How would you...

[Dark Paladin]

What is the best way to make a game like Pokemon games for game boy and gba?

[makslane]

For game boy and gba....
May be in the future

[Dark Paladin]

Does that mean that it is not possible to make a game like that off of game editor?

[makslane]

Ops, make the game is possible.
Generate versions for gb and gba not.

[Dark Paladin]

then how shoul I make this kind of game then?

[Just4Fun]

Dark Paladin:
Game Editor does not compile games for Game Boy or Game Boy Advance. In order to create for the Game Boy, you need to have a skill development kit (SDk) designed specifically for the Game Boy platform. On top of that, you need to have some sound knowledge of 'C++' Programming.

Below are some links for you to try. I don't know how good the programming products are. I don't program in 'C++'. I can tell you that I am unaware of any authoring system such as Game Editor that will make Game Boy Programming easier. However, MaKslane is adding to the list of machine specific compilers so he may support Game Boy in the future. You should give game Editor a try. It is unique among authoring systems.

http://www.snsys.com/GameBoyAdvance/ProDG.htm
(ProDG for Game Boy Advance is SN Systems' suite of fully featured tools that enable you to build and debug your game titles for the Game Boy Advance.)

http://www.metrowerks.com/MW/Develop/Ga ... efault.htm
(CodeWarrior™ for Game Boy™ Advance provides editing, compiling, and debugging tools that enhance the capabilities of Nintendo's existing AGB Developers Kit.)

[Dark Paladin]

I'm not talking about making a gameboy game I'm trying to figure out if it is possible to make a game similar to the pokemon games on gameboy.

[ingsan]

i have no game boy sorry...
is it a platform game?

[jazz_e_bob]

It is possible.

You have a main actor. A scrolling map. Other actors to interact with etc. Wouldn't be too tricky...

[ingsan]

i agree with u.

[Dark Paladin]

Can anyone gve me some advice on starting this kind of game?

[jazz_e_bob]

Build your main character:

For this you will need to make 16 animations.

An animation of your character walking North, South, East West, North East etc.

You will also need an animation of the character standing still facing all direction.

May I recommend that you keep it simple. A general template so that you can easily make variations for new characters. For example, a hat wearing one. One with wings. One with a beard....

If you want to make your life easier. Don't use diagonal directions. This halves your workload.

Get the size right from the start. Use something like Photoshop to make a demo picture of how big you want the character to be on the screen against a background.

This is an interesting project.... Good Luck!