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 EasyRPG is a project to create a free (as in freedom) Role Playing Game (RPG) creation tool.
-The project consists on several tools and resources: Editor, Player, RTP Replacement.
+The project consists on several tools and resources:
-The structure is inspired on a commercial product called "RPG Maker".
+  * EasyRPG Editor
+  * EasyRPG Player
+  * RTP Replacement
+It is inspired on a commercial product called **RPG Maker**.
 ===== EasyRPG Editor =====
-The Editor is an application with an user interface to design roleplaying games.
+The Editor is an application with a user interface to design roleplaying games.
 It consists on:
-  * A main map editor window where you can draw tile based maps
+  * A main **map editor** window where you can draw tile based maps
-  * A data base window dialog where you can create or customize your characters, habilities, enemies, terrains, etc.
+  * A **database** window dialog where you can create or customize your characters, abilities, enemies, terrains, etc.
   * Window dialogs to edit map properties, trigger battles every steps on map, etc.
-  * Window dialogs to add and manage map events, to handle commands for this events, display NPCs, messages etc.
+  * Window dialogs to add and manage map **events**, to handle commands for this events, display NPCs, messages etc.
 ===== EasyRPG Player =====
-The Player is an application to run games made with EasyRPG Editor.
+The **Player** is an application to run games made with EasyRPG Editor.
+Also it can **play RPG Maker 2000 and 2003 games** directly (RPG_RT.exe equivalent). This is the main feature in development currently.
+EasyRPG Player is very portable. This allows to play games in a lot of systems: GNU/Linux, Windows, macOS, video game consoles and mobile phones.
+===== RTP Replacement =====
-Also it can play RPG Maker 2000 and 2003 games directly. Currently is the main feature in development.
+The original RPG Maker software is not free. RPG Maker includes a shared material **library with graphics and sounds**, used by most games made with this software, called **Run Time Package** (RTP). This material can be distributed only with games made with RPG Maker and only by their customers, so these games are depending on a material distribution only available on Japanese Windows Platforms in the case of RPG Maker 2000 and 2003.
+So if you are using RPG Maker and you want to play a game made with RPG Maker 2000 and 2003 which they are depending on RTP files, you need a RTP replacement due to license restrictions in the original RTP.
+To learn more about RTP replacement you can visit the [[./development/rtp-replacement]] development page.