Ultimate RPG help

[MLDKF]

I need help with making an RPG. I have the ideas down for what I want in, but I don't know where to start. Can someone help me out with this?

[Dr. Freeman]

It really depends which program you're willing to use. I can't quite give advice (Or not if I don't know the program) if I don't know what program you're making the game with.

[MLDKF]

That's the first problem I have. I don't know which program to use. Not to mention, I want one that's gonna allow the imput of other sprites since some of the characters will not be humanoid.

[Trollman]

You can use RPG Maker XP

[MLDKF]

Is it free?

[Dr. Freeman]

No, it's not.

[MLDKF]

Then that's out.

[Hallan Parva]

Making an RPG isn't just some thing you can do on a weekend. No, it requires a lot of time, energy, and dedication for your poorly cobbled-together shamble of dungeons to even see the light of day as a mere BETA, let alone a full release. Heaven help you if you don't stick with an RPG Maker engine from Enterbrain, since that also means you'll be doing a lot of the background "gruntwork" like sprite collision, damage calculation, stat databases, and battle systems from scratch.

If you thought this was going to be easy I suggest you stop while you still can, but if you're really THAT determined then I'm all for it, more power to you. Trust me, I should know, what with MY game still not even HALF finished after three years...

[MLDKF]

Making an RPG isn't just some thing you can do on a weekend. No, it requires a lot of time, energy, and dedication for your poorly cobbled-together shamble of dungeons to even see the light of day as a mere BETA, let alone a full release. Heaven help you if you don't stick with an RPG Maker engine from Enterbrain, since that also means you'll be doing a lot of the background "gruntwork" like sprite collision, damage calculation, stat databases, and battle systems from scratch.

If you thought this was going to be easy I suggest you stop while you still can, but if you're really THAT determined then I'm all for it, more power to you. Trust me, I should know, what with MY game still not even HALF finished after three years...

It wasn't gonna be an actual game release. Just some fan release for fun.

[Hallan Parva]

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I don't care what you're doing, even a silly little whatever is going to take SOME time unless you're fine with it looking like garbage.

If you're not willing to invest some time in the project then it's not going to turn out nicely, end of story.

[MLDKF]

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I don't care what you're doing, even a silly little whatever is going to take SOME time unless you're fine with it looking like garbage.

If you're not willing to invest some time in the project then it's not going to turn out nicely, end of story.

And you just saying what I already know isn't helping

[PressStart]

http://www.byond.com/

Byond is one free alternative for making an RPG game. Byond games are kind of slow and clunky, but it'll let you do online play real easy like if you wanted to.

edit: Also, can you draw or sprite? If you post something visual, I'm sure more people would come to your aid.

[MLDKF]

http://www.byond.com/

Byond is one free alternative for making an RPG game. Byond games are kind of slow and clunky, but it'll let you do online play real easy like if you wanted to.

edit: Also, can you draw or sprite? If you post something visual, I'm sure more people would come to your aid.

Thanks for the link. And no, I have no clue how to do drawings or sprites. I can attempt, but that'll probably just end in horriffic failure

[PressStart]

Gotta start somewhere! At the very least, maybe there's an already existing picture or piece of art that kind of conveys a similar idea for what you wanna do (like if I wanted to make a game where you play as dinosaurs, I'd post a shot from Jurassic Park).

[Dr. Freeman]

I'm curious, how do you plan to make a game when you lack sprites, and a program that you can actually make the game with.
Ideas are great and all, but you should at least get your program so it would be easier to give advice and such.