ayden161 Junior Member Posts: 4 From: Registered: 07-14-2002 |
Hi! I'm a regular Christian Coders visitor for the past 9 months now! S if this doesn't make sense just blaim me being 11 =)I recently started using a program called Game Maker and I'm working on a RPG and i'm a newbie. I've started off pretty good, but i need some help. What i'm after is (these are ideal amounts but more or less is ok): ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks Ayden ------------------ |
D-SIPL Moderator Posts: 1345 From: Maesteg, Wales Registered: 07-21-2001 |
Do you have a design doc for people to take a look at? It helps a lot when trying to recruit people. --D-SIPL |
Ty Member Posts: 45 From: England Registered: 05-15-2002 |
Well, if you need someone to do a PHP website, I can certainly help with that =) (Your mail is in the cyber post) D-SIPL has a good point for recruiting. A design doc should give prospective employees a good chance to see what you have planned for them, and they may be able to give some more ideas from their experience. Good luck! ------------------ |
InsanePoet Member Posts: 638 From: Vermont, USA Registered: 03-12-2003 |
89 people, that 1/3 of the people here Here's my worthless advice... If you want to make an RPG, you must first have a plan, what is the game, what is is about etc... Next, visualize what the character are going to look like and what the game will look like. Now get working, it's best to pick up some amature skills first. Graphics design can be fun. Look at the graphics from other games and see how they did it. There is SO much i could say. God Bless ------------------ |
lostreflections Member Posts: 131 From: Registered: 05-29-2002 |
My advice: If you want to do an RPG game, get RPG Toolkit it is MUCH more suited for RPG games than Game Maker.
You could probably save on artwork by going to: http://www.reinerstileset.4players.de:1059/englisch.htm and clicking on Tilesets. [This message has been edited by lostreflections (edited July 16, 2002).] |
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D-SIPL Moderator Posts: 1345 From: Maesteg, Wales Registered: 07-21-2001 |
So hows it going Ayden? have you made any progress? --D-SIPL |
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ayden161 Junior Member Posts: 4 From: Registered: 07-14-2002 |
Yes, i have actually =) The website is now got someone converting it to php, i've got someone to do level design, a story writer who may program (still deciding) and two midis (not custom though). I tried BB2d but i'm going to try that rpgtoolkit next. The forum will open soon too. You said 'design doc', do you mean like a plan of the game, storyline and everything like that? The current story line might be something like "Within the archipeligo of Crescent Moon a hero lies dorment. His past haunts him, and the future only holds another drunken day at the docks. When a seagle drops down and tells him danger comes, he shrugs it off as a drunken hallucination. But when pirates raid the shipyard the next day, he is dumbfounded. He is given strange clues and even stranger directions by everything from a doorknob to a broken chair. Who leads him, and what are their motives? Whatever the answers may be, a lost hero's been awaken to a strange world, where not even alcohol can wash away the harsh realitys."But thats up to our storywriter to decideupon. I still need people to do graphics and some assistant programmers. ------------------ |
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Ty Member Posts: 45 From: England Registered: 05-15-2002 |
http://www.gamedev.net/reference/list.asp?categoryid=23#21 That should give some ideas for design documents. I've never been good at writing them myself, but I'm going to have to sit down and hammer one out for my project. Nice story idea too. It's got me intrigued already! =D ------------------ |
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D-SIPL Moderator Posts: 1345 From: Maesteg, Wales Registered: 07-21-2001 |
Man, that's pretty deep stuff considering your 11... i couldn't even write that stuff now!!! So whats your website address? --D-SIPL |
barabadam Junior Member Posts: 3 From: knoxville, tn Registered: 07-17-2002 |
well, i write music. always love to help. 's on my website. barabadam ------------------ |
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InsanePoet Member Posts: 638 From: Vermont, USA Registered: 03-12-2003 |
quote: Yeah, I didn't even have a computer when I was 11. ------------------ |
Revelator Member Posts: 226 From: Sydney, NSW, Australia Registered: 03-22-2001 |
Good on ya Ayden. Unfortunately I won't be able to help you, but I will be working on a very extensive tutorial on how to make a rpg game with gamemaker. Though this will take time for I will be making it as I am making my game. With tiles, do a search on google for dungeoncrafter. There are may tiles freely available with that dungeon mapper program, and they are quite good quality. ------------------ |
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ayden161 Junior Member Posts: 4 From: Registered: 07-14-2002 |
I din't write that, my storywriter came up with. And the website is still under construction. I'm also working on a GM tutorial for a CD player. ------------------ |
