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Re: How Do Make a 2D Side Scroller? (My First Game)

aurelious — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:05:10 GMT

Help me how to do this as wel im making a 2D side scroller kinda like tomba ! (or tombi in japan)

Re: How Do Make a 2D Side Scroller? (My First Game)

aurelious — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:29:39 GMT

Hello,

hi i am also new at this... im trying to make a game similar to tomba (or tombi as in japan) but i really need help creating the 2D characters and the 2D enviorments for my characters... but i still needs sum programming lessons.

Re: How Do Make a 2D Side Scroller? (My Fisrt Game)

ShadowLegion88 — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:37:32 GMT

what sure for level design

Re: How Do Make a 2D Side Scroller? (My Fisrt Game)

ShadowLegion88 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:42:20 GMT

What should i used to make Levels or maps? and how would i make them destructible

Re: How Do Make a 2D Side Scroller? (My Fisrt Game)

Marshall Hayes — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:40:01 GMT

Good thinking. Start with smaller projects to help learn the basics of the language itself. If you dive right in and try to worry about everything (art, sound, music, design, etc) you'll feel overwhelmed and discouraged.

It's when we take things one small step at a time that we find fast paced advances.

~Marshall

Re: How Do Make a 2D Side Scroller? (My Fisrt Game)

ShadowLegion88 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:02:09 GMT

Im kind of in it by my self so im going to have alot of work to do and i knew it would take a while so i guess ill work on it for a year then enter it in next years contest that will give me time to work on it and improve on it

Re: How Do Make a 2D Side Scroller? (My Fisrt Game)

kewlniss — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:27:25 GMT

First of all, welcome to the community. Creating games can be very exciting!

Secondly, for this particular platform there are certain skill sets that are required.

1. You must have a decent understanding of programming and specifically in C#

2. You either need someone who can create art assets for you, or have the skill set to create these assets in a 2D paint program like Photoshop, Expression Design, Paint Shop Pro, etc.

3. If you want to create 3D characters and export them as a 2D sprite, you (or someone on your team) will need to understand how to use a 3D program such as XSI Mod Tool, 3D Studio Max, trueSpace, Maya, MilkShape, Blender, etc.

4. If you want music and sounds you will need to either find a musician or use software to create music like Sonar, Sony Acid, Super Duper Music Looper, etc (My knowledge on these is extremely limited, probably much better choices). You can also find public domain sound files on the web.

5. You need some sort of "Game Design" skillset such as creating a story, determining difficultly level and how that should increase over time. What the goal of the game is. How do you reward the player to keep them interested and whole host of other things to think of.

6. You need to understand the XNA Framework (XNA Game Studio). There are a lot of resources online and in book form on this subject. Most won't do you much good until you get #1 (learning C#) on this list nailed down though. This framework does a LOT of heavy lifting for you compared to how things used to be done. However, it still takes programming skills to get things done.

I certainly hope the above list does not discourage you. It is a lot of work - making games takes a lot of work - but being able to play something (and have your friends play something) that you made is pretty cool. So if you really have a desire to make a 2D side scroller, don't let anything stand in your way and start learning C# and then move to learn XNA Game Studio while gaining knowledge in the other areas mentioned (2d art, 3d art, sound, music, game design).

Good luck and Happy Learning!

Chad

How Do Make a 2D Side Scroller? (My First Game)

ShadowLegion88 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:33:45 GMT

I wondering how would i make a 2D Stealth action side scroller shooter with 3D Models( if its possible) and what programs should i use, i am not sure what programs should i used for the animations, Models, and level designs? I have drawings of the characters (not very good), drawings of a few levels and, Some of the Weapons. I would appreciate if anyone could help me out with some info and by the way this is my first Game.