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hi, i came found GE today after months of wishing i had something similar so at last i can start working on my 2d rpg ive wanted to make for ages.

basically i want to have random, turn-based battles (ala older final fantasy games / breath of fire etc).

what i want is this...
a)
player moves a random number of spaces between a range of 20-40 spaces
triggers battle scenario (this would be on a map separate to the field map with command menus for each of 3/4 characters)
b)
battle ends, player reverts to EXACT position s/he was before battle started

im guessing id have to use C to do this which im willing to study to get this project working, but would i have a problem moving between maps and getting the game to revert to where it was before the battle?

also, how difficult would it be to implement a simple level up system with stats?

one more thing, is it possible to allow the player to save his/her game to allow them to come back to it later???

any help would be great!
cheers, james.

I only have one answer, for the leveling up thing you could use my easy way to make an hp bar http://game-editor.com/forum/tp-3133-Ea ... h-Bar.html
but, put more frames.

I can help with the rpg if you need it
I have made quite a few games and should be able to help you with most if not all things for the Game

i was just thinking about making one after playing the new inuyasha game on ds (i found a glitch in it too)

P.S. What do you think of my new sig

well, then you would hate my computer!


(when will it finish loading? and what is it loading?)

haha cool sig! its like my PS2.

mine must be related

my nintendo ds has a sega logo on it lol

cheers for the help, im sure ill pm you when i get stuck on stuff as im sure it'll happen pretty soon.
i spoke to my mate today and he sounded up for helping out. he'll probably end up contributing more to composing music though since we do that a lot anyway and doing it for a game would be fun.

does the free download version of GE run out after 30 days? or is it just the multi-platform support that needs registration?

the multi-player version is not out yet.
but the trial is now infinite!
*waits for a witty signature*

my post got deleted why i was posting a sig for you

*writes a witty signature down on paper, dog runs bye and the dog steals the paper, I dive after the paper, nuke blows up piece of paper without anything touching it*

Would the logic for a turnbased game be:

-player/ai moves a certain distance (which decrements a number to 0)

-'end turn' button restarts counter

???

pretty much.
(AI calculation can get pretty complex though.)