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[Renegade]

Hey all :happy:
Ive look around this forum alot and all over the web (over the years) and i havent been able to find anything that helps, so if you can help me out with some answer, ill be most greatful.
Im wanting my own texted based RPG game (www.darkwars.org) or (bootleggers.us) any style, its all good and i can work with it.
Basicly, im wondering seen as i dont know any PHP or any other coding lanuage to make this rpg myself, is there anyway i can still have one? Do you know of any free text based rpg game scripts i can have and customize, or somthing similar? I can do graphics, its just all the coding to make the game actually work and do things im totaly stumpped with.
Would i be able to use dreamweaver to create my rpg?
If anyone can provide any information on how i could get an rpg game, i see on here most people say 'creating a text based rpg game is easy' but its really hurting my head for me personaly :sad: :blink: so any help would be very very very appreacheated.
Please and thanks for your time, Renegade. :w00t:

[monjardin]

Renegade said:

i see on here most people say 'creating a text based rpg game is easy'

It is easy for an experienced programmer accustomed to working on more complex applications. If you were trying to learn how to create one I could try to help, but if you just want one... sorry.
Here is something that may be of interest that I quickly googled up: http://www.rdxgames....ands/index.html

[Ellis1138]

My favorite text-based coding. Very stable: http://pennmush.org/

You will have to learn to program, if you, personally, want to make a game and don't have any money to hire programmers, or don't know someone willing to do it for free.

[Renegade]

Im willing to learn how to do it, i dont just want it handed to me, please contact me on isayjumpandyoujump@hotmail.co.uk if your willing to help me out, thanks :D

[cyberkilla]

Search hotscripts.com for "rpg".
Brings up a few engines you could look at.
Might help you understand the task ahead:)

I have a game just like this, and its very interesting,
but does seem to take a lot of commitment.

Good look:P

[Demiricous]

"Easy" Does not mean you can do it in like a month or anything like that. They say it is easy because doing the scripts themselves is quite easy it is just very time consuming to do so. I've been making my game from scratch for a few months now (www.rokrpg.com). Learning PHP will not be easy for someone that has no knowledge about it at all. The way I learned PHP was I downloaded a game script and taught myself what everything ment like IF blocks, queries, and variables and all the fundamentals of PHP. The only reason why it was easy for me is because I'm just good at that kind of stuff I guess. But if you wish to have a game to build from I can sell you one as I have many because I've coded for alot. It will only cost you 10$ for a entire game from me because I am nice and like to help. My msn is xzypher_69@hotmail.com I hope to help you in the future.:)

[Demiricous]

www.rokrpg.com link was messed.

[Flecko]

Inform is what you want. Its the language that Infocom used to make all their great text based RPGs like the Zork series, and so on.

Here's a good starting point: http://www.duke.edu/...ing/inform.html

Hope this helps.

[Josh1billion]

Renegade said:

I can do graphics, its just all the coding to make the game actually work and do things im totaly stumpped with.

Heh heh, you can do graphics for your text-based RPG? :lol:

[azoundria]

You pretty much need to learn programming no matter what to build your own text RPG. But have you considered the alternative, helping with an existing one?

I already have my own text-based MMORPG running and if you want to, you can join me and build part of it. It would certainly be a lot easier than making one from scratch, and I already have tools ready that will let you make sections easily.

Anyways, up to you. You can just PM me if you want details.

[Mattias Gustavsson]

We're having an ASCII-rpg competition right now over at the RPGDX forums:
http://forums.rpgdx....opic.php?t=1962

It runs until the end of the month, so plenty of time if anyone wants to join :-)

[red7]

I was going to mention PennMush, but Ellis1138 beat me to it.

SMAUG (SMAUG FUSS) is another good one. http://www.smaugmuds...php?a=page&p=15
or
http://www.realmsofdespair.com/

Both of which I used to develop in.

[Hertta]

Josh1billion said:

Heh heh, you can do graphics for your text-based RPG? :lol:

Images if the game is browser based. Some small ASCII-art if MUD or alike.