txt based game, I know it might now seem like alot but it is a good learing experince for me. Well the reason I am here is thus, I came across RMXP and I saw that it has it own Scripting system, RGSS. Which is a form of ruby, From what I have seen people have done with that is make there own battle system and custom things for there games. My questions is thus, If you dont have enough time to build your own game engine, do you think it is ok to use a game maker like this as long as you script you the custom system of the game, as in make a custom battle system, custom menu system and so on and so on?   
  Building your own game engine, at your level, is a waste of time. This is not to say, however, that writing your own game (in Python or something else) is. Furthermore, if your goal is to make games, there's nothing wrong with RPG Maker XP so long as the games you want to make fit within the scope of games it was designed to make.   ;  Thank you jpetrie, for the input. It helps alot. and means alot to me. Thank you.   