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 Post Options Post Options   Quote cs2curious Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: how come no RPGS ?
    Posted: 18 Apr 2012 at 6:38pm
I was just looking at the arcade, I didnt happen to notice any RPG's

why is this?

not even a zelda, or a gauntlet, nothing.
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 Post Options Post Options   Quote Arima Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Apr 2012 at 6:51pm
Because RPGs are one of the hardest and most complex kinds of games to make! I've been making what I thought was a 'simple' RPG with CC and it's taken 3 years and it's still not done!

Zelda isn't exactly simple either even though it's a lot less complex than an RPG. Gauntlet though, seems simple enough. As for the reasons why no one's made a gauntlet type game, who knows? C2 is certainly capable of making one.
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 Post Options Post Options   Quote Seraphyx Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Apr 2012 at 7:05pm
It depends how many people with the skills to make one have actually bought the full version of C2. A friend was trying to make one but it's just not going to be possible with the 100 event limit. All the animations and movements were done, but at that point it reached over half of the events allowed in the free version. So it's just not going to happen unfortunately.

That would be my main guess as to why more "complex" games like RPGs aren't being made.

Edited by Seraphyx - 18 Apr 2012 at 7:11pm
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 Post Options Post Options   Quote GenkiGenga Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Apr 2012 at 7:07pm
There is a gauntlet type game i remember playing, its quite good actually - Underhill.
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 Post Options Post Options   Quote Kiyoshi Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Apr 2012 at 2:29am
Yeah it has way more obstacles you must overcome, like adequate collision detection, dealing what get's rendered on top of what depending on position (z-sort), more animations on character, etc etc. Even then zelda style games are and forever will be my favorite type of rpg game.

Edited by Kiyoshi - 19 Apr 2012 at 2:30am
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 Post Options Post Options   Quote Joannesalfa Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Apr 2012 at 8:14am
They are actually developing RPG Creator with HTML5 link
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 Post Options Post Options   Quote lucid Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Apr 2012 at 8:46am
I always thought Ghost Shooter was a remake of Gauntlet
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 Post Options Post Options   Quote Bob Thulfram Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Apr 2012 at 5:21am
Originally posted by Joannesalfa Joannesalfa wrote:

They are actually developing RPG Creator with HTML5 link


Who are "they?" French? It looks like a no-brainer if they are selling it for $58, I'll buy it right now.

Construct 2 is absolutely fabulous for a lot of kinds of games, but something like RPG Maker for HTML5 would be great. I want it.

But I'm curious who these strange people are with a vague web site and a French flag at the top. Not that there is anything wrong with the French. They make Little Big Adventure and Arturia Storm.
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 Post Options Post Options   Quote Metal_X Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Apr 2012 at 9:05am
As Arima says, RPG are one of the most difficult types of games to make, and considering that C2 is almost new and HTML5 is not on its full potencial, it's very risk to try making a RPG with it now.
So you will only see RPGs made with C2 in the future.

I'm making a Zelda fan game with CC, and believe me, it's more difficult to make than an classic RPG, because in a Action RPG everthing works at the same time, there's no turn-based Battle system to simplify, so bugs appear more often.
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 Post Options Post Options   Quote Leaston Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Apr 2012 at 12:28am
Originally posted by Bob Thulfram Bob Thulfram wrote:

Not that there is anything wrong with the French. They make ... Arturia Storm.

Wow, that's a blast from the past...Arturia Storm! I bought 1 and 2 from them and was keen on getting 3, but found their support sadly lacking and the DRM they imposed, absolutely dreadful. I had so many problems getting it to authenticate and subsequently run, with little or no help from the devs, I finally gave up and wrote off the money I'd paid. Sad really. It was an amazing product when it worked though. I still have the boxes somewhere in the loft too.

Sorry for the ot comments

Edited by Leaston - 21 Apr 2012 at 12:29am
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