Java RPG Game Maker overview / tutorial

Overview and tutorial on how to use the Java RPG Game Maker by Andrew Ward of Scorchsoft Ltd.

Download the Game Maker here:
http://www.scorchsoft.com/tools/rpg-game-maker-java/

Download the Java Runtime Environment here:
http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp

This Java based rpg game making program allows you to quickly and easily create simple games using pictures, photographs or drawings as the scenes within the game. Make games with no programming knowledge.

The Java RPG Game Maker will run on Windows, PC, MAC and Linux platforms. The 1.6 Java Runtime Environment or higher must be installed for the game maker to work.

The Java RPG Game maker was the final year university project of Andrew Lee Ward from the University of Birmingham School of Computer Science.

The game maker source code is currently open for viewing which technically makes it an open source rpg game maker. The code is currently not licenced under an open-source licence as I still need to deicide which licence is most suitable.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• scorchsoft
• java
• game maker
• rpg game maker
• java game maker
• andrew lee ward
• university of birmingham
• final year project

[sallyhellequin]

is there any way that we can see the source code? like the source code when we edit the game?

[alpha7158]

@sallyhellequin The source code for the game maker can be found on the scorchsoft website.

the game files are actually zip files. if you rename to zip and then unzip you will find that it is actually consists of XML alongside images.

[Sodaman91]

How do you change the character?

[alpha7158]

@Sodaman91 if you look in the game maker folder, then go to files. You see a folder called sprite. If you open this up and go into folder 0001 you will see a folder for each direction that the character faces. Simply replace these images with your own. Make sure you name them properly as they play in numerical order. If you want more frames to the walking sequence then just add extra images. Just makes sure the standing position is always image 0000.png

[alpha7158]

No programming experience is needed to use this. If you do know java then the source code has been linked to should you want to extend it in any way.

[MrFeedableSheep]

What I don't get is.. ( BTW I'm talking about Coding Software etc. )

How do you make like a 1st Person Game? Like Notch, how his game looks. How do you make your own textures and etc and enemies and things like that? Thanks

[XxConSolxX]

my teleport dosen't work :(

[sallyhellequin]

the code is in java, right?

[alpha7158]

@sallyhellequin unxip the .game file and open up the .xml document in notepad.

[pixwlzzard]

Look i got a question well: if you made this game , and its done , can you put it online , like other players can download it too, and see eachother in game ,ETC, and make monsters and stuff?

[SuperYuxuan]

horrible software

[SuperYuxuan]

pretty nice