Role playing game. A game where the player assumes a character or role, that evolves through story or character development.
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MVC pattern for turn-based RPG
I'd like to make a 2D game in Java using the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern, but I have some issues concerning the battles.
There are two groups of characters in each battle: heroes and ...
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Web based text Rpg in c# [closed]
Okay, so me and some people are going to be creating a text based rpg that focuses on a nice story to get people hooked, while including some Rpg elements such as skills, equipment and such.
Now I ...
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Working principle of an RPG map
I am currently thinking of building a basic browser-based 2D(that would eventually become 2.5D) RPG. I have planned everything and I think that would be able to accomplish the current goals, but it ...
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How Does Ultima 7 manage different floors in 2d
In U7, you can move among floors without the function "tranport" the player to another place, as for example the first ff ones.
How can it tell whenever the character is moving from floor z to ...
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Inventory Grid Detection
I'm working on creating an inventory system for a game. The inventory system will use cells and 2D images to represent items, like Minecraft, Diablo, or WoW. I've hit a bit of a snag when trying to ...
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RPG Chance to Dodge formula
A friend and I are trying to develop a “chance to dodge” formula that will scale from level 1-1000. I would like to see if one formula can be utilized, using a difference ratio between Character A’s ...
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How should we determine which portions of the game to develop first?
We are developing an action RPG and have listed out the following modules/subsystems that we're going to need to make:
HUD(Heads-up Display) System
EXP/Leveling System
Combat and Navigation System
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iOS cocos2d - sprite gets stuck in collision detection
I'm developing a top down game in cocos2d and I have collision code that checks collisions between enemies and the player so that they don't go through each other. The code seems to work but the ...
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RPG game engine. Skill application calculations
Short preface
I am a part of a small team which is entering game development. We're creating a new RPG setting with custom game system and mechanics based on dice rolls. I'm server-side java ...
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Which of these languages: Java, C++, or Python (Pygame) would be most effecient for a 2d rpg game? [closed]
I'm trying to create a 2d rpg game that could be comparable to Realm of Mad God, but would be singleplayer only. I would like to use Pygame but I heard that 1.It's too slow, and 2)It would crash to ...
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Calculating a RPG character's wages based off their attributes?
I am programming a Mafia RPG where you can hire people with attributes. The attributes are the same for everyone, and are ranked from 1 to 10 (although this might change to 1 to 20)
I want to keep ...
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Help with an isometric game engine [closed]
This is my first time posting on stack exchange. I have been programming and generally messing with computers since I was a kid, but now I find myself with a really great idea for a game which I ...
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Tricks in game mechanics to avoid dealing with network lag compensation?
Implementing network lag compensation is hard, how to avoid it?
Maybe it's possible to use tricks and build game mechanics in such a way that lag would be percieved as a non critical or even as a ...
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Pygame 2D Scrolling Map
I have currently a pygame program that stores tiles in a 2d list like
[[1,1,1]
[1,1,1]
[1,1,1]]
where the 1 is a tile object. I have the character centered in the middle of the screen, and I am ...
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Artist looking to create a rpg/pvp/multiplayer app game, know nothing about computers, need expert advice <3 [closed]
MY name is Lennon, I am an artist and am very interested in making a rpg game for the iphone, i was wondering what the process would be, tools i should use, and a price check on everything i might ...
