This should probably go in the Game Ideas forum, but it's completely theoretical, and I don't have anything to show, so

I want to make a moba type game. To start, I'm thinking I'll need three player-controllable characters, each filling one of the generic roles

(Tank, Support, Striker). I have extremely rudimentary knowledge of Python, and don't really know where to start. I know I'm supposed to learn

Object Oriented Programming, but I don't anything about it beyond that OOD includes objects .

As far as goals go for the game,

Characters:

Tank

*Large character that protects allies from powerful attacks

*High HP

*Large Model

*Meat Shield

*Melee attacks that deal decent damage

Support

*More passive

*Buffs Allies

*Moderately damaging projectiles with homing qualities that heal allies

*Squishy( Low HP)

*Reliant on teammates

Striker

*Offensive character with high damage output by low defensive capabilities

*Spammable damage spells

Stage

*Small arena with four walls and possible obstacles

What I need to learn:

-Python

-Model Rendering

-Setting perspective

-Online/Multiplayer Aspects

If anyone could point me in the right direction, I would greatly appreciate it!

Thanks, rabbit

tp9,

Thanks for responding. I think starting on something simpler would be a good idea. I've been trying to follow the tutorial to download Python and Pygame on my computer here-

http://inventwithpython.com/pygame/chapter1.html , but when I get to the page all the files are have "tar ball" on the end. What should I download?

-rabbit

I would start by some really simple code, I like Tic Tac Toe for that. Then create the two players networked example, start by sending strings, as python can get quite complicated with binary data.

As people said, pygame is a great 2D python game library, so it is recomended. I have used during college to a small battleship game, the drawing can be a little tricky at first. There is a very good ebook (which is free), which covers pretty much all you need to know, from newbie to create basic games. You can find it here: http://inventwithpython.com/pygame/chapters/

As for 3D, I have used Panda3D quite a lot before (including in my graduation project), it does have some very nice stuff, I think the physics using bullet is its best feature.
It is far from perfect though... The main problem I had with panda was importing models to it, that was VERY annoying (it uses a model format called egg, that I guess only maya supports, to use with blender you have to export your model to .x, then pray the x to egg converter works). Also, the built-in IA is quite bad, unfortunately. To learn it, the manual is quite good and the forum is very very active, so stick to the form and you can learn quite a lot.

What I need to learn:

-Python

-Model Rendering

-Setting perspective

You might want to add the networking/multiplayer components in there! All you gots is BA in your list. No MO!

There is nothing saying that it needs to be 3D. If you've got the motivation, try some basic ideas (with no multiplayer) in Pygame. I'd think it would be a great way to get your feet wet and a way to build a code library to reuse later.

Thanks for responding, everyone. I got Python and Pygame downloaded today, and I'm working through the ebook ebook recommended by KnolanCross. I'll try to be more careful reading in the future, as well.

@GoCatGo - Yeah, I totally forgot to add multiplayer/ online aspects to that list. However, I do want the final product to be in 3d, as I want the perspective of the the player to be behind and a bit above their character, since that would allow me to do some interesting stuff with the maps, like roofed areas and different elevations.

You should start a lot simpler. I've been programming with Pygame for two years, you can PM me if you have any questions.