Can someone help me? Answer the questions.

[happycrappie]

Hello, guys. :-D

Well, first of all, I don't like that people that don't even read the topic and post something like "Sorry, I can't help you", so please, read the topic and just post something with you can help me, please. Thanks. :)

Well well, I'll post some questions here so you can answer what you know about it.

I wanted to make the website like knightfights, bitefight, travian... Games like that :)

QUESTIONS

1) What do I need to start?

2) Do I need to have some PHP experience? Because I don't have any.

3) Do I need to have some MySQL knowing? Because I had something like three years ago.

4) Is there a program to make maps? Something like Tibia Map-Editor or RPG Maker...

5) Is there any tutorial to show me all that I need?

 

That's it. Thanks, guys, I hope you can help me! :D

THE LAST QUESTION IS VERY IMPORTANT! THE MOST IMPORTANT.

[shedh]

Re: Can someone help me? Answer the questions.

 

[*] Alot of money will be needed, a good graphics designer.

[*] Yes.

[*] Yes.

[*] Don't know

[*] Don't think you will find tutorials that will show everything you need, you will need to use your skills to do that

 

sorry if you don't like my answers but its my opinion

[happycrappie]

Re: Can someone help me? Answer the questions.

I don't like your answer? Well, I was hoping something like... "You can acess this website! They'll show you 1 by 1 how to make your own browser game, then you can post it online for free!"

But I don't think I'll have that answer anymore. :S

I found this one: It could be helpfull.. http://www.wdxdesign.com/ls/ebook/

I'll read it better... It looks like I'll have to make this all on my own. :S

Thanks anyway.

[Karlos]

Re: Can someone help me? Answer the questions.

 

• E-Books, Teaching you're self GFX, become good at it. Make (X)HTML and CSS templates to practice and make it look nice!
  
• Urrr... How else are you ment to do it? Of course :wink:
  
• Of course.
  
• Idk. Never looked.
  
• Various tutorials over the net i'll think you'll find.

[a_bertrand]

Re: Can someone help me? Answer the questions.

1) PHP / MySQL (or any other Database) is an option if you want to code you own game, but you may replace PHP with other languages as well, Perl, Python, C, C++, C#, Java, Ruby etc... However you will have to code and therefore you need to pick one language (choosing the consequenses of it), and then start learning and / or using it.

2) On the browser side, you will need either Flash or Java or HTML / CSS / Javascript. Or an option for those which are really on the mad side: code your own browser plugin.

3) You can find on internet pre-made engines for a few kinds of game. I do offer one myself (http://www.nowhere-else.org/engine) and even a free version. However is you want to have your own unique game, you will soon need to code things by yourself.

4) Tutorials for a full game from the first row to the end, no I don't believe you will find one on internet, however there is some PHP books about writing your game. Anyhow those will not give you a complete engine code I believe, so you can use tutorials to solve some problems, but not to code all.

Finally, I would say: first start by using one game engine, and start tweaking it. That way you don't start from scratch, and you can learn how the engine works. Also be prepared to spend a lot of time (unless you just upload the pre-made engine and do not change its code). To give you an idea, it took me more than 4 years to reach the current status of my own game. And if I would start from scratch (something I doubt I will do now), it would not take me less than 1 year full time. My game: http://www.nowhere-else.org

However, my game is complex, and not the standard sort of web games you find out there, so you will certainly be able to code a first working, relatively simple game, in less than 6 month, if you have some knowledge, that's it.

Further option for you, if you don't have enough knowledge yet, is to join a development team. However, you need to sell yourself in this case, so say what you can bring to the team which could be a well documented game play, with all the rules set down and / or a complete story.