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robemcdonald

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10,049 posts

227 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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I have always fancied writing a game; nothing too fancy, just a 2D retro style shooter. I have no programming skills though. A quick look online shows there are a number of creator packages available. Has anybody used one / can anyone reccomend one?

Advice is appreciated.

MysteryLemon

4,968 posts

222 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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I remember some software from years and years ago. Totally forget the name but these packages are pretty limiting, as you can imagine.

wiggy001

7,396 posts

302 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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Last one I did was in STOS. Hopefully someone else can recommend something slightly more current....

mike80

2,423 posts

247 months

Altrezia

8,742 posts

242 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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Tried Love? Easy! smile
https://love2d.org/

wiggy001

7,396 posts

302 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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mike80 said:
That takes me back too!

vdubbin

2,176 posts

228 months

Tuesday 18th September 2012
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Oh, the hours I lost to SEUCK! mucking about with sprites and paths, and the fact you only had 4 colours in the pallette…

There's a couple of tools available with the Raspberry Debian installation that let you get started building games.
Scratch is one of them.

robemcdonald

Original Poster:

10,049 posts

227 months

Thursday 20th September 2012
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Thanks for the replies. I too remember the SEUCK I even managed to get a game working on it back in the day. I was hoping for a more modern reccomendation like one of these:

http://www.pixelprospector.com/the-big-list-of-gam...

I wanted to avoid trying each of them really, but I'll take a look and see how i get on.

Bill Carr

2,234 posts

265 months

Monday 24th September 2012
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Kudo game lab?