"How To Build a Game In A Week From Scratch With No Budget

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Apr 16 2006, 6:12 am
Clicky

For all you BYONDers with big dreams, yet nothing to show for it - this is for you. May it motivate you into the process of Building Your way into the OND, as it has for me.
Apr 16 2006, 8:21 am
Lol very interesting, but it'll probably take a whole week just to read all that.
Apr 16 2006, 8:40 am
In response to AaronSm
Nahh, read it in about 15 minutes. Fun to read.
Apr 16 2006, 9:32 am
Don't need it. I can build large platform fighters in under 24 hours. (Around 3 days of computer time)

I read it before too. Won't hurt to do it again.
Apr 16 2006, 3:42 pm
Ah, yes, the OND. Famous acronym, that one. =P

Fun article, thanks. He also linked to a blog post which I can completely identify with!
Apr 16 2006, 4:59 pm
Gathin wrote:
For all you BYONDers with big dreams, yet nothing to show for it - this is for you. May it motivate you into the process of Building Your way into the OND, as it has for me.

This is all true, and inspirational...you can get even further using BYOND, given how much is done for you already.

I found this statement about Python interesting, since it all applies to DM too:

I can't believe how quickly many features came together using Python as opposed to, say, C++ or even Java. Things like typeless variables, dictionaries, and extremely easy-to-declare lists (allowing a mixing and matching of object types) made it very easy to implement content lists, attribute handling, spell effects, and so forth.
Apr 17 2006, 3:35 am
In response to Deadron
well if you look at all the dbz rips out there, they made there games in like 2 days....but really, its not hard to make a game in a week. Depending on what your trying to pull.
Apr 17 2006, 4:00 am
I would like to point out that it's harder to build a game in a week from scratch with no bud than with no budget. :-)
Apr 17 2006, 4:40 am
In response to Ben G
I noticed that aswell!
The first thing I said to Mobius was:

"They're trying to build a game, in one week, from scratch, with no drugs!"

I had a jolly good chuckle at it =P
Apr 18 2006, 12:35 am
Just what I need, more proof that Gathin is freakin' awesome. Writing an article that gets me even more pumped to make games.

Although in all fairness, one big thing that can make making a game in a week not as easy as in that article is the fact that the coder could have no previous experience with coding at all. A potentially big hindrance.
Apr 18 2006, 7:32 pm
In response to ScouSin
ScouSin wrote:
Just what I need, more proof that Gathin is freakin' awesome. Writing an article that gets me even more pumped to make games.

Taken from just under the articles header:
"by Jay Barnson, Rampant Games"
Apr 19 2006, 8:19 am
In response to ScouSin
Finding an article doesnt make someone ownage O,o, but yeah a guide to making an RPG in a week is nice but if the coder cant code for crap they wont do it so fast lol
Apr 19 2006, 8:45 am
In response to Deadron
My thoughts exactly. How much farther would he have gotten with BYOND's built in graphics, network, sound, etc. functionality?
Apr 19 2006, 4:24 pm
In response to Jmurph
I reckon he could have done all of that plus more in a couple of days, assuming he was as familiar with DM as he was with Python. He spent ages just getting a sprite up on the screen, and getting rooms working. All of that would have come free with BYOND.

Maybe someone should write an equivalent BYONDscape article:

"How To Build a Game In Sixteen Hours From Scratch With No Budget"

=)