Help with Low poly RPG - can I get the needed know how?

Zlux · 2018-01-23T19:39:42

Hey guys, hope to find some advice here. I'm an artist and i love drawing. But since years and years i wanted to create a video game. I have many ideas, but since i haven't a whole team i have make the 3d models low poly and not photo realistic cause that will save me time. I have created simple tutorial games in unreal and it's funny and i like it. But the problem is, i don't know if it's managable for one person to create a concept inside this engine. 1. the time 2. to get the neccessary know how (cause i don't know if there is a tutorial for any of the features i like to implement, and I don't expect to find one for any of these. The 3d models and textures are not the most time consuming thing. I'm relativly experienced in blender and environment is not the problem. characters will be a little struggle but i will get it. Thought about Unreal 4 or Unity as an engine. Unreal will be better i think, unity is a good engine but for the things I want to do it's relativly limited at some edges i believe... To show that i have a concept, here is what i need: -Third person camera (check) -Lock on system (it works, but haven't find a tutorial yet) -Combat System similiar to Dark Souls/The Witcher 3 (but i don't wanna compete with them or let it look exactly like this) Exact hit system is the important thing... -Changeable weapons and armors (not many, not out of the inventory) -Unarmed fight/Fight with weapon change -I don't need a quest log, but something like world events happening, influenced by the player -I need an inventory, but only defined slots, one for item x, one for item y, one for item z. If they are blocked, no other item can be added and the player has to drop sth, or slots that can be used only for a single item in game, that is available only once. -system that gives my player the ability to take weapons directly from the ground and start fighting with it. -Vendor System, buy items for the inventory slots for x amount of Gold/whatever -Looting System from chests like in Zelda (Optional, i don't know if it's doable and if it's not to much) -Jumping/Climbing System -Riding System For the 3d models i'm doing concept arts right know but i don't know if it is doable for me alone at all I know your answers: you can't do it under 20 years. It's frustrating.I got all this ideas but i can't get them into a game. And no one can help cause the half of the community base don't even know how to do all this things for themselves cause it seems so complicated to evolve all this "video game standards" from scratch. But any tips? Any suggestions how it can be realized? Is another egnine eventually better? Are there tools to save time? I will be ready to spend money on this solutions cause i want to bring my ideas on screen! If it is not doable, i will break down, cry, and begin to sell my models in the engine asset stores and hope that some other people can create something cool with it. Thanks @ all people who can answer me

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Started by Zlux January 20, 2018 02:26 PM

12 comments, last by settlerUnseen 6 years, 10 months ago

Zlux

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January 23, 2018 09:07 AM

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It took me several years to be able to program my own real full featured RPG, and I've been at this for 15+ years. Programming in general takes a lot of time to learn the craft, and is not something people pick up within a few months.

Yes, I must have known this from the start So for me that's plenty much time i can't afford. So i will work on my artistic skills and try to start as a freelancer in 3-4 years maybe...

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When you start learning something new, you can't just expect to be an expert within an hour. But whatever you do, try to break it up in smaller tasks/steps, to keep the complexity low and the motivation up.

Yeah... Don't know why i thought i can realize this with tutorials and learning a few coding things... This seems to be a lifetime task. It's a dream for me but unreachable. had to start when i was much younger.
I can't keep motivation if the result is still not that what i wanted after 5 years... My motivation to craft a tic tac toe game is simply not existent,.. So maybe game programing is simply the wrong thing for me.
Maybe i can manage in a few years to bring my skills as an artist into concept art. That's much more realistic for me. It's a pity though cause my game design ideas will be a lot better than the ones i will work for, but... ;D

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Take a Chef for example, you don't see people learning to cook go from a basic soup to making six course grand TV worthy meals right away, it takes a strong foundation and a lot of time.

Chef is the job i learned 7 years ago. The first soup i have to cook was a green cress cream soup. The same one that was in the menu and no simple basic soup. Cause no one in our restaurant want to eat a simple basic soup. All i have to create in my first year were things that the guests have to eat, so it have to be perfect. But cooking is a lot different from coding, trust me ;D

Rutin

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January 23, 2018 12:15 PM

3 hours ago, Zlux said:

Chef is the job i learned 7 years ago. The first soup i have to cook was a green cress cream soup. The same one that was in the menu and no simple basic soup. Cause no one in our restaurant want to eat a simple basic soup. All i have to create in my first year were things that the guests have to eat, so it have to be perfect. But cooking is a lot different from coding, trust me ;D

I don't think you're getting the point, it's not about being the same, it's the concept of progressive growth and understanding. I have cooks in my family and what they were able to make on day 1 isn't the same after a few years. What you could do or understood on day 1 is simply not the same after 7 years. I'm sure you're able to break down ingredients to the point where you can make custom meals because you're able to add ingredients that go well together, not just follow someone else's recipe. This is the same concept with programming. When you start out you're using another Chef's recipe because you don't have the ability to go into a kitchen and make AAA style meals from random ingredients. The same applies with programming, you start off by making simple programs, and by following instructions to understand the components and concepts of the language, then at some point you understand majority of what you have to work with and can craft your applications without the need of books, tutorials, or guides.

I honestly don't think coding is for you, you're not looking at the programming as a progressive progress, you simply do not just read tutorials and you're good to go. You require very logical and analytical thinking in order to excel in this field once basic concepts are learned, but if you're looking to skip the building blocks you will not succeed. Unless you want to learn "programming" bad enough you will not find that motivation. Motivation comes after action, not before.

I wish you the best in your artistic journey going forward in game development. You will find lots of programmers looking to team up with an artist out there.

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January 23, 2018 07:39 PM

Hey Zlux,

I am in a similar situation as you - although on the other side, I focus on programming and have no artistic skills. So, togehter with a friend, we are looking to build a small team. Besides programming we have now character concept art and environmental art and maybe sound covered.

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Send me a pm if you are interested in joining us.