Simple Side Scroller minigames for VN?
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Simple Side Scroller minigames for VN?
I'm new to Ren'Py, and the only games I've made have been text based RPGs for myself in C++. It seems like Python doesn't look too different, but I wanted to try something different--I was wondering if it would be possible to have an occasional side-scrolling boss battle in the middle of an RPG. Nothing complicated, mostly along the lines of a extremely simplified Street fighter where there's the player and the enemy fighting each other until one of their HP goes down to 0. I don't know too much about this engine itself, but would it be able to handle something as complicated as that or would I have to use another engine specifically for 2D games?
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Re: Simple Side Scroller minigames for VN?
You can absolutely do mini games in Ren'Py. You can take a look in the Cook Book forum. There are some posts there that could give you an idea on some of the things you could do.Mistress of Coffee wrote: ↑Mon Dec 17, 2018 2:04 am I'm new to Ren'Py, and the only games I've made have been text based RPGs for myself in C++. It seems like Python doesn't look too different, but I wanted to try something different--I was wondering if it would be possible to have an occasional side-scrolling boss battle in the middle of an RPG. Nothing complicated, mostly along the lines of a extremely simplified Street fighter where there's the player and the enemy fighting each other until one of their HP goes down to 0. I don't know too much about this engine itself, but would it be able to handle something as complicated as that or would I have to use another engine specifically for 2D games?
It is always a god idea to start simple.
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Re: Simple Side Scroller minigames for VN?
That's good, I was a bit worried when I was digging around and reading about people having to use Gamemaker Studio (something I can't afford lmao) or Unity (my computer doesn't like it for some reason). It sounded like it was more VN than minigame style, which I get. I'm more familiar with C++ than Python, but they look pretty similar so it shouldn't be too hard to pick up on...
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Re: Simple Side Scroller minigames for VN?
What can be a bit tricky moving into ren'py is that you need to use a couple of different languages.Mistress of Coffee wrote: ↑Tue Dec 18, 2018 5:55 am That's good, I was a bit worried when I was digging around and reading about people having to use Gamemaker Studio (something I can't afford lmao) or Unity (my computer doesn't like it for some reason). It sounded like it was more VN than minigame style, which I get. I'm more familiar with C++ than Python, but they look pretty similar so it shouldn't be too hard to pick up on...
You have your basic ren'py
for somethings you might need to go to actual python,
then you have
animation and transformation language
and screen language
That can trip you up.
for mini games using screens and screen language is important.
At some point you might want to look into Creator-Definded Displays.
I'm working at learning to include mini game type scenes, my wip is on this thread
viewtopic.php?f=43&t=52250
Seeing as you have a Deviantart account I also like to plug my devianart group for animation, comics creators, gamemakers and illustrations, very cleverly named ACGI.
https://www.deviantart.com/acgi
Take a look if you find that interesting.
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Re: Simple Side Scroller minigames for VN?
Thank you so much, now I have a place to start lmao.Per K Grok wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 2:02 pmWhat can be a bit tricky moving into ren'py is that you need to use a couple of different languages.Mistress of Coffee wrote: ↑Tue Dec 18, 2018 5:55 am That's good, I was a bit worried when I was digging around and reading about people having to use Gamemaker Studio (something I can't afford lmao) or Unity (my computer doesn't like it for some reason). It sounded like it was more VN than minigame style, which I get. I'm more familiar with C++ than Python, but they look pretty similar so it shouldn't be too hard to pick up on...
You have your basic ren'py
for somethings you might need to go to actual python,
then you have
animation and transformation language
and screen language
That can trip you up.
for mini games using screens and screen language is important.
At some point you might want to look into Creator-Definded Displays.
I'm working at learning to include mini game type scenes, my wip is on this thread
viewtopic.php?f=43&t=52250
Seeing as you have a Deviantart account I also like to plug my devianart group for animation, comics creators, gamemakers and illustrations, very cleverly named ACGI.
https://www.deviantart.com/acgi
Take a look if you find that interesting.
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