[nightcomet5]

ok so obviously if i wasnt a noob i would be here.....i would probably be designing..... i need a step by step tutorial on how to make a text based game.....im going to be attempting to make a mafia game so ill need plenty of help from experts and beginners attempting to make mafia games as well thanks for the help NIGHTCOMET5

P.S. Im going to attempt to over take the ratings from mafiadeath theyve now officially pissed me off

[rjolitz]

Suggestion One: Try the games forum!

What language do you want to use?

And have you even mapped out the basics?

nightcomet5, on 5 Jul, 2008 - 05:46 PM, said:

ok so obviously if i wasnt a noob i would be here.....i would probably be designing..... i need a step by step tutorial on how to make a text based game.....im going to be attempting to make a mafia game so ill need plenty of help from experts and beginners attempting to make mafia games as well thanks for the help NIGHTCOMET5

P.S. Im going to attempt to over take the ratings from mafiadeath theyve now officially pissed me off

[nightcomet5]

ok so obviously if i wasnt a noob i would be here.....i would probably be designing..... i need a step by step tutorial on how to make a text based game.....im going to be attempting to make a mafia game so ill need plenty of help from experts and beginners attempting to make mafia games as well thanks for the help NIGHTCOMET5

P.S. Im going to attempt to over take the ratings from mafiadeath theyve now officially pissed me off wink2.gif

*edit: Can we hold off on the large text? Thanks. Oh and please don't cross post. If a moderator sees your post might be better suited for another thread, they will happily move it for you. Thanks.

This post has been edited by Martyr2: 05 July 2008 - 08:21 PM

[Martyr2]

You can also try doing a search on our board. This topic has been asked quite a bit (especially for mafia games) in the PHP forum. You can also try out the games forum as suggested above. This question has been beaten to death and there are plenty of resources on our board.

If you ever have any specific game developing question for PHP, feel free to ask on our PHP game thread pinned to the top of the PHP board. Myself and others are always happy to lend some advice if you ever need it.

Good luck with the game.

[gabehabe]

Large text looks so ugly...
Merged your two threads, and moved to game programming. (It may read a little funny)

How much programming experience do you have? If you're just starting out, try the basics before moving on to a proper project... Once you can understand the basics, you're not going to need a tutorial to help you to write an entire game.

Are there any languages that you're considering using, or are you open to ideas on that, too?

[bakerr]

gabehabe, on 06 July 2008 - 10:02 AM, said:

Large text looks so ugly...
Merged your two threads, and moved to game programming. (It may read a little funny)

How much programming experience do you have? If you're just starting out, try the basics before moving on to a proper project... Once you can understand the basics, you're not going to need a tutorial to help you to write an entire game.

Are there any languages that you're considering using, or are you open to ideas on that, too?

if there were to be a language you would recommend, what would it be?

[aaron1178]

Hello,

I recommend PHP and MySQL/MySQLi. Many Text Based games use these two components for creating their games. They even incorporate javascript and Ajax for things like instantly checking username availability.

As a game developer (Web and Desktop), I think you really have no chance of rivaling that game, unless you are going to pay a lot of money for the layout and spend a year or so trying to get the users required to reach a potential rating.

On the other hand, bellow is a link to a series of tutorials for creating a text base mafia game.

Mafia Game Series

And will everyone stop with the mafia games... they are so commonly developed. People don't understand that to get a good game, comes a lot of work and responsibility.

hope it helps,