so im trying to disign a video game.....

[Mr.Skittles]

any body have any ideas on sofware i should use?

[Madous]

...Oh my.

SO many things depend on what you're trying to make. What do you have in mind?

[Jinji Mongo]

We're going to need a bit more information if you want help.

[Jinjonator]

Spell check is a good place to start. Work up from there.

[Avarice]

If you like Hero Klungo Saves Teh World, you can make your own custom levels with this site. (http://blocksbox.com/)

[BlueytheWalrus]

Pen and paper.

What the game's about should probably be your first priority.

[Snagprophet]

GameMaker. I did it during my ICT course. I think you mentioned some software for n00bs once, but that's all I can suggest.

[Deebs]

You shouldn't even be thinking about the software until you've made your idea, drawn it out fully and critically criticized it to the point where you think it's right.

[Ice Matt]

Game Maker is pretty easy to use for 2D games, once you understand how to start. There are official tutorials with editable files that can help a beginner. Games can be made without using code, as you can program the game with events and drag 'n' drop actions.

The program has built in tools such as a room editor (level editor), an image editor and a path editor which really speed up game development.

Game Maker can also make 3D games, which is much harder than making 2D games in it for several reasons. One reason is you need to use GML code to do it and if don't know much or anything about code GML can be very hard to learn and understand.

Another reason is Game Maker's 3D features are limited to graphics, things like collision detection are not built in for 3D and also the room editor is made for editing 2D levels and can be a pain to use for 3D levels.

Game Maker is primary a tool for making 2D games.

[Aaron Anderson]

You shouldn't even be thinking about the software until you've made your idea, drawn it out fully and critically criticized it to the point where you think it's right.

If only people actually did this in real life.

[Spyke4995]

Are you interested in making a 2D or 3D game? But like most other people said, we're going to need a bit more info here.

[Ice Matt]

I think if he wants to make a game easily, which is either 2D or 3D, he should use Game Maker and if he wants to make a 3D game he should use Ultimate 3D with Game Maker.

[lemurboy12]

Get Game Maker 8. It's easy to use and there's a lot you can do with it.

[Tdsq]

Flash cs4 (Flash games and animations *2d and 3d)
Blender 3d (3d games and animations)

Blender is free,
flash costs quite a bit. unless of course...
you know.

[HomsaHedgehog]

The Games Factory 2.

Oh, and spell checker.

[mojobojo]

How about Direct 3D and Visual C++?

[Lupaie]

i am trying out gamemaker....could use a mentor though

[Guitar]

Flash cs4 (Flash games and animations *2d and 3d)
Blender 3d (3d games and animations)

Blender is free,
flash costs quite a bit. unless of course...
you know.

PM me if you need it. :smug:

For 2d, use Game maker.

[HomsaHedgehog]

PM me if you need it. :smug:

For 2d, use Game maker.

I read that GM games never usually get popular.

I also find GM hard.

[Tee-Hee]

GM is pretty simple in design. You can do some decent stuff if you know a bit more than your standard scripter. Optimizing it is a pain, though.