Help Me Create A Text-based, Turn-based Game - Similar to X-kings, Inselkampf, Ogame, Travian,etc..

yakobob

Sat Mar 18, 2006    Reply    New Discussion   

KazDoran

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Can anyone help me create a game similar to the ones mentioned above? It isn't intended to have lots of graphics, but maybe a few... Any response will be much appreciated.

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Hi there!

Helping as in "code with you" I can't right now (got my own projects), but I can lend you a hand on how you should start. Here's how it goes:

First, you must decide whether or not you're going to use graphics because the way the main program will run will be a bit different. I don't really know any of the games you mentioned, but I believe they may be either RPGs or Board games.

If you're going to go text, it's quite simple, decide what keyboard characters are going to represent every different kind of "thing" (you may reuse them in an RPG, but that's more a design decision so I'll leave it to ya ), a sort of screen size and that's it. If you're going to go graphical, then you still need to design art (no stealing ) and basically work your way around to present all menus graphically.

For programming languages, I'd say just about any language will do for text-only games (perhaps C, PHP and Java are the best choices for that) and for graphics, a nice way to do it is to get the SDL Library which is very intuitive and easy to use in C++. I can point you around some tutorials for it if you want, too.

If I knew a bit more on the type of game you're making, I'd give some more help, but no game you intend to make "escapes" what I said above.

Good luck on your game!

Mon Mar 20, 2006    Reply    New Discussion   

pyost

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I don't really know any of the games you mentioned, but I believe they may be either RPGs or Board games.
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Well, if you don't, then you've missed the whole point. Those games are not the ones you install from a CD, they are browser-based games. It is all made in php and mysql. You should try one of those, they are very addicting.

As for you, yakobob, I think you don't have to bother. As you said yourself, there are plenty of games like that and people are quite fond of it. It really isn't necessary to make more of those. Of course, if you have spare time and don't mind spending a lot of money with only some chance of getting it back, sure, why not give it a go

Mon Mar 20, 2006    Reply    New Discussion   

KazDoran

QUOTE (pyost)

Well, if you don't, then you've missed the whole point. Those games are not the ones you install from a CD, they are browser-based games. It is all made in php and mysql. You should try one of those, they are very addicting.
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Heh. My bad.

What's keeping me from trying them is that you say they're addicting. Must... stay... free...

Sorry for giving away unnecessary information then!

Fri Mar 24, 2006    Reply    New Discussion   

Vyoma

QUOTE (pyost)

Well, if you don't, then you've missed the whole point. Those games are not the ones you install from a CD, they are browser-based games. It is all made in php and mysql. You should try one of those, they are very addicting.

As for you, yakobob, I think you don't have to bother. As you said yourself, there are plenty of games like that and people are quite fond of it. It really isn't necessary to make more of those. Of course, if you have spare time and don't mind spending a lot of money with only some chance of getting it back, sure, why not give it a go

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pyost, you got it right there on browser based games. It was about two years back and I discovered them, and my first impulse as a programmer and a game enthusiast was to design one of my own. But them, after I did some research, I found that there are a lot of such games out there and I just dropped the idea.

Now, I have shifted to something more in term of content - world building. I am trying to do a bit of art, design and literature based around a realm me and my friend created. If that is accepted by some people and attracts a community, we might think of launching such games based on them. Till then, I am sticking to world building for personal pleasure.

As for you yakobob, just rethink on your priorities. If you think that by heaven or hell you need to get a browser based text game out there, as pyost said, go ahead. But if you are into more wider development and content creation, think of it a bit more. (I just cannot resist a shameless plug here: If you are interested in contributing to world-building we are currently doing, give me a PM).

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