PURE NEWBIE WITH A SPECIFIC GOAL

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Hello Everyone,

I don't know much about anything regarding game design. However, I recently started playing some isometric RPGs on android with cute, simple graphics that are very appealing to me (Pixel Dungeon, Inflation RPG, Throwing Weapons RPG).

I'm wondering how I would go about making such a game.

I heard that Unity 3D could provide the graphics for such a game. Though, I suppose I would have to assemble the mechanics myself..

How would I go about making a game like these as a smart phone app?
Is there a specific programming language I would need to learn?
Is there some kind of specialized set of programming necessary for these sort of games, or would I have to be some kind of expert programmer?

Thanks!

Josh
pianotm
The TM is for Totally Magical.
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I'm not really into the smartphone stuff, but you want Flash or Java. If you're a beginner, you're not ready for Unity. Feel free to download the freeware version of it and start practicing, the best way to learn, but don't expect to produce anything for a long time. Also, don't frustrate yourself with it. Get some some simpler engines to work with. Flash and Java are good programming languages for beginners, and if you're only interested in smartphone apps, that's probably all you'll really use.

Here's an example of Flash ActionScripting:
package com.example
{
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.display.Sprite;

public class Greeter extends Sprite
{
public function Greeter()
{
var txtHello:TextField = new TextField();
txtHello.text = "Hello World";
addChild(txtHello);
}
}
}

Shit, I wish C were that simple.
Max McGee
with sorrow down past the fence
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There's also uh...this program called rpgmaker...that you might uh...want to look into. I hear good things. : )
LouisCyphre
can't make a bad game if you don't finish any games
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author=Max McGee
...this program called rpgmaker


author=cloud4ge
isometric RPGs on android


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author=LouisCyphre
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GuibD has an isometric script for RPG Maker VX Ace, while I've seen games for regular VX that had isometric view too via scripting.

So it is actually possible to make a cute isometric RPG in RPG Maker. Exporting to Android from a game made in Ace probably isn't far away either, if you go by ppl on RMW.
LockeZ
I'd really like to get rid of LockeZ. His play style is way too unpredictable. He's always like this too. If he ran a country, he'd just kill and imprison people at random until crime stopped.
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They've been saying that for years. Don't trust 'em until it happens.

A pure newbie starting with RPG Maker makes way more sense than a pure newbie starting with Java development on Android though. RPG Maker will let you learn stuff in a more friendly order than Java will. In RPG Maker you pretty much start with a generic default game and work backwards to customize more and more of it, whereas in Flash or Java you start with nothing and have to make all the components and then make them all work together before you can start to see the results.

And let's be honest, the platform of your first two or three games doesn't matter, because no one's gonna want to play them. They're gonna suck donkey balls until you've had more practice.
BizarreMonkey
I'll never change. "Me" is better than your opinion, dummy!
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In our ambitious fellas defense, I moved to RPG maker from a much more Complex 3D game engine (Neverwinter Nights Toolset) but essentially I didn't ask for help. I just found shit myself, worked out what things did, and learned from there.

Part of the fun of developing for me is exploring the twisted vortices of each program.
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