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Graphics > Design a Plataform Game

#3794 - t3tsuo - Sun Mar 09, 2003 5:13 am

I've some ideas to start creating some graphics to a plataform game, but i dont know where to start.

Is it better a side scroll or a level plataform game?

#3815 - Lord Graga - Sun Mar 09, 2003 6:09 pm

Well, I once made a 1337 platform demo for the GBA, it is opensource, and you can get it all on my site.

#3829 - t3tsuo - Mon Mar 10, 2003 3:27 am

Tnx, for your url.

But i dont understand a "word" of coding :( I only know how to work with photoshop.

#3847 - Lord Graga - Mon Mar 10, 2003 3:46 pm

Then I would recomend you to read it a little harder, maybe you should try to make some easy stuff for the GBA, like a dot on the screen or a simple tile thingie...look for tutorials, mkay?

#3851 - Saj - Mon Mar 10, 2003 8:39 pm

Hi.

Quote:
But i dont understand a "word" of coding :( I only know how to work with photoshop.


It sounds like you just want to focus on the graphics side of things which is fine because;

1. There are plenty of jobs for graphic artists.
2. Even doing it just as a hobby you'll have loadsa fun!!

but you need to be more clear on what you want...

if you want to improve your game coding skills, check out;
http://www.gbadev.org/docs.php

if you want to know whether to do a side scroller, or a different type of game, you need to play more games to see what you like...(I presume you already have an emulator) so for free homebrew gba stuff try :-
http://64scener.parodius.com/games.htm

if you want to improve your pixel/artistic abilities, try :-
http://gpp.netfirms.com/tutorials/ConvertingArtToSprites.html
or :-
http://pixelation.swoo.net/

Good luck with whichever path you choose...And above all, HAVE FUN!!!

#3862 - t3tsuo - Tue Mar 11, 2003 2:16 am

Hei... tnx for your post.

I'll read all that stuff to learn a bit more... then i'll make some experiences to check if a learn well.

#4182 - spankmonkey1987 - Sat Mar 22, 2003 7:57 pm

http://64scener.parodius.com/games.htm
the link dont work they shut down got any other links for things on those lines

#4201 - Saj - Sun Mar 23, 2003 10:10 am

Absolutely-massive load of free GBA (Public-Domain) games at this site:

http://gameboy.foronlinegames.com/download_gba_roms_pd100.htm

Note : They don't have any commercial stuff, so it's all perfectly legal to download anything you find there.
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#4206 - spankmonkey1987 - Sun Mar 23, 2003 3:16 pm

thanx that was realy useful to get ideas from