Hello World

[Whip]

Hiya. I'm new to this but hoping to turn this into something I can be proud of.

Back in the day, about a million years ago, I was a kid and learning BASIC. I still remember being impressed with myself after learning 10 print "hello" and 20 goto 10 and then later thought I was becoming an expert because in the BASIC manual I was reading about "peek" and "poke" and it was in the "Advanced" chapter. Yes, back then we had to learn by reading books, it was a strange time. I recall getting fairly decent at programming in BASIC but for whatever reason, I just moved on to other things but I always remained a gamer. From what I understand, a lot of popular games that sprank up in later years were developed by folks that started out roughly the same, but stayed with it.

I've often wondered how far I could have gone with it, had I stuck with it and a couple of times I thought about picking it up again but coding seems so much different now. After having played a bit of Stardew Valley and being reminded of some old classics like Ultima III and Sentinel Worlds I: Future Magic, and then seeing RPG Maker on sale right now, I decided to take a less difficult path to game-making than raw coding. And that's why I'm here.

 

[Kes]

Hello and welcome!

As you're new, I think one of the best things you can do to get up to speed really fast is to go through Andar's compilation of info for new users. In particular he links to 2 playable tutorials, one for the Events Command Menu and the other for Switches and Variables. Being interactive, they are a great way for many people to learn. Get those 2 under your belt and you've got a solid foundation. Spending a bit of time on the rest of the stuff will save you a huge amount of time and frustration in the future.

 

[Frogboy]

Hey, Whip! My story is very similar. I started out as a kid on our Commodore 64 learning BASIC. While I didn't do much with it during my high school years, I got back into it in college and ended up becoming a web dev. I fell out of gaming, though. Still a retro-gamer but modern gaming just isn't my thing.

So I use my unique circumstances to make games and write plugins that draw from the classics but utilize the additional resources of modern technology. RPG Maker is a cool tool for experimenting and with your programming knowledge to draw from, you'll be able to pick up eventing complex things pretty quickly.

Nice to meet you and good luck with your game making. See ya around.