Lord British is the man, but it sucks that U9 was optimized for Glide and not D3D. Big mistake on their part.


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Just cos it''s an RPG, doesn''t mean it has to be massive. You could write a small one that was just set in a single castle or town or spacebase or whatever, and then reuse that engine for your Epic later once you have a decent game done.

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I do agree with the original post. I do see a lot of "I want to make an RPG" posts here on the board, especially among newer programmers.

Actually, I used to be one of those people, then I read

this

changed my whole way of thinking. And I''m glad that I broke the path into smaller steps, because otherwise I might''ve became discouraged and given up. Having one complete and working tetris game is a lot better than having an unfinished RPG sitting on your hard drive.

I think a lot of it comes from the inexperience. These smaller games seem "too easy" to people just starting. And I''m talking in the "what should I make?" phase, not the "I''m making it now" phase. If there''s anything I''ve learned from working on these "easy" games, is that they aren''t really easy at all. And the more I think I know, the more I realize there''s a lot I don''t know.

So my advice to any of you starters out there who want to make an RPG, read the above article. Because I don''t want to see anyone quit from being overwhelmed.

Lucas