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That's a little vague there. Can you elaborate? What specific elements do you need help with?

Harakou wrote:

That's a little vague there. Can you elaborate? What specific elements do you need help with?

i just need 2 know how 2 do it
4 instance, a maze game. Hoe would i set it up? and if i were 2 do 1 where i play characters in a story setting, how would i do that?
thnx again

MoreGamesNow wrote:

The best advice I can give you is simply this: do it step-by-step.  The first thing I would do make your character, and get him/her moving around (assuming it isn't a point/click game).

Then develop their powers/attacks/abilities.  Make variables for attributes like "strength", "accuracy" ,etc.  Making one enemy to be your test subject can help.  After you get one successful enemy, copy it and modify to make additional enemies.

Hope this helps, I've never made an RPG

But I make platformers step-by-step too like this:

A) Make a simple arena with one wall and one floor
B) Make your character interact correctly with the wall and floor
C) Polish up movement/walls.  Bad movement right now will lead to glitches like moving through walls or getting stuck in them
D) Elaborate off this basic structure, make levels

thnx

The question you've asked is very broad... There's no easy way to describe it. Essentially, just go off of what you think you should be doing - but I'm afraid your question is so broad I can't help you.

imnotbob wrote:

coolstuff wrote:

The question you've asked is very broad... There's no easy way to describe it. Essentially, just go off of what you think you should be doing - but I'm afraid your question is so broad I can't help you.

I mean, like a maze or basing off a story. I mainly want to know how to make things dis/reappear, make lives go down, and better controls. thnx

Aha, that I can help you with.

To make things disappear and reappear, simply use the "hide" and "show" blocks.

To change your health level, simply use a variable - if you get hit or whatever, just lower the variable, and if you get medicine, raise the variable.

Better controls are purely a result of experimentation. Just put a few blocks together and test out the controls. If you think there's something that should be changed, change it and go back again. It's pretty simple, actually.

imnotbob wrote:

kayybee wrote:

so you need a guide from making an rpg with nothing right now, right? or do you have something already made?

I can guide you through it, if you want, but unless you just want tips or just want to know how to do a specific thing.

btw, your rpg will not be very long, because scratch's 10MB limit. doubt you'll get there, but just a heads up.

i want to know mostly how 2 do it based off of a story. i want 2 know how 2 make characters based off of something and doing that action.
thnx!

what have you gotten so far? what is your storyline?

To be honest, there are many ways to make an RPG. Some may be harder than others. But in general, they are all hard.    Making an RPG requires movement, battle system, experience, monsters, quests, and many other things, and all can be done many ways as well. Now, first you need to make a plan on how it's going to run, will it be a top-down view like The Legend of Zelda or a side view like Maple Story ( or whatever those games are    )? You'll need to make character movement, collisions with walls, or other things you don't want people to get through. Then you'll need to do the same for monsters, then allow battling, then everything else is up to you. You get to make your quests, battle moves/attacks, weapons, abilities, places, buildings, etc. It isn't an easy task, so if you get stuck somewhere, wait a bit, do some searching on how to do it, then go work on it again. Good luck! 

If you're wondering about save features, then i can help.
First, make # variables     #=the number of stuff you want the game to save
Second, DO NOT ADD WHEN GREEN FLAG CLICKED SET VARIABLE TO 0!!!
Third, At a save point, set your variable to something
Fourth, Make your project
Fifth, Type, Download for Save Features so that people know that they have to download to save

DONE!!!

KT-R-BOT___ wrote:

If you're wondering about save features, then i can help.
First, make # variables     #=the number of stuff you want the game to save
Second, DO NOT ADD WHEN GREEN FLAG CLICKED SET VARIABLE TO 0!!!
Third, At a save point, set your variable to something
Fourth, Make your project
Fifth, Type, Download for Save Features so that people know that they have to download to save

DONE!!!

thnx

thanks weirdF

Check this RPG I made out and download it, I added comments showing how to make it.

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/calstin898/1577427

Last edited by calstin898 (2011-02-05 17:11:24)

Harakou wrote:

That's a little vague there. Can you elaborate? What specific elements do you need help with?

Basically everything

moving, click-interaction, talking, dying, music turning on and off, etc.