A quick noob question on shmup making.

zabuzafreak · Post by **zabuzafreak** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:05 am

First off, what programs are easy to use... and actually produce quality professional (looking) results. Personally I am a fan of the Bullet Hell shmup games, and would love to create something straight out of pure lunacy for everybody to play. So far I've seen Shooter Maker 95, and Game Maker. Are there any others, and if so, which are the easiest to use... so that a simple person like me, might actually be able to fulfill their fantasy?

battlegorge · Post by **battlegorge** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:18 am

Gamemaker is a good choice.
I made the solar striker remake with it.
GM is slower than other languages but i have over 250 bullets on screen without slowdown.
But i doubt something like Gigawing would be possible.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:19 pm

Yes, if you are a new programmer Game Maker is a good choice. Buy the regestered version though as it is worth it. YOu can try Blitzmax but it is much more involved.

zabuzafreak · Post by **zabuzafreak** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:25 pm

Thanks guys.... well, now I am having trouble with game maker... just the noob trouble. I need to get a grip on the program first... but I am confused. How do you create a title screen and stuff.... and a way to select multiple difficulties. And for the controls.... do I set it to keyboard event, or button pressed event?

battlegorge · Post by **battlegorge** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:59 am

You need to read the manual and a good tutorial.
I started with this one:
http://hem.passagen.se/birchdale/carl/B ... ide_1.html

zabuzafreak · Post by **zabuzafreak** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:10 am

thanks a lot for the tutorial. It is really helping me now. And honestly.. I'm finding it easier to code manually, rather than using the drag and drop crap. Thanks again!

Post by **Shatterhand** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 4:42 am

Yeah, forget about the drag and drop and go directly to coding.

Drag and drop is limited and a lot more complicated to be honest. When you need to make big if-then-else chains, you are screwed with the drag and drop interface

zabuzafreak · Post by **zabuzafreak** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:07 pm

btw, I still dont have a title screen yet.... my game is getting pretty good though.... but i was also wondering about using multiple exe files in your game, what is that for?