Castle Paradox

sicayanami · Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 11 Location: Ft. Smack, AB CA

well i'll be blunt. im new here and im just trying to learn the ropes. i was wondering if anybody out there wouls just give a few word of advice, or anything to help me out...im relly quite lost. i just wanted to try making a game... i have never done that before. hmmm... well thankies! cyas, i hope i get help.
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LeRoy_Leo · Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 11:14 am Post subject:

My advice is to use clean grammar. Capitalize "I"'s and, if you want to, use "," in their appropriate places. It makes your posts easier to read and saves all of our eyes from bleeding. T_T Ouch. Sorry.
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Jack · **the fool** Joined: 30 Jul 2004 Posts: 773

im sure capitalizing I's and using the correct usage for ","s isn't really going to help her make an RPG.

if you've downloaded custom from hamsterrepublic.com there should be a "How to" file inside of it to help you learn the basics. there's also a plotscripting tutorial in there as well.

we're just here in case you come into any problems when making a game, or if you want to see if your ideas are any good.

and definately DON'T be a newb about anything; if your gonna do something here try and atleast be serious about it.
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LeRoy_Leo · Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 1:26 pm Post subject:

Oh. You need advice in the OHR? I thought you wanted advice on how to get along on this forum.

Moogle1 · Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 1:36 pm Post subject:

Actually, a lot of people don't use capitalization. Rinku comes to mind. Grammar's always a plus, though, and good spelling doesn't hurt.

You're probably looking for design advice, though, in which case I suggest you play highly-rated games of the type you're looking to make (both OHR and commercial). Figure out what makes them good and what you can adapt to make a good game of your own.
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Setu_Firestorm · Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 2:42 pm Post subject:

/me hops in his not-real plow truck and moves the topic off the road into a more appropriate place
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TMC · Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 8:54 pm Post subject:

If you want learn the engine: Yes, the best thing you should do is to work through the howto. Note that it's a little outdated though, so some of the menu names and instructions may be wrong.
Next, ask any questions that you might have on the Helpme board

If you want to learn to make game: Yes, listen to the advice above: play other games, analyze them, read reviews to see where other games went wrong, plan and design your games before starting, release a couple serious ones, and then try and get them reviewed and take the review into consideration.
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Ssalamanderr · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 11:40 am Post subject:

PLAN YOUR GAME AHEAD OF TIME!!

You have no idea how much time and effort this saves. Try to get at least a rough outline of the story, gameplay, maps, characters, etc.

This may help: http://rinku.castleparadox.com/Septa/ohrmonthly/0701designa.html
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no_shot · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 12:19 pm Post subject:

"trying to get on my feet here"

you're trying to get on your feet everywhere. (see i don't use capitalization either or proper punctuation or sentence structure and look how successful i am!)
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Setu_Firestorm · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 1:31 pm Post subject:

Well, one thing I'd recommend is playing Wandering Hamster, as that game is for the purpose of showing what OHR can do.

Now that I've said that, I oughtta hit myself, because I never learned a darn thing from WH. XP

All I can say is, Start Small. Everyone, myself included, when we started out with OHR at first, wanted to start big, and found out that you have to start from the bottom to climb up top.
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