Complete Beginner

craig · Post by **craig** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 1:57 pm

Hey all,

Complete beginner here. I have always thought it would be sweet to programme my own Megadrive game. How would I go about this and what programmes would I need?

Thanks.

djcouchycouch · Post by **djcouchycouch** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:15 pm

For Goplanes, I program in C with the SGDK.

http://code.google.com/p/sgdk/

For other software, I use Tiled for building maps (had to write a custom exporter, though) and Graphics Gale to make sprites (exported to .bmp which is supported by SGDK)

I've recently starting using Echo for sound playback, using OpenMPT for composing and VGM MM to build instruments.

craig · Post by **craig** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 3:21 pm

Hey,

Thanks for the feedback. What would I do for a side scroller style game such as SOR? What is the first/main programme I need?

I am completely new and any programs that gets me going would be awesome.

slobu · Post by **slobu** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 4:20 pm

You never told us your programming background. If you really, really are beginning at both programming and console development then I'd suggest BasiEgaXorz:

http://devster.monkeeh.com/sega/basiegaxorz/

Don't expect to make Streets of Rage right away though.

craig · Post by **craig** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:29 am

I have dabbled a little in javascript in the past and I get the idea being the "print" and "variables". Is there any tutorials fro BasiEgaXorz?

slobu · Post by **slobu** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:19 pm

craig wrote:I have dabbled a little in javascript in the past and I get the idea being the "print" and "variables". Is there any tutorials fro BasiEgaXorz?

There are examples here and there. Some included with the compiler.

Main web site:
http://devster.monkeeh.com/sega/basiegaxorz/

Forum:
http://devster.proboards.com/index.cgi

Forum of Someone Making a Retail Quality RPG with BEX:
http://www.airwalkstudios.com/affinity/

This is an older BasiEgaXorz Suite with many tools and examples:
http://www.eidolons-inn.net/tiki-list_f ... rht2o4i703

Here is 99 Bottles of Beer done in BEX so you can see what it looks like:
http://www.99-bottles-of-beer.net/langu ... z-680.html

It's pretty much like QuickBASIC. You will have to get used to it before getting Streets of Rage out of it.

* You will have to write your own scrolling engine.
* You will have to scrap together a sound effect and music assembly library.