JRPG Inventory
JRPG style inventory and menus Recently for the "How to Make an RPG" book I've been coding up the inventory menu. In order to do this I've added a scrollbar widget, it's pretty functional, in the...
View ArticleRPG Magic Menu
Menu systems in JRPG games have to convey an awful lot of information in quite a limited space, so I definitely have respect for what the designers of classic JRPGs were able to do. (Though I also...
View ArticleRPG Equipment Menu
I'm continuing writing my book "How to make an RPG" and I've been creating the equipment ingame menu. I forgot how involved this menu is, I had to create player stats, weapon stats and write the...
View ArticleRPG Status Menu
The end of last week I was traveling but today I've progressed a little with the "How to Make an RPG book". I've finished all the menu modes, so tomorrow I'll return to writing text again which will be...
View ArticleBrief Update
I'm back on to writing the book now after integrating some changes I made when developing the menu system. I'd like to be able to concentrate on writing the book full-time but I'm going to have some...
View ArticleBack to the book
After some traveling around last week, I've now got sometime to get to the book. I'm not going to waste it! I've also started looking around more intensely for 2d pixel artists. The first part of the...
View ArticleRPG Cutscenes
I'm at the end of the first part of my book "How to Make an RPG". Each part ends with a small game. This first game makes use of a little cutscene and it introduces a nice framework to make authoring...
View ArticleHow to Make an RPG: Custscenes and Gameplay
Hello! A quick update on the book I'm writing about how make a FF6-like JPRG. It's going well, if not as fast as I'd initially hoped. I'm still working on the demo game at the end of the first part of...
View ArticleMaps!
I'm writing a book about creating your own JRPG check out the promosite here: http://www.howtomakeanrpg.com/ I've finished the first draft of the first part of the book. The first part is about...
View ArticleA pause
I went to the Develop conference in Brighton The book hasn't been progressing as rapidly as usual, I suffered from some computer issues and my time is being taken up by contract work :( To solve my...
View ArticleJRPG Minigame - Dungeon Video
If you've checked out this blog before, you'll know I'm writing a book called "How To Make An RPG". About creating your very own FF6-like RPG from scratch, the book is divided up into 3 main parts...
View ArticleHow To Make An RPG - Stats
Let's talk about stats. Original photo by William Doran I'm writing a book called "How To Make an RPG". Currently I'm mulling over the combat section which has led to this article which discusses...
View ArticleImplementing BattleExecute and IAction questions
Recently I had a twitter question fromĀ @TwitchGamez about the JRPG primer I wrote for GameDevTuts+. Here's the message: Hi, I was wondering if I could ask you a question regarding your JRPG Primer?...
View ArticleHow to Make an RPG - Levels
Congratulation, indeed. Let's learn about levelling systems! I'm writing a book called "How To Make an RPG". Currently I'm mulling over the combat section, this article about levelling, follows on...
View ArticleGeneral Update
I thought a general update might be in order. I'm living in Hong Kong now and settled enough to continue working on the RPG book regularly. It's freezing here at the moment! There are currently 1.1k...
View ArticleBack in RPG Combat
Hello! I've been plugging away at my next book, How To Write an RPG, and I'm currently writing the first part of the combat section; Stats. It's similar to my article on Stats published on this blog,...
View ArticleBrief Update
I'm continuing writing the How to Make an RPG book. This week I finished off the section about Stats and all the related example code. I'm nearing the end of the levels and levelling section. Then I'll...
View ArticleNew Ground
How did I set up maps again? I'm getting into the equipment part of the combat section of my book How to Make an RPG. I'm going to see if I can carve out a chunk of time this weekend to really press...
View ArticleHow To Make An RPG: Party Members
I'm still plugging away at the How To Make an RPG book and I'm currently doing some of the menus related to combat. Before I get into combat the classes for the combatants need designing and the data...
View ArticleAnother laptop to the laptop-god to adorn his laptop throne.
Hey there, I haven't written in a little while but I'm still pushing forward with my next book howtomakeanrpg.com. My SSD drive died last week, which means a week of far slower work. It's pretty...
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