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Making a New Game - How?


fletchers

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Hey there.

 

I've always wanted to get creative in some way by making my own game. I love the oldschool IE games and have recently discovered GemRB, or rather that you can actually make a game with it in the IE.

 

So my question to you would be: Where do I start?

 

I would be making the game with one friend probably. I myself have a little experience in Java programming, but am completely ready to expand that knowledge or learn whatever is required from scratch (go for another language?). The thing is, I don't have any idea what I actually need to know and where to apply it. So if someone could just point me into a direction and tell me what steps I need to take to get started, that would be awesome!

 

I know making a game is a big task, this isn't about creating a professional, big game or something, this is more about the process of creating a game and learning it. Just see how far we can get. And where better to start than with the engine of many of my/our favorite games.

 

Thanks in advance for taking your time to read and perhaps replying to this. :)

 

fletchers

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the obvious thing from our website:

http://www.gemrb.org/wiki/doku.php?id=contribute#make_a_new_game

and the next link.

 

I suggest you jumpstart by hacking on our bundled demo. It's currently just a buggy guy in an empty area.

 

What you first have to do is figure out what exactly you want to achieve. "make a game" is too vague. Perhaps start with:

- get another actor model

- add it to the game

- create a dialog version of rock-paper-scissors

 

If you or your friend have no graphics experience, you can just skip the first line and have the character talk to a rock. :)

 

Visit us on freenode for detailed stuff.

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