Point me in the Right Direction

OwlSniper · 2014-01-16T00:21:49

I'm working on my first real game. I've done smaller projects, but I really want to tackle a more complicated project. This will feature a 2D style game, with an overhead view similar to Zelda: LTTP. I am looking to include: Pixel art Tiling Lighting Effects (mostly will be focused around moving character, but should bend around other objects) I'd like to make it playable on a phone device or game system. (I'm sure there is more, but I'm blanking out. It is a simple game aside from the lighting effects portion). Anyone able to give advice of perhaps languages and other tools I should use before I get knee deep into this project? Should I use C++, Java, C, Python... perhaps dealing with SDL, OpenGL, DirectX, etc?

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Started by OwlSniper January 15, 2014 04:45 AM

9 comments, last by dacypher22 11 years ago

dacypher22

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January 16, 2014 12:21 AM

Check out ImpactJS as well. This is an HTML5 game engine, and would allow your game to be web-based. It is also dead-simple. After you have that working, CocoonJS would allow you to easily port it to a number of mobile platforms.