Dune1 recreation

[vidiware]

Do anyone know how i should make the engine?

I want to use visual basic or delphi

[Caid Ivik]

You were making one RPG, I think. Use that engine.

[vidiware]

well that wasnt really an engine...

and i want that picture -> next picture engine

[Apollyon]

hmm

I would probly say VB but thats only because its easier to get help/assistance if you encounter problem.

[Frodo]

yes, i know cyborg knows vb really well, we are making a game using it, go to www.cyborgstudios.cjb.net, in about 3 days, cyborgstudios.com, to see The Eye of Sauron, a LOTR RPG. Timenn also knows Delphi really well, he made Modswapper using it I believe, so either way, you could find some help. But VB would probably be best.

[vidiware]

to get programmin knownledge isnt my problem... i have a lot of skiled friends and contacts.

But i was wondering how i could start building up a picture -> picture engine as in dune1

[stefanhendriks]

actually i would say use C++ to program games. VB aint really made for creating games as far as i know.

A picture->next picture engine would not be hard to make. You need some engine which can read in a 'state'. Each state has a picture (which will be shown on the screen) and some other elements, like characters, text, what is clickable , what is not, etc.

[vidiware]

do you mean i have to make x background pictures and a movement variable...

the pics have name from a1 to h8 for example... and then its readin the right background picture?

Nice and easy if you could tell me how to load pictures in c++ ;D

Thanks for the tips

[Caid Ivik]

So, you can make it in HTML easily, I've found this interesting HTML game (actually it's a strategy):

http://www.animetheme.com/games/eva_prepare.html

[vidiware]

nah...

thanks for the tips. but i want to make a executable program...

And i think it was made in XML.. much more advanced than HTML

sorry

[stefanhendriks]

well, i use Allegro as a game library. You can draw a picture like this:

draw_sprite(screen, my_picture, 0,0);

thats a very easy way of doing it. There are several ways of doing the same thing with Allegro (like blitting).

www.allegro.cc for an allegro community and info (you can find a link to the allegro website itself there aswell).