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

Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Thats precisely what Im 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, theyd need to also work with BGT so they could add their improvements to my

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

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

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 want 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 @CAE_Jones:Im 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 Im considering just writing out scripted cutscenes for 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Re: I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game Game Maker (which doesnt exists anymore, it has been replaced by Game Maker Studio) isnt accessible, its true. The main reason is simple, the map editor is graphic URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=215970#p215970

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 Im certain its 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 its bad, your game would just

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 isnt accessible, even you get it. Just to keep things in mind. Glad youre having success with your projects 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 Sorry, thats what I was willing to say : its very expensive but I didnt 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 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 many developers. For agile, 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 @Genroa: My games only similarity to Pokémon is that you can explore and you will often be ambushed by others seeking a fight. Thats it. @dhruv: Thanks for the clarification. I wouldnt have gotten it anyways—$800 is far more than 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 You dont 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? Im sorry to say that, but forget it. 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 Its not that I dont want to pay, its that I cant. Right now. Things might be different further down the road. And people use computers more these days anyhow. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=215998#p215998

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! Well be happy to answer to all your questions! URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=215452#p215452 ___ 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 Im glad that youre posting again!Even after 10 years of programming, I have a hard time working on anything I cant constantly test, which is doubtless one of the reasons why very few of my bigger projects get made, and those that do are

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, Im bringing this thread back. I made it, so Im 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 havent gone very far into the Python tutorial

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? Thats what I assume but I just want be sure. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201923#p201923

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, its a C DLL. No, you wont be able to talk to it from BGT-or at least, not completely. BGT doesnt let us bind function pointers, and so a lot of the intermediate to advanced features simply wont work. Ive got Python bindings

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, doesnt 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. My current

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 wont even think about it. Ill probably keep messing around with BGT on the side, though. The adventure game I have in mind

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 anything in python.

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 its perfect! Thank you again, Frastlin! URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201713#p201713 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list

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 youre 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 everything can

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 youd need an analog stick like on a Play Station controller to do that. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201764#p201764

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 youd need an analog stick like on a Play Station controller to do that. Im guessing theyre either optional libraries anyway or you can put something in

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 wont even think about it. Ill probably keep messing around with BGT on the side, though. The adventure game I have in mind

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 doesnt really like the other.But _javascript_ can be

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 doesnt really like the other.But _javascript_ can be

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*Im a derp. I didnt see the link as anything but the bottom of the post, and didnt read your whole post as a result because I scrolled down after NVDA said Link. Forgive me! 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 ...*facepalms*Im a derp. I didnt see the link as anything but the bottom of the post, and didnt read your whole post as a result because I scrolled down after NVDA said Link. Forgive me!Edit: Ive read the Preface and Intro and this

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 having 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 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 thats not Windows. C# is actually not a horrible choice either, given that XNA was popular

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 dont know whos responding to me.What kind of programming tutorials/courses should I look for if not C, which has been described as unsuitable? 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 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 problems with

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#p201491

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 spaces with \t which is

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 problems with

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 dont 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-reflector mailing

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 Cams last post. Is there anything on here that it would be beneficial for me

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 Cams last post. Is there anything on here that it would be beneficial for me

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 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 understand BGT

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 whats weird?I started out here: Lissa Explains it all. Yes, its 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 useless _javascript_

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, Ive read the language tutorial through about three times in full as of right now. Its a relief to know Ill just have to adjust a little to the way another program would work 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 All right. After some consideration, Ive 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 what I wanted. With

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. Youd have to learn other libraries, but they all have manuals, and its more a matter of learning how the library works, not how the language works. Once you can go 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 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 were just pointing out the most

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 you and

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 Ive 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 solve the 3D

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 (Dont look at the source. Just dont.). Three months yet, to this,

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:

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, guidance and

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 in it.

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 No one is downtalking you here. What youre hearing is experience speaking. Camlorn, Aprone and many others on this thread are capable programmers, who went throuhg that very pain theyre describing. Hell, even Im a game developer, and 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 Agreed. No one is calling you an idiot. I do not think of you as such. But Im telling you what programming is, and I am telling you what it is not. It has no relation to anything youve mentioned in post 20, save maybe math. But its not

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 doesnt mean

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 thats likely to happen if and only if youre the one who goes and adds such support yourself.But

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 youre 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 easiest to add

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 youre 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 easiest to add

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 youre saying. Im not presuming that Ill 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 was top of my class in

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 youre doing, is by far not practical, especially if you cannot see what youre doing and youre working on said

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 dont expect to do that part myself. Im 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 could have graphics

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 dont expect to do that part myself. Im 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 could have graphics

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 didnt tell you. Im sorry! Itll take a while to get the hang of the language, but once Ive got a handle on it (Ive always had a head for codes and languages) Ill start

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 or 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 I agree with lukas on this one. First of all, bgt doesnt 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 for voice

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, youll 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, depending on what you are

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, youll 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, any of the easy

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. Dont let the problems mentioned above set you back. Rarther use them as inspiration to rise higher. If you would like any help with coding let me know.

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 dont expect to do that part myself. Im 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 could have graphics

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 with

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 Walkers

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 actually

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 series

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 dont know if anyones 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 tutorials to know what

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. (Theres no reason someone couldnt just read the manual or a walkthrough for, say, RPG

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

I'm blind and want to develop a very complex game I honestly dont know whether or not this falls under the RPG category, but basically, I have a general idea for a game that I want to make, based on a series of novels Ive been writing. The premis seems to flourish as a game, at least in my

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 are 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 Ive just downloaded and installed the program, but cant use it. When I open it, it says Select BGT Script, and Im landed in the files library. I moved to the Program Files X86 section of my computer, and tried to open one of the