Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game That's precisely what I'm doing right now. I have no problem pulling my own weight to get this done. What I meant above was that if someone wanted to help me, they'd need to also work with BGT so they could add thei

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Why not learn bgt yourself? I would never use bgt myself, but it could be a good fit for your needs. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=216861#p216861 ___ Audio

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game I'm not sure I can manage anything like that right now. For one thing, copyrighting something requires something tangible to protect, and that, sadly, I don't have, unless you count the first (very very rough) drafts of

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Unfortunately, the only way to keep anyone from plagiarizing your story would be by keeping it to yourself.  However, if you want to protect your story in a way that allows you legal recourse if others plagiarize it, you will wa

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Sorry, that's what I was willing to say : it's very expensive   but I didn't understand the "keys" problem URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=216010#p216010

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game It's not that I don't want to pay, it's that I can't. Right now. Things might be different further down the road. And people use computers more these days anyhow. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtop

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game You don't want to pay for a program to build games, but you want to create Playstation and XBox games? XD Do you know how much the development kit costs for each console? I'm sorry to say that, but forget

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game @Genroa: My game's only similarity to Pokémon is that you can explore and you will often be ambushed by others seeking a fight. That's it. @dhruv: Thanks for the clarification. I wouldn't have gotten it anyways—$80

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game The need to be able to test something frequently to help motivate yourself is actually not uncommon amongst developers.  That is while something called "agile" and "test driven development" is popular with ma

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Game Maker (which doesn't exists anymore, it has been replaced by Game Maker Studio) isn't accessible, it's true. The main reason is simple, the map editor is graphic URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.ph

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Braillemon was also made by a sighted developer, and as far as I know game maker isn't accessible, even you get it. Just to keep things in mind. Glad you're having success with your projects URL: http://forum

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game I never played to Braillemon, but I'm certain it's doable in BGT if you want any help, feel free to ask if you want to make something similar. But you should really work on the design and the gameplay, if it's bad,

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game @CAE_Jones:I'm probably going to be using mostly placeholder sounds until such time as I can get a hold of a nice big sound library or two. Or twenty. As for voices...right now I'm considering just writing out scripte

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Hi again Imaginatrix, glad to see you again! We'll be happy to answer to all your questions! URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=215452#p215452 ___ Audiogames

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game I'm glad that you're posting again!Even after  10 years of programming, I have a hard time working on anything I can't constantly test, which is doubtless one of the reasons why very few of my bigger projects get mad

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Yes, I'm bringing this thread back. I made it, so I'm allowed to. The reason I am bumping this thread back to the top of the forum is simple. I have an announcement to make.I will admit I haven't gone very far into

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Yeah, it's a C DLL.  No, you won't be able to talk to it from BGT-or at least, not completely.  BGT doesn't let us bind function pointers, and so a lot of the intermediate to advanced features simply won'

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game speaking of libaudioverse, will it be like a dll in c++ that you can include? That's what I assume but I just want be sure. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=2019

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Just because you can put anything at any angle, doesn't mean you do put anything at any angle.Think Swamp or Shades of Doom: the map is really rectangular, but you can turn and walk at any angle, and so too can the enemies. 

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game How do you even navigate on a game like that with just the Arrow keys? Sounds like you'd need an analog stick like on a Play Station controller to do that. I'm guessing they're either optional libraries anyway or y

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game How do you even navigate on a game like that with just the Arrow keys? Sounds like you'd need an analog stick like on a Play Station controller to do that. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=2017

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game A word of caution.  If you're only doing tiles or voxels (tiles but in a 3d array) you do not want any of the aforementioned physics libraries.  The physics libraries only help when you try to do something like swamp where

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Then it's perfect! Thank you again, Frastlin! URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201713#p201713 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Python is a full-blown programming language with C integration.This means that engines that huge titles use can be what is called "wrapped" in python. That way you can use the engine in python.So basically, you can do any

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game That...actually sounds like a good thing. I can handle the quirks like indentation—once I get into the habit I won't even think about it. I'll probably keep messing around with BGT on the side, though. The adventure game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game That...actually sounds like a good thing. I can handle the quirks like indentation—once I get into the habit I won't even think about it. I'll probably keep messing around with BGT on the side, though. The adventure game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game C# is not functional.  C# is basically Java plus a bunch of stuff that makes it actually kind of pleasant and minus the ability to run on anything that's not Windows. C# is actually not a horrible choice either, given th

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game As camlern said, what you learn by programming in bgt will help you even when you start coding in python or another language. Bgt is a good starting point, but once you can get into bigger and better things you will be glad of hav

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game ...*facepalms*I'm a derp. I didn't see the link as anything but the bottom of the post, and didn't read your whole post as a result because I scrolled down after NVDA said "Link". Forgive me!Edit: I

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game ...*facepalms*I'm a derp. I didn't see the link as anything but the bottom of the post, and didn't read your whole post as a result because I scrolled down after NVDA said "Link". Forgive me! UR

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game You will get a million answers to that one question, so that is what has happened here.I suggest python, CAE_Jones said _javascript_.They are both very similar and one who is with one doesn't really like the other.But _javas

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game You will get a million answers to that one question, so that is what has happened here.I suggest python, CAE_Jones said _javascript_.They are both very similar and one who is with one doesn't really like the other.But _javas

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game ...My thread just got hijacked and now I don't know who's responding to me.What kind of programming tutorials/courses should I look for if not C, which has been described as unsuitable? URL: http://forum.audiogames.ne

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game You know what's weird?I started out here: Lissa Explains it all. Yes, it's mostly focused on HTML (and pre Web2.0, at that), or at least it was the last time I was there... ur... years and years ago. The tiny, near usele

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game I am working on a newbie game tutorial in python that I will be releasing soon. But meanwhile I would suggest the learn python the hard way. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201491#p2

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Python requires indentation.  It seems to be a growing trend.  The tools like Pybrace break horribly as soon as you try to do anything marginally complex.  You should be indenting, always. In any language.  It prevents so many pro

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Python requires indentation.  It seems to be a growing trend.  The tools like Pybrace break horribly as soon as you try to do anything marginally complex.  You should be indenting, always. In any language.  It prevents so many pro

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Hello, use tab and it is just fine.it would be like:def func():tab print("Hello world")The above is what you will here when you arrow over it.if you wish to replace examples with tab, select them and replace all 4 space

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game I don't like the indenting in python. Is it required? Or can you use braces like bgt. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201463#p201463 ___ Audiogames-reflect

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Hello,Go ahead and and go throughLearn Python the Hard Wayand by the time you get done with that you can either choose to go into BGT or use a python package that is either the equivalent or better than BGT.I could not understan

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Hello,Go ahead and and go throughLearn Python the Hard Wayand by the time you get done with that you can either choose to go into BGT or use a python package that is either the equivalent or better than BGT. URL:

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Okay, so I found this site, and there are free programming courses on it. I initially got all excited when I saw the C programming courses, but then I reread Cam's last post. Is there anything on here that it would be benefic

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Okay, so I found this site, and there are free programming courses on it. I initially got all excited when I saw the C programming courses, but then I reread Cam's last post. Is there anything on here that it would be benefic

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game I did understand pretty much all of those terms—as I said, I've read the language tutorial through about three times in full as of right now. It's a relief to know I'll just have to adjust a little to the way anothe

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Regarding BGT and other languages, your knowledge (mostly) transfers.  You'd have to learn other libraries, but they all have manuals, and it's more a matter of learning how the library works, not how the language works

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game All right. After some consideration, I've realised what I was doing wrong.I was basically expecting my game-building exploits to begin at once, as soon as I had worked out all the features of the engine I needed to do wha

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Also, getting your project off the ground and keeping it going will most likely be your biggest struggle, Your going to need to sollidly grasp the coding logic to make this complex idea of yours turn in to an actual game that yo

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game 6 months sounds about right. I started in earnest in December, and just copy-editing buttons and alerts got me a quiz I will not link. Three months later, I managed this (Don't look at the source. Just don't.). Three mont

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Heh.  The worst programmer I know is myself.  Camlorn_audio has the second-worst piece of code I've ever written in it.  I do not talk about the Camlorn_audio code.In fact, Camlorn_audio is a prime example.  I started out to

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game No one is downtalking you here. What you're hearing is experience speaking. Camlorn, Aprone and many others on this thread are capable programmers, who went throuhg that very pain they're describing. Hell, even I'm a

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Well said Camlorn.  +1 URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=200101#p200101 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Agreed. No one is calling you an idiot.  I do not think of you as such.  But I'm telling you what programming is, and I am telling you what it is not.  It has no relation to anything you've mentioned in post 20, save m

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game That is an overreaction to be honest. We are just telling you the problems you will encounter, we are not telling you you are an idiot. If you want graphics, bgt is not the way to go currently because graphics are not supported

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game ...So, nobody is going to help me? I have to just muddle my way through the code and hope by some divine chance I get it right?When in your experience has that ever helped anyone?I joined this forum to get support, guidanc

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game ...So, nobody is going to help me? I have to just muddle my way through the code and hope by some divine chance I get it right?When in your experience has that ever helped anyone? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.ph

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Yeah. Um.  Computer science and programming?  Think math.  Game programming?  Think computer science and programming plus linear algebra, trigonometry, and possibly calculus depending how crazy you want to get and/or how many libr

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Hi,Maths, Braille or other writing systems in general and languages are not the same kind of code and logic as programming.Noone is trying to demotivate, insult or criticize you here, I believe, rather we're just pointing ou

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Okay, guys. I see what you're saying. I'm not presuming that I'll pick up all the skills I need in five minutes. I have, however, always been a fast learner. If I love doing something, I pick it up even faster. I wa

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Ahem.Graphics are hard, yesIf you're talking good, modern style 3D.There is a market for sprite-based graphics, it overlaps with the fantasy/KH-style audience quite a good bit, and that particular art style will be the

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Ahem.Graphics are hard, yesIf you're talking good, modern style 3D.There is a market for sprite-based graphics, it overlaps with the fantasy/KH-style audience quite a good bit, and that particular art style will be the

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Handling graphics is unbelievably complex. I have looked into said topic, and while it can be done, provided you know what you're doing, is by far not practical, especially if you cannot see what you're doing and you

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game If you truly want graphics, do not kid yourself about bgt.  It may eventually develop to the point where you can do graphics with it, but that's likely to happen if and only if you're the one who goes and adds such suppo

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Hi Imaginatrix,Lukas said noone has completed one yet, not that noone has attempted one.Everybody wants to make an awesome game, but it is very difficult and very time consuming, much more so than you seem to realize.This doesn&#

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game I know I will need help designing the graphics. I don't expect to do that part myself. I'm just going to code the game itself—the story, the maps, the side-quests and all. I was informed that a game created in BGT coul

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game I know I will need help designing the graphics. I don't expect to do that part myself. I'm just going to code the game itself—the story, the maps, the side-quests and all. I was informed that a game created in BGT coul

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game I know I will need help designing the graphics. I don't expect to do that part myself. I'm just going to code the game itself—the story, the maps, the side-quests and all. I was informed that a game created in BGT coul

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game The Imaginatrix, the idea is similar to one I want to work on my self in the future.  Don't let the problems mentioned above set you back.  Rarther use them as inspiration to rise higher.  If you would like any help with cod

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game For a project involving graphics, you'll need a sighted assistant for like 75% of the time you spend on it.  I am assuming you are not sighted.  For a project involving graphics and which can also be described as action,

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game For a project involving graphics, you'll need a sighted assistant.  For a project involving graphics and which can also be described as action, any of the "easy" languages may also give you speed and ram issues, d

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game I agree with lukas on this one. First of all, bgt doesn't even support graphics. I believe that some people might be trying to adapt that with dlls, but as of right now, your out of luck with graphics as far as I know. As

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Be ready that this will take like 5 to 10 years if you succeed at all. Since noone else in the world has done such a audio/video game hybrid yet, that should be some indication of the likelihood of such a challenge being realistic

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Well, first of all, I did solve my initial problem with BGT but didn't tell you. I'm sorry! It'll take a while to get the hang of the language, but once I've got a handle on it (I've always had a head for c

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Hello,RenPy engine is also quite nice for development of a visual novel.It may also be advantageous to check outThe Builder Academyfor a lovely, hassle-free environment to build Muds.While you are there, you will be able to network

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Hi, my alternate universe twin!All my attempts at replicating RPG Maker in audio have failed, because I have the conscientiousness of a wet leaf. (There's no reason someone couldn't just read the manual or a walkthroug

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Hi, I just skimmed posts 5 and 6 so I don't know if anyone's said this, but the scripts you tried to open were includes, scripts you can, well, include in your game to do various things, you really need to read the tu

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game HiIts good to have a new guy round.I am one of the designers for reality gaming, I am not sure about state of projects but I know we will be able to help where ever needed.I have a lot of sfx if I could have access to your novel s

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game BGT is a scripting language.  You need to write the scripts in a text editor of your choice and then ask BGT to run them for you.Outside text adventures, there are literally zero options that will let you get what you want and act

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Hello,If you would like to write a text-based game, I recommend going to the website of a company called Choice of Games. They ahve a free language you can download there called Choice Script. In fact, one of their games, Way Wa

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game I've just downloaded and installed the program, but can't use it. When I open it, it says "Select BGT Script", and I'm landed in the files library. I moved to the Program Files X86 section of my computer

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Imaginatrix, off the top of my head you might want to try the Blastbay Game Toolkit, BGT, from Blastbay Studios. It will probably fulfill most of if not all of your requirements for a game building toolkit that is free. There a