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[martin509]

Hello, I am looking to make games, but all this super-complex code is way over my head.
Still, I want a game engine. No. Lots of them.
Also, on the standard PC if you can.
Here is my petulant "I want games!" shopping list:
RPG engine
-fairly self explanatory
-top down, Zelda style
-multiple maps with doorways to each
-maps determined by external file(s)
-easy addition of melee and ranged weapons

Arkanoid Engine
-arkanoid was breakout with power ups, essentially
-map making
-powerup addition

Shooter Engine
Top-down shooter engine.
-maps, power-ups, yadda yadda.
-enemy types

So, why not make it?
If you can't make an engine, try to direct me to one if you know of it.
Thank you, I think we all need this sort of thing.

[Kingdaro]

You could probably make all of those using Game Maker.
http://yoyogames.com/gamemaker/studio

Older version:
http://yoyogames.com/gamemaker/windows

[martin509]

Pardon me, Computercraft Game Engines.
Game Maker is wonderful, though.
Wait.. Game Maker.. CC..
I just blew my own mind.

[Dlcruz129]

For the record, I can't stand game maker. To me, it's always been a "kiddie" way to make games. They're currently selling one of the editions of game maker for $400, when for free I could download something like Java, C, or C++ and have much more control over my games. Just my two cents.

[ardera]

There is an RPG Engine, but I don't know whose it is...

[Dlcruz129]

ardera, on 02 March 2013 - 08:37 PM, said:

There is an RPG Engine, but I don't know whose it is...

RPG Maker VX Ace by Enterbrain. I remember that one, it was quite fun. However, it requires translation as it is in Japanese.

[Kingdaro]

Dlcruz129, on 02 March 2013 - 06:55 PM, said:

For the record, I can't stand game maker. To me, it's always been a "kiddie" way to make games. They're currently selling one of the editions of game maker for $400, when for free I could download something like Java, C, or C++ and have much more control over my games. Just my two cents. />/>

Regardless of how "kiddie" it is, the OP states:

martin509, on 02 March 2013 - 04:11 PM, said:

but all this super-complex code is way over my head.

and I wouldn't have mentioned Game Maker otherwise, because I personally hate it as much as you do. You have to put something in to get something out, and to get a great game, you either put in patience, or money. That's how it is in this day and age.

[ETHANATOR360]

ardera, on 02 March 2013 - 08:37 PM, said:

There is an RPG Engine, but I don't know whose it is...

also nitrogen fingers has one

[Kingdaro]

Remember guys, he's asking for engines, not frameworks.

IIRC, and don't quote me on this, Engines are basically already games or demoes and you just have to edit/add your code to it to fit whatever idea you might have. Frameworks are basically APIs - a set of functions that help you do what you want while you're actually creating the game. The difference is Engines already have the foundation, while Frameworks/APIs are there to help you build the fountation, and everything else.

Again, don't quote me on this, this is just what I've learned and assumed over the years.

[ETHANATOR360]

Nitrogens Rpg engine is an engine it just uses tables loaded from a file