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The 2D Game Engine (Scroller, like Pokemon)
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5/6/2005 1:08:00 AM |
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DanDaMan
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My game is a tile based game, where you control a man that walks around the screen. It was created for a school project. Before this project, I had never worked with VB.NET's GDI+ components. This project is created from scratch, and was inspired from http://www.vbprogramming.8k.com/tutorials/RPGProgramming.htm . Since VB.NET is relatively new, there are very few games for it. I found it quite difficult to create something with almost no other sources. I hope you enjoy and learn from this code, for it was quite difficult to write.
This program does not use external API's like other mini games I have seen. It uses the e.Graphics of a form. This program will teach you how to use classes, how to access a form from a class without creating a new one, and much more!
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Main change is the engine. I created a loop with doevents, invalidate, and sleep, whereas the old program would simply react upon pressing a button.
My game creates a bitmap in memory and prints the smaller tiles all to it, in the correct order and position as the map file shows. Instead of a loop to print each tile seperately every frame, it simply prints this one background once.
Instead of Passable TRUE OR FALSE tiles, I changed the map file to speeds, so that different tiles would make you walk different speeds, ie. tall grass (slower) and a street (faster).
Some smaller changes...
I would still like to thank the tutorials at vbprogramming (see link in text above). This code is not copy-pasted. It is created from scratch upon the ideas of another programmer.
Please vote! Thanks!!
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 5/6/2005 2:39:13 AM: DanDaMan
Please feel free to comment and/or vote!
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5/7/2005 1:50:07 PM: Xeon Productions
This code is pretty cool, I found a bug, if you go diagnal, you can somehow set the collision of the map off base....and walk thought certain tiles and other strange effects.
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5/8/2005 11:59:21 AM: joejoe
Nice work !
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5/8/2005 10:00:25 PM: DanDaMan
Hmm, Xeon. I'll take a look into it. Thanks!
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5/9/2005 10:53:26 AM: Syed Muhammad Fahad
Nice work... Keep it up!
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5/11/2005 7:13:12 AM: Comander()
i liked the idea so am gonna give ya 5
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5/18/2005 9:26:01 PM: VisionForce
Marvelous work, dan ol' boy! I do feel inspired by your work. I believe I shall have to make an engine of my own (don't worry, I shall not copy yours). I do think I shall make mine more like a "Game Maker" though. It should probably run off of four files for each game made. A game file, levels file, collision file, and AI file... all that rot. Oh, this shall be jolly fun! Be on the lookout for it; I shall call it "RPG Engine". Anyway, 5 "circles" from me, mate!
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5/20/2005 12:53:57 AM: DanDaMan
Thanks! Glad to help. Much of the coding was self inspired because there are barely any games in VB.NET that actually use its advancements
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5/25/2005 11:52:56 AM: VisionForce
I've pretty well neary finished my RPG Engine, but I'm waiting 'til next month to upload so that they're won't be any competition between us ;-) You have the coolest game, mate!
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5/25/2005 11:53:50 AM: VisionForce
there not they're* lol
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5/25/2005 10:18:00 PM: DanDaMan
Hehe. Thanks! Cant wait to see your RPG engine!
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7/4/2005 2:11:46 PM: VisionForce
RPG Engine was released here in the .NET section. (you were the first to know) ;-)
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10/17/2005 12:29:55 AM: Matthew D. Cummings
I cant get the guy to move in the finel exsample. The original works fine thou, any sugesstions. He does turn, but doesn't move to another square.
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12/27/2007 12:28:19 PM: Sangre
This code is alone a sample, no engine but i appraise your animus. Study up, go.....go....
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12/27/2007 12:34:02 PM: Sangre
Upgrade your work with bug fixed and better him. Come....the user is not contents? fight it.
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2/19/2008 4:24:45 AM: Vatec
It's nice but it has some bugs... :S
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