[GothicMuslim]

I've been searching for rpg programming tutorial for dummies and beginner like me. And i found zero....

There is nothing compatible to me....

To all, anyone have advice...??
Or links to start with ?

Please really need help....

[Scrim]

I guess it sort of depends on your previous programming experience and what kind of game you want to make.

Few people grab their favorite programming language and start building a game from scratch. There are a lot of toolkits that people use to make their lives easier, and they usually come with tutorials and examples.

To pick three:

Pygame is a nice graphics library for the python programming language. It has the advantage of making it "easy" to build things but isn't a good choice if you need performance.

http://www.pygame.org/

SDL is a popular graphical toolkit for 2d games in c++. I've not used it personally but a lot of others on this forum do so. It's probably harder to use but the performance is a lot better.

http://www.libsdl.org/

Edit: I really ought to be mentioning Allegro in there as a C++ library. It's a little higher level (read: easier) than using straight SDL.

http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro/

Slick is a graphics library for Java that I've played around with a little and seems like a nice compromise on ease of use and performance.

http://slick.cokeandcode.com/


RPG programming is kind of hard, since RPGs are complex, content-rich games. Depending on what you've done before you might want to start by designing something really easy, like a simple arcade game.

[cowgod]

There's no good RPG programming book available. There was one book about RPG programming for DirectX, but it's no good. I actually threw the darn thing in the trash.

There's a book called Swords and Circuitry, which is a good book about video game rpg design, but design does squat when you don't have an engine.

I recommend the following: buy some books about a programming language, buy some books about game programming in that language, program some easy 2d games, and then finally make an RPG.

RPG programming isn't that much different from programming other games. If anything, it might require less depth of programming knowledge but possibly more breadth. RPGs are often alot of different parts cobbled together.

If you use Java, I recommend the following game programming books: Developing Games in Java and Killer Game Programming in Java. Buy both cheap on Amazon.com or a similar site.

They're several years old now, so you might be able to find something better.

Those two books only teach you about programming games. You will need to get a book about general Java programming first.

Additionally, any book about any kind of computer science will be useful. Even though video games are fun, programming video games is still work (though fun in a way).

[valderman]

The most important thing is to write code. Lots of it, before even attempting to make a game, let alone an RPG. There is no magical tutorial or book that will enable you to create a game; it's all hard work and long hours of practice.
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[phu]

Writing code is important, but in terms of creating an entire program, it takes a back seat to application design. If you don't learn design, you'll write code... lots and lots of code, almost certainly way more than you really need to.

It's not that game programming itself is hard. Programming anything complex is time-consuming and requires planning and skill (which, yes, do come in no small part from practice).

If you don't enjoy program and data design, if you aren't at least good at both, if you don't find writing code fun, then programming probably isn't for you. If you're overwhelmed by the scope of integrating game, video and audio logic... game programming specifically will give you problems.

Basically... there isn't a good beginners' RPG programming tutorial because programming RPG's isn't something a beginner can really do. By the time you can... you're no longer a beginner. If what you want is just to create something you can play, try rpgmaker or something similar. If your goal is to learn to program... get ready for a long (but rewarding) road and a lot of hard (but enjoyable) work. ;)

[Rainer Deyke]

My recommendation would be to start with a third party engine like RPG Maker XP. Because

• You will get results faster that way.
• You can learn a lot about game engine design by studying other people's engines.
• Writing the engine is the easy part. Writing the game is the hard part. In any project, it's best to start with the hard part so you don't get stuck later.
• RPG Maker XP is actually quite capable if you use its scripting system to replace its crappy combat system with something decent.

[RedSlash]

There's also free RPG engines like VERGE, Sphere, ika,... quite a handful of them out there. Worthy to check out.

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