hi,
this sounds like my kinda game.
i'll run a google search on the name and see what comes up.
you never know.
thanks for the info aaron
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believe me dark, i've been looking.
the number of times on week-ends that i've ran google searches on the subject and been disappointed, well you get the point.
i think that aside from www.ffproject.com and sryth there aren't any.
i regularly check up on whitestick.co.uk to see if there are any new games but for the past 4 months there hasn't been any new admitions that have interested me.
i'm still looking and as soon as i find one i'll post it straight away, but until then it's back to sryth.
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yeah, to be honest there have been several instances this year where i've wished that i had to knowledge to develop games or write a web based rpg, i've gotten that borred.
i've got so many great ideas for games but i can't put them into .exe form without the knowledge of programming languages.

you wouldn't know how i should start off learning would you? which is the easiest language.
i'd only really want to make side scrollers but with much more detail, sort of a super mario style.
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hi,
i'm not sure but i think i've found it.
i did a google search and found this website, aaron, have a look at this, i think it's right.
www.rdxgames.net/projects/wrathlands/index.htm
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Right, the exact page is:

http://www.rdxgames.net/projects/wrathlands/index.html

Interestingly enough, there seem to be video tutorials about how the game was created, which might help people trying to write text Rpg's.

I've downloaded the game and given it a try, but unfortunately, the old man thing seems to be a bug, sinse whatever you type he just keeps asking you to make an offer ----- even when I had 200 coins and offered him all of them.

Unfortunately, this Ryan chap who wrote the game ddidn't seem to include his E-mail address in the readme, and the forums on the site appear to be locked, and the only E-mail address there seems to be that of the creator of the programming language, as opposed to the writer of the game, and I don't know if mailing him/her would help. I assume this is just a game bug. the rest of the game does look vaguely interesting, though the writing style does seem a litle symplistic Imho.

it does have his e-mail address in the read me. the address is:
[email protected]

not exactly slow down, it just seems hell bent on saying every word with 3 second pauses inbetween.
i can't really describe it.

well, i tried going through it line by line, but for some reason i can't find it.
the only way i can even play is to let window eyes get it automatically like it's a dialogue box.
never mind, i'll find a way sooner or later.
best regards

there are a total of 15 quests. by the way. how do you get to those quests. just go to that location?

Hi, this is a note from the developer, of world of legends. I recently just made another post (world of legends - notes from the developer), please look at that one, for more information on your troubles, and stuff like that.

one more thing, what is windows eyes???

one more thing, why is it, that windows eyes reads the text from my game so slowly??? My guess, is that because it's in a dos screen, and it's not like you can directly select the text.

Anyway, yes, world of legends will fit greatly into the text game market, and it is one of my best games, that I have ever created. It had taken me 5 months to create something like this. Also, world of legends is not like any other kind of text game. Rather, it is special. You see, most text games I don't enjoy playing, because they are rather boring, being coded in BASIC and all, and they are just too generic. Plus, they attempt gaming in old style, and are outdated. The creators of these old text games, want to try to make it fancy with all that weird ASCII text and all, which I think is just ridiculous, especially when it's dos. Text is not meant to be used as graphics, and it never should be. In fact, a text game does not need to be fancy, to succeed in the market. What really counts, is the gameplay. And, plus, texts games with those font graphics will never succeed in the real game industry.

hey archer, i think i got your solution. You can create games with game engines, however, they are usually limited, and you have to buy them. Also, they require scripting languages.

I have tried many game engines before, and, to tell you the truth, they really aren't that good. It's really just a bunch of confusing stuff that you gotta understand, and I think programming languages are better off, with creating games. You can learn BASIC, but that is kinda outdated. Plus, then, your games will only be in dos mode.

I am learning more of the c++ programming language, although i am already, an advanced c++ programmer. I will also be learning to make 2D RPG's and things like that, with DirectX, soon.

Anyway, c++ was made for professional programming, so I don't know if it will be the best choice for you. However, if you are serious about programming, and I don't mean just learning programming languages, just to make games, then learn c++, and you will be well off. From that point on, learn SDL, as it is possibly the easiest yet powerful api, that you can use.

Hope that helped,

-Ryan