Anyone know a good way to start off?

[simple man]

Ive always wanted to make a castle vania type game but rpgm doesnt provide anything like that.Anyone know a good way to start off?

[IRC]

Re: Anyone know a good way to start off?

Game Maker or Flash would be my guess.

Plus technically I don't think this goes here.

[Vonwert]

Re: Anyone know a good way to start off?

I'll let it stay.

You can also do it in RPGMXP, but it would take more work then it would take in Gamemaker.

But I suggest you actually sit down and learn one of the two before you try to attempt it on the first go.

[hitogoroshi]

Re: Anyone know a good way to start off?

It was in Video Games, Von.

[Vonwert]

Re: Anyone know a good way to start off?

Oh, hehe. My bad

[IRC]

Re: Anyone know a good way to start off?

Don't question Vonwert, Hito. It stays!

[Valkysas]

Re: Anyone know a good way to start off?

for future reference, any game creation that doesnt involve RPG Maker goes in the video games forum.

[Dusk Raven]

Re: Anyone know a good way to start off?

Ive always wanted to make a castle vania type game but rpgm doesnt provide anything like that.Anyone know a good way to start off?

Hey, I've been working on a RPGM3 adaptation of Castlevaina for a few weeks now (of course, I have my own story and characters). The enemies weren't too hard: I had skeletons, zombies, ghosts, and even a few Armors. The bosses were a little bit tricky, but I'm getting around that.

For the Castle I just cooked up a bunch of dungeons and connected them by warp points.

Unfortunately, there are no whips In RPGM3, but I don't care (I have my own characters).

EDIT: The hard part was the name (the Castlevania series already has the good names), but for now I'm calling it Half-Moon.

Anything else you want help with?

[ErikaFuzzbottom]

Re: Anyone know a good way to start off?

RPGM1, I assume? Well, to start off, just what sort of Castlevania are you hoping to create? Overhead, or sidescroller? Turn-based, or real-time? Like classic level-by-level Castlevania or the modern Metroidvania?

[IRC]

Re: Anyone know a good way to start off?

for future reference, any game creation that doesnt involve RPG Maker goes in the video games forum.

WHOOOOOOOSH!!!

[Misty]

Re: Anyone know a good way to start off?

All hail the magic powers of the Cow.

[tjoris9]

Re: Anyone know a good way to start off?

Unfortunately, there are no whips In RPGM3, but I don't care (I have my own characters).

Weren't there some Castlevania games w/o whips?

At any rate, if you want to make an RPG with Castlevania elements, RPGMaker is probably the way to go. If you're trying to make a classic Castlevania style game, then flash, Game Maker, or, if you're really ambitious and interested in getting an early start into game development, Visual C# might be options to consider.

Then there's Dark Basic, if you want to make a 3D Catlevania.

[Riotsword]

Re: Anyone know a good way to start off?

Symphony of the Night; Curse of Darkness: CV games w/o whip. In the main game, anyway.

Personally I'd love to be able to make a game with GameMaker but I'm too lazy to even draw sprites unless it's for an RPGM game, for some reason.

[Dusk Raven]

Re: Anyone know a good way to start off?

Symphony of the Night; Curse of Darkness: CV games w/o whip. In the main game, anyway.

Don't forget Portrait of Ruin and the two Sorrow games (Aria and Dawn).
The closest thing in RPGM3 to a whip would be the Naginata.

Personally I'd love to be able to make a game with GameMaker but I'm too lazy to even draw sprites unless it's for an RPGM game, for some reason.

Speaking of which, what is GameMaker, really? Sounds interesting.