speaking of libaudioverse, will it be like a dll in c++ that you can include? That's what I assume but I just want be sure.

Yes, I'm bringing this thread back. I made it, so I'm allowed to.

The reason I am bumping this thread back to the top of the forum is simple. I have an announcement to make.

I will admit I haven't gone very far into the Python tutorial recommended to me. Short answer, I got bored. So I started building maps in Tactical Battle that were based on my idea. I haven't gotten too far with them yet either, but I was actually doing something with my world. I was actually interacting with something tangible. That's what inspires me. I can sit here and imagine my eventual goal all I like, but imagining it endlessly does not motivate me to slog through basic programming. It just makes the goal seem farther away.

I was very apprehensive about going into details about the game on the Tactical Battle mailing list after the reception I got here, but I eventually did, and one of the guys on there linked me to this YouTube video, which basically validated my original point in this thread. It's really hard to learn something you're not excited about. I, personally, want to learn to build adventure RPGs similar to the third game in the BGT tutorials. And I, personally, need something tangible to test-run on a regular basis. If there are bugs, I'll learn how to fix them. If it takes me years, so be it. That's not the issue any more. As long as I have something to play that makes my eventual goal that bit more real to me, then I'll be inspired to keep going.

I'm almost sure that, unless anything else comes up, I'm going to start working with BGT again. I like BGT. I liked it when I first got it and I still like it now. I don't need graphics yet. I won't need them until the game's finished. Before then, I won't know exactly what graphics I'll need for the entire game, will I? Maybe I will leave it behind, but at least I'll be building something I enjoy and picking up on skills that will help me in the future while I'm doing it.

That's not to say the Python book hasn't helped me a bit. I need to get into the habit of hand-coding, and that's definitely something I'll be doing. I've been doing it with the TB maps as well. True, the process there is crazy simple, but it still helps.

I'll probably start asking questions over on the BGT forum again soonish. Either that, or I'll build in TB for a bit before getting stuck into proper game things again. My point is that I'm going to learn how to build the game I want to build, and have fun. That's the best motivator in my opinion.

Hi again Imaginatrix, glad to see you again! We'll be happy to answer to all your questions!

I never played to Braillemon, but I'm certain it's doable in BGT if you want any help, feel free to ask if you want to make something similar. But you should really work on the design and the gameplay, if it's bad, your game would just become a "bad braillemon replacement"

Game Maker (which doesn't exists anymore, it has been replaced by Game Maker Studio) isn't accessible, it's true. The main reason is simple, the map editor is graphic

@Genroa: My game's only similarity to Pokémon is that you can explore and you will often be ambushed by others seeking a fight. That's it.
@dhruv: Thanks for the clarification. I wouldn't have gotten it anyways—$800 is far more than I would be willing to pay for something I could get for free that would be accessible.

@Hector: I do indeed have a great deal of the plot laid out in my mind. I was going to write this as a novel series for ten years before I finally got the epiphany about it being far better suited to a game. I'd already been thinking about what a game based on this story would be like (and honestly, it's probably going to be a series of games with all the stuff I've come up with for this world over the years, plus an online version where you can customise your own character and go on unique adventures through the world in question), but with the tools at my fingertips, I now have to start thinking about what keys will do which things. Being that I've been exposed to plenty of console games in the sense that I've been present while my family played them, I had been thinking of my game being one for the XBox or Play Station or something like that. (Ambitious, I know but there you are. That's part of why I was after graphics eventually.) The upside to building it for a computer is you have more keys to work with. The downside is you have more keys to assign or not assign to certain things. I'll work with that once I've finished my refresher course in BGT.

I had considered that previously, yes. I would have to give it some very serious thought before bringing others into the fold, however. Everyone here has their own projects and their own lives, and much as I would appreciate the help, I don't want to give the impression I'm expecting more from the other parties than they could give. I'm also, admittedly, rather paranoid when it comes to my story and its setting, characters and such. I'm a writer first and plagiarism is something I've been wary of since I came online and started posting to writing sites, mostly fanfiction since, as I said, I'm very protective of my original works. I hope none of you take offense at this, and this doesn't mean I'm not going to ask for help. It just means I'd have to think about it very carefully before I did and I'd need to know for sure I could trust the other person/people involved.
That went on a bit, haha.

It's not that I don't want to pay, it's that I can't. Right now. Things might be different further down the road. And people use computers more these days anyhow.

Unfortunately, the only way to keep anyone from plagiarizing your story would be by keeping it to yourself.  However, if you want to protect your story in a way that allows you legal recourse if others plagiarize it, you will want to read up on copyrighting and licensing.  I've also participated in some board game beta testing and the game authors frequently require participaants to sign documents that make them legally liable for sharing information about the game prior to release.  SO those are options you might want to consider as well if you decide you want to create a team to assist you in coding the game design.  However, you are right that when you do want to pull together a team, you will want possibly to interview those people and check up on them to make sure they are the type of people who would be willing to follow whatever requirements you set for the project.

Why not learn bgt yourself? I would never use bgt myself, but it could be a good fit for your needs.