Games Programming

I'm curious to know if anyone here does games programming or planning, any sort. I'm currently involved in some game design and coding for MUDs and I think it'd be neat to discuss and share ideas here.

I have only done games in vb 6.0 but would like to know more about muds

Well, I tried creating a game about 3 years ago, i've used a software though(Game Master Pro 3.5 or something). I did finish it but with lousy graphics and such plus I have to use their DLLs for their games to run... I was not a programmer then, just a video game junkie that wanted to make his own game.

I'm a game programmer but have not yet been able to break into an A list game. I was working for Sierra most recently which was my big break then they shut down the studio lol. Just my luck. Now I'm back making casual games. But it's actually pretty cool because I have so much ownership and design control over everything. Plus, if the game I'm working on sucks, I'll have a new one in a few months.Our final project for one of my intro programming classes was a MUD of sorts. I think mine turned out pretty neat for not really knowing much in the way of programming.

p0e35: MUD stands for multi-user dungeons; it's an online text-based game and most of them are free and open to the public (you can get a listing at http://www.mudconnect.com/). practically all of the MUDs out there are based on themes like medieval, modern, space, or based on movies/tv serieses like LOTR, star wars, avp, etc.

helix: wow that sounds tough for an intro programming class...?

I was working for Sierra most recently which was my big break then they shut down the studio lol.

darn :/
what sort of casual games do you make?


one of the sites for MUD developers that ranks high on my list is mudmagic.com. a lot of codebase and game design discussion goes on there. you might even be able to get ideas there for your game even if it's not a MUD.

i've made some simple games with a DOS game creation program called 'Megazeux' (based on ZZT) as well as with a program called 'Klik And Play'. Some of my friends are making simple games in Flash so i am considering starting to make games in flash (i currently only use flash for programming)

I'm working at WildTangent now and our games cover a number of different genres. I'm currently doing a word game and my next game will be a tycoon style game. Ideally I'd do some arcade style game as those are by far the coolest and most fun to make. We also make racing games so that would be fun...

do u guys maybe know wut program i could use to make games for like website, and is good for begginers?????????

do u guys maybe know wut program i could use to make games for like website, and is good for begginers?????????

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I would use flash like you said. There are TONS of tutorials online. Java would be another option but not necessarily good for beginners.

dissipate: Hello there,

 

I am almost always involved with game design and planning. I am currently a student at Digipen and we don't have time for much else other than that. I have a text game project aproaching next semester and am hoping to convince my team to tackle a dungeon & dragon style command line parser text game. We all have our fair share in what goes into our games, but for my current team I am the technical director, so I'm pretty much happy coding what ever project we decide on, since I get to be in charge of making sure our code is superb.

 

MUD's can be very fun. Back when I was learning C I took on a side project to create a single command parder text game that plays like a single player mud. It turned out very well as a learning experience and allowed me to apply much of what I had learned.

 

Which MUD's do you code for currently? Are you doing the coding in a scripting language developed for those MUDS or using some sort of other language?

 

wannabeeaweak: Programs for making games for websites. This could be a possibly controversial subject. Many will argue that flash is by far superior, while others will argue that java is. Me, I think any tool is suitable if your comfortable with it. You can even forgo both and use plain html to make a game. It depends on how creative you wish to be. Using a database and php you can create a game similar to Kings of Chaos.

 

Web Game Builder - Tutorials and other resources for designing web and online games.

 

Flash Advisor - This place has some handy information for developing games in flash.

 

Flash MX Trial - And of course, you will need the ability to design in flash if you want to make flash games.

 

Java Boutique - This place offers tutorials on how to program with java, including designing and making some games. It also has a lot of nice samples to view.

 

I hope this has been helpful for you to find what you were looking for.

awesome, i didn't know there were so many games programmers around!

my next game will be a tycoon style game

sweet. i quite enjoyed some of the games in the tycoon series.
speedi: heya. i did a bit of coding for adesa and i'm working with a couple of friends on a new codebase that uses sql instead of flat files. i'm code in C for both. would be interested to know how your D&D game turns out

I use a program called Game maker https://www.yoyogames.com/ its okay and really well supported, maybe you should try it, it can be compiled to EXE from its own gmd format and has lots of dll's amd best of all its free for use.

i'm a wannabe! i study in a course relate to this... 1 and a half year more to graduation... make 2 game though... 1 is an pac man the other is an action rpg which i rushed overnight... lucky to get a good grade... well... i do both in macromedia director... i really like macromedia director... u are just messing with its property to get it work... the graphic wise was good becuz i took it from the web... (megaman x4's zero sprites) i love those library and sprites idea... makes everything so easy to use... u all shld try it...

In 4th semester I had a project of Game pack..we 3 members amde a game pack of 6 games... I was leading it :)I made two games scrabble and Luddo... we got 2nd prize in uni :)made all games In VBany if u want those

i also made some games in C++ but in graphice mode i made only 1 game thats " Da Ghin Sar " ...... check it out & rate me guys please ...