[kewlkreator]

Do you have a problem? Think others do too? Request a tutorial here and solve the problem!

Be sure to specify the language and give as many details as possible.

When someone makes your tutorial, make another post here with a link so the user can get help.

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[b]Tutorial Title[/b]
[i]Language: [/i]
[i]Subject: [/i]
[i]Purpose: [/i]
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This post has been edited by kewlkreator: 14 August 2009 - 03:39 PM

[PsychoCoder]

You are correct this forum should have one of these (Good thinking). I'm pinning it so it;s easily found

[BetaWar]

Grrr. Psycho beat me to it.

[kewlkreator]

Thanks guys!

[NeoTifa]

I r wantz c0d3z 4 2 b 1337 pr0gr4mmr and maek awesum mmorpg plzkthnxbai.


And maybe something explaining servers or something. I see some of those threads.

[Tom9729]

Just a thought but could we have fewer threads pinned in Game Programming? There are 10 right now and it seems like a new one gets pinned every few weeks...

[Theaegd]

You should do a tutorial about how to make an isometric RPG in C#. Not a massive RPG, just something simple to show the "pulp" of the idea if you get what I mean. One with a couple missions and inventory and towns with lttle shops. It would be a big tutorial but I think many people would be pleased to see one made, infact I might make this tutorial!

This post has been edited by Theaegd: 15 August 2009 - 06:39 PM

[SixOfEleven]

Theaegd, on 15 Aug, 2009 - 07:38 PM, said:

You should do a tutorial about how to make an isometric RPG in C#. Not a massive RPG, just something simple to show the "pulp" of the idea if you get what I mean. One with a couple missions and inventory and towns with lttle shops. It would be a big tutorial but I think many people would be pleased to see one made, infact I might make this tutorial!

I'm in the process of writing a tutorial series on creating an RPG with C#, with XNA 3.0 specifically. I have already 100+ printed pages on the subject and over 2500 lines of code(and line count is everything) and I have only covered a layered tile engine, screen management, a very simple character generator. I haven't covered the character class system, combat, quests, inventory, towns, shops, animating sprites, a collision layer for the tile engine and much more that I plan to add to the game.

Creating an RPG, even a simple one like the one you suggested, takes a lot of code and time to write. Actually writing the tutorials on how to do it takes even more time. Books have been written on the subject. I'm not saying this to discourage you. I'm just trying to be realistic. The amount of work required is more than you might think. If you would like to try then be all means do. It would be a great learning experience and a definite feather in your cap. If you feel you have the time and ability then go a head and do it!

[Fib]

I think a tutorial on showing a background image to the screen with a little bit of collision, and a character or object that can be moved around on the screen would be very helpful. The background doesn't have to scroll or anything, just a single bmp that fits the screen. Maybe the character or object could have one or two different animations. This can be shown using C++ with DirectX.

I feel that it would be very helpful to me, and a lot of other people to be able to see some of these basic concepts of games shown in a tutorial (displaying backgrounds and sprites, collision, animation, keyboard input). Plus I think it would be relatively short, I may be wrong.

I am currently trying to figure these concepts out in a small game, so If there is no tutorial on this when I finish, I may write one myself.

[Core]

Tom9729, on 14 Aug, 2009 - 06:33 PM, said:

Just a thought but could we have fewer threads pinned in Game Programming? There are 10 right now and it seems like a new one gets pinned every few weeks...

I cleaned up the list of pinned topics. I merged several topics (two created by SixOfEleven and one that is mine) with Martyr2's thread. It is now called Game Development Careers - Tips. There are five pinned as of now and I hope that those ones are providing the most relevant first-hand information on the topic. I also unpinned gabehabe's Want to make a MMO? thread and created a link to it in a permanent announcement in the Game Programming forum.

Hope this will make things a bit more organized.

[Tom9729]

Core, on 17 Aug, 2009 - 09:01 AM, said:

Hope this will make things a bit more organized.

Much better, thanks!

[SixOfEleven]

The forum looks much better organized. Good job Core.

[Theaegd]

SixOfEleven, on 15 Aug, 2009 - 06:36 PM, said:

Theaegd, on 15 Aug, 2009 - 07:38 PM, said:

You should do a tutorial about how to make an isometric RPG in C#. Not a massive RPG, just something simple to show the "pulp" of the idea if you get what I mean. One with a couple missions and inventory and towns with lttle shops. It would be a big tutorial but I think many people would be pleased to see one made, infact I might make this tutorial!

I'm in the process of writing a tutorial series on creating an RPG with C#, with XNA 3.0 specifically. I have already 100+ printed pages on the subject and over 2500 lines of code(and line count is everything) and I have only covered a layered tile engine, screen management, a very simple character generator. I haven't covered the character class system, combat, quests, inventory, towns, shops, animating sprites, a collision layer for the tile engine and much more that I plan to add to the game.

Creating an RPG, even a simple one like the one you suggested, takes a lot of code and time to write. Actually writing the tutorials on how to do it takes even more time. Books have been written on the subject. I'm not saying this to discourage you. I'm just trying to be realistic. The amount of work required is more than you might think. If you would like to try then be all means do. It would be a great learning experience and a definite feather in your cap. If you feel you have the time and ability then go a head and do it!

I totally agree with you on that, and im looking forward to reading your tutorial! I am personally using XNA Game Studio 3.1 and will be submiting one of my own games to Xbox Live Arcade.

[SixOfEleven]

Theaegd, on 17 Aug, 2009 - 02:17 PM, said:

I totally agree with you on that, and im looking forward to reading your tutorial! I am personally using XNA Game Studio 3.1 and will be submiting one of my own games to Xbox Live Arcade.

Good luck with your games.

[Ferrin]

Tutorial Title text-based rpg inventory and/or shop
Language: c++ (i use code::blocks with mingw, if that helps)
Subject: adventure style rpg store and inventory.
Purpose: great to learn for folks like me..?
Comments: i think this will also help people (like me) learn more about structures, as i can't find any relative tutorials out there (meaning structures for rpg stuff) and so forth.