game makers

[pika]

are the any programs (other than mugen) that make games and that are also free if so please tell me where I can dl it


thanks

[Xzyx987X]

Do you mean programs that create games on their own or help you to create games?

[pika]

programs that help you create games like rpgmaker2003 for example

[Fett aka hmm]

Do you mean ones that require little or no programming? THis link should help you. It would help to know what kind of games you are trying to make though

http://www.ambrosine.com/resource.html

[Trogdor20x36]

I know of quite a few game makers. Heres are quite a few:

Free:
-GameMaker www.gamemaker.nl
-RPG Toolkit www.rpgtoolkit.com
-ADRIFT (Text-Only) http://www.adrift.org.uk/
-AGAST http://www.allitis.com/agast/index.html
-Adventure Game Studio http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/

Price:
-The Games Factory www.clickteam.com
-3D RAD www.3drad.com

Ok, i'm tired of typing. Check out: http://www.gamehippo.com/gamedev/tools.shtml
Theres a huge list there

[pika]

thanks for telling me some sites and helping you three guys get 5's

[Trogdor20x36]

another thing you may want to look into is learning a programming language. Python is good for beginners. Heres an example code for the classic "guess my number" game (the tabbing doesn't show up, but i think you get the point):

import random

print "\tWelcome to 'Guess My Number'!"
print "\nI'm thinking of anumber between 1 and 100."
print "Try to guess it in as few attempts as possible.\n"

# set the initial values
the_number = random.randrange(100) + 1
guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess: "))
tries = 1

# guessing loop
while (guess != the_number):
if (guess > the_number):
print "Lower..."
else:
print "Higher..."

guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess: "))
tries += 1


print "You guessed it! The number was", the_number
print "And it only took you", tries, "tries!\n"

raw_input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit")

I'll attach the ".py" file if you want to look at it. Just get the 'interpreter' from www.python.org to run it. Just UnRAR it and tadaa. (its right out of a tutorial book, btw)

[Fett aka hmm]

Trogdor's right, itd be better to earn a programming language. I would reccomend blitzbasic, or darkbasic. Both are relatively simple and fairly powerful.

[Trogdor20x36]

Originally posted by Fett aka hmm
Trogdor's right, itd be better to earn a programming language. I would reccomend blitzbasic, or darkbasic. Both are relatively simple and fairly powerful.

only probs with, uhh, BlitzBASIC and DarkBASIC are that they cost money. heh. Thats something I tend to avoid. I'll only get the occasional programming book (and at $50 a piece, they're usually worth it, somehow).

==EdIt== well, technically, i guess you could say the compilers cost money.

[pika]

thanks guys i'll dl the file

[Trogdor20x36]

no problem at all. If you're really interested in game making or programming, pick up some books. Try places like www.charlesriver.com or www.bn.com (Charles River Media is much more highly recommended, though). Oh, and www.premierpressbooks.com, heh.

http://www.premierpressbooks.com/ptr...%20Development to be specific for the premier press page. My only book of theirs is "Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner". Great book. I recommend it. Its really nice if ur just learning to program.

You may also be interested in HTML, which is used to program web pages. Great for starters, since its really easy & theres no compiling involved.

[crusher]

Bah. No need to know a language to make games. Multimedia Fusion is a great program when it comes to making games/apps. No programming knowledge at all is required. Great support, easy to use and the possibility to use/make extension files that will give the main program new features/functions. Only downside, it's not free.

[pika]

One more question what's fenix

[Trogdor20x36]

Originally posted by crusher
Bah. No need to know a language to make games. Multimedia Fusion is a great program when it comes to making games/apps. No programming knowledge at all is required. Great support, easy to use and the possibility to use/make extension files that will give the main program new features/functions. Only downside, it's not free.

I disagee. Anything that you can't script with or that is solely poin-and-click can't be all that powerful. Plus, programming yourself has the highest flexibility. You can do anything you want, with no limits. Also, how compatible is Multimedia Fusion? As in, which OSes work with it?

Originally posted by pika
One more question what's fenix

Never heard of it, honestly. Sounds like some dumb re-naming of Phoenix. But I have no idea what it is, in the least.

[crusher]

Originally posted by Trogdor20x36
I disagee. Anything that you can't script with or that is solely poin-and-click can't be all that powerful. Plus, programming yourself has the highest flexibility. You can do anything you want, with no limits. Also, how compatible is Multimedia Fusion? As in, which OSes work with it?

Never heard of it, honestly. Sounds like some dumb re-naming of Phoenix. But I have no idea what it is, in the least.

It works under Windows and Mac I believe. That is all.