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2D All the way! / 2D Graphic Adventure

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Stupot
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Posted: 20th Jul 2006 01:22
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HI all.
Does anybody happen to know anyone who has used DarkBASIC (classic preferably) to make a 2D graphic adventure game or a point and click style game.

I'm particularly interested in anything similar to Myst, or the Dark Fall Games where it is in 1st person perspective, but i would also be interested in any 3rd person offerings such as Monkey Island style games...

If anyone knows of any demos or downloads (preferably with source code) of any of these types of games written in DarkBASIC, then I would be a very happy man indeed.
Cheers

-Stu
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Pincho Paxton
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Posted: 20th Jul 2006 10:14
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There's not much to them really you know. If you had the code for one, it would mostly be graphics, and "You Talk To The Guy"

The point, and click part is just a few lines of code. The man walking to a mouse click is easy. The walking collision is just array collision. The clickable zones are just Top,Left,bottom,right same as button code. The collectable objects are just sprites with sprite collision. That's it!

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Van B
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Posted: 20th Jul 2006 12:36
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Practice making tech demos using layers of 2D graphics, and moving characters around this stuff - it is a fairly simple process, but only once you know how your environment will work.

Purely 2D is not ideal, because your always stuck in a single resolution, and that's a shame considering the res possible on modern TFT's - I much prefer psuedo2d, like a 3D environment with 2D graphics, you can do so much with them, and they are resolution independant. Really just playing with this stuff will teach you how to write most of the game engine.

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apollo3d
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Posted: 1st Aug 2006 08:03
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Hi:

Dear Friend: I am making a graphic adventure in 2d(dark basic classic)and is coming along nicely.I have some experience in
basic programming, so I can make my own game in 2d.
If you wish..I will send you the code and graphic files, once
I finish the game.My game is based on the cinemaware games for
commodore,like defender of the crown.My game is called'sinbad'
and is a graphic adventure.Good Luck!!

apollo

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