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Need advice on "from what should I start"
« on: May 21, 2013, 06:59:48 pm »
Hi, so I have been waiting for SFML 2.0 to be released official and it finally happend.

And I also have more free time so I wanted to make SIMPLE BASE FUNDAMENTS for 2.5D RPG. I know that making full game by yourself is really hard and I don't even want to do it. I would be happy with working 2.5D rendering of world, animation of character and collision system.

Can someone give me advice from where to start? Should I start with 2.5D rendering, taking care of all aspects of view in 2.5D then move on?
What sould I write first?

And is it possible in CSFML 2.0 to handle Unicode characters without using other libraries?


Thanks in advance
« Last Edit: May 21, 2013, 07:15:31 pm by darekg11 »

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AW: Need advice on "from what should I start"
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2013, 07:13:50 pm »
If you've never written any games, I recommend you start with a simpler game idea, like Pong, Breakout, Tetris, etc. so you can get a grasp of what some a project can involve.
From there you should start scratching out, what you actually want. 2.5D RPG can be alot of different things. Make sure you know exactly what you want with the 2.5D stuff.
With written down idea, it's easier to layout a plan and start to split things up in different tasks, which you can check of, thus enabling you to see and nearly more important feel the progress and be able to deal with the loads and loads of work. ;)

Just starting coding and doing stuff will quickly put you into frustration and leave behind quite a mess. But sometimes, with enough pation, dedication and motivation , doable as well.

In both cases, one of the most important things to keep in mind is: Don't fear the refactoring!
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Re: Need advice on "from what should I start"
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2013, 07:16:40 pm »
I wrote already couple of games but I wanted to ask someone with better experience.

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Re: Need advice on "from what should I start"
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2013, 07:18:09 pm »
I wrote already couple of games but I wanted to ask someone with better experience.
Then skip the first line, the rest still applies.

Btw while you're at it, you could also read up on TDD... :D
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Re: Need advice on "from what should I start"
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2013, 07:26:26 pm »
I guess I will start with researching about 2.5D and start from there.

Btw: Never mind question about Unicode, solved already.

For anybody who also looked for Unicode in CSFML:
You need to create array of unsigned integers, fill it with numbers of representing unicode characters (You can find it in on wikipedia) and then use: sfText_setUnicodeString

 

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