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Geek Culture / Making Other Games Rather Than a PC?

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TEST OF WILL
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I Would just like to know that when people ask how to make games for PS2, Xbox, ect with DBpro, FPS creator I know they all do not work, but what would I need to make a game for a counsel?

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dab
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Posted: 23rd Jun 2007 09:41
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money, knowledge, skill, patient. In that order.
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Jess T
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Posted: 23rd Jun 2007 10:08
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You don't need money

Depending on the laws where you are, once you buy the console, modifying the hardware or firmware should be perfectly legal (modifying the hardware is sometimes looked down on), so you can get guides on the net for how to set it up to play Homebrew code.

You're going to need to learn C++, some level of advanced (Discrete) Math / Linear Algebra, how graphics systems work, and then you'll have to learn all the neuances, syntax, and quirks of whatever homebrew library package you're using to write the game.

Personally, I make games for the DS more than I make games for the PC now, I just love it so much.
I quite often use DBP as a fast prototyping tool, and even to write tools to help me make games
For example, I need images to be in a particular format for the DS, so I used DBP and its Memblocks to load in an image, read it byte by byte, and save it out as the desired file format. Allowed me to get a really easy to use application knocked up in an hour

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MikeB
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Posted: 23rd Jun 2007 10:11
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Quote: "I make games for the DS "


Awesome, I love the DS!


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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 23rd Jun 2007 12:05
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Of course if you have an XBox 360 you have the XNA framework to use - also you can do 2D with Torque X in Torque Game Builder or in 3D with the main TGEngine and Torque X when they release TX for it (All require XNA)

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Posted: 23rd Jun 2007 18:01 Edited at: 23rd Jun 2007 18:01
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You might find this intersting/inspiring..

http://xnaracinggame.com/
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Zotoaster
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I think it costs money yearly to make games for XBOX360 using XNA, but I think it's free just for the PC (I think, couldn't be sure), so in a way it's quite good cos once you have learned it you can start earning money (if you make something good enough that is).

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Virtual X
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I think your best chance nowadays is to develop games for mobile phones - which is an area I concentrate on now.
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Seppuku Arts
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Yes and you can do that for free on symbian phones, use Mirrlicht (Someone's adaptation of Irrlicht, but it compiles for mobile phones)

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GatorHex
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Posted: 24th Jun 2007 16:42 Edited at: 24th Jun 2007 16:46
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counsel? Oh, console, was funny had me thinking about local goverment playing games for a while


Java (which is like an easy C++) for Mobile Phones/JAVA compatible devices is the cheapest.

XBox can be done in XNA which is slight easier then pure C++. It's the second cheapest route. $99 a year i think to upload your game to the MS Storage, free for PC use, Can't be burned to a CD and taken to an XBox because of the copy protection.

Everything else will be C++ with a Dev Kit. Most will probably charge you an arm and a leg to stop it getting into the hands of pirates. I remember having on the SNES dev kit that was hooked up to my PC via a parallel cable. For legal reasons I can't say what it was realy used for, but emulators use them.

DinoHunter http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=98385&b=8
CPU/GPU Benchmark http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=101716&b=5
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Manic
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Posted: 24th Jun 2007 18:06
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Quote: "counsel? Oh, console, was funny had me thinking about local goverment playing games for a while "


actually, i think he might be, look at the way its worded, it doesn't make sense to make a game for a console does it?

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Jeku
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Posted: 24th Jun 2007 21:03
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You can make a game for DS pretty easily with about $90 invested for a flash cart. The API and tools are free--- unofficial of course, but powerful.

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Posted: 25th Jun 2007 04:39
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You don't even need to buy the flash cart stuff.
Google for DS emulator, and you can download a number of free ones all of which run Homebrew code to a pretty satisfactory extent.
I rarely upload my games to my DS until I'm near finished (or have changed some major functionality), since it's so much quicker to just test in an emulator on my PC

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 25th Jun 2007 18:49
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Just don't get Ensata. It's illegal without a Nintendo license.


Since the other one was scaring you guys so much...
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