Creating your own video game – Part 1

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:53:15 +0000

Creating your own video game is a fantasy many people think about. And it is possible! From full scale role playing games to click-on-the-answer type programs, it is possible and I’m here to tell you how you can easily get involved and make some beautiful games.

One of the first things you need to do when you want to make a game is to find out how you are going to do it. Now, now not everybody wants to learn how to right a full scale program or code and so many programs allow you to do this in a simple drag-and-click format. One of the best programs for this is Game Maker. Game Maker is free to the public and comes with loads of pictures and tutorials that help you make your own game. It means that you can create a game in under half an hour and still have it look good and plus have some excellent game play.

I myself have my own Game Maker program and have successfully made some excellent games with a minimum effort.

After you have acquired a game-making program (like Game Maker or Neverwinter Nights creation software, I have mentioned where you can find some programs below) you need to get a basic understanding of how a game works, when should you change level, what kind of game do you want, have you got instructions, can other people understand the game as well as you etc! When it comes to this stage allot of it comes to trial and error and comparison. Does the opening part of your game attract the user? Do you explain how to play? Some of the best ways to test this is to get some one to play it, even before the whole game is finished. But, you may ask, how do I know what I should include in the game? One of the best ways to learn about game design etc is to play other games.

When you play another game, analyze how it works, does it get harder as the game goes on, to they have a menu that lets you access help? The best way to learn about games is to play them. Another way to find out about game design is to use some of the tutorials available on-line, the Game Maker homepage has stacks of easy to use tutorials readily available 24-7!

Now after you’ve supposedly ‘finished’ a game, it is not a bad idea to play it through a couple of times to make sure it runs the way you want it to. Then, let some of your family and friends play it and take in their opinions it may be to hard for them (remember you’ve made it and so your probably going to be pretty good at it so make sure you don’t under estimate the difficulty level) and so you may have to add some easier levels or tasks. Then, once it’s all finished, advertise it! Tell people about it, put it on a few CD’s and lend them to people, after all games are meant to be played!

Hope this helps

Here is the Game Maker website, it’s really good and I encourage people to check it out:

www.gamemaker.com.au

or go to google and type:

Game Maker

and you’ll find it sooner or later!

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Creating your own video game – Part 1