How can I create a game of my own?

[Dabomb18359]

Yea. That kinda says it. I was wondering how to make a game or so. I know there are some programs like RPG creator but maybe ya'll know of others.

1. I want it to just do what I would like to do.
2. I would like it to be fairly simple (obviously) if possible.

I would like to make a game with multiple good guys with superpowers (teleportation, the like, you know the superpowers I'm talking about whatever works) and a bunch of bad guys. If you have ever played Age of Empires 2 (also Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds) those are very good if anything is like them.

Any suggestions are appreciated. I don't know of any C++ stuff but maybe if it's easy to learn, I don't know, you tell me.

Also, I'm not a good artist so images already made if I could swap them would be good. Thanks! I will also post this in All other games since this can go both ways. Thanks!

 

[CruddyLeper]

Start slow. I'd look at a game with lots of mods and a developer kit - see how other people tweak a game.

That'll give you an idea of just what sort of complexity you're talking about.

 

[stormbind]

It's not so much the languages, but the APIs that are time consuming to learn.

A good tutorial will have the fundamental elements of any programming language covered in a few hours (a bad tutorial will just leave you confused).

With that you can write simple programs but nothing like the complexity you are talking about.

Your program sends messages to an API which renders the information. You setup a message loop for each API (for which you will again need tutorials) and then you use reference material (build a library) to learn all the different possible messages - that could take years!

Some freely available game engines exist (i.e. Unreal) which have 90% of the work already done for you. I have seen 3D strategy games similar to Civilization based on Unreal so it is a very adaptable solution. You still need to write 10% of it yourself but it will reduce years to perhaps months - if you are dedicated and have nothing else to do

IMO, O'Reilly publish the best books. I have never read it, but would trust Learning C++. I have been a programmer for some time but will be reading Learning Python before starting on Civ4 modifications, which I think proves I have faith in the publisher. You should buy one of these regardless: a programming skill is extremely valuable and will save you a lot of time in the long run (no matter what work you do).