[Tutorial] .: RPG Creation

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Rpg Creation Tutorial​

Chapters
• 1. Starting an RPG
• 2. Storylines
• 3. Quests
• 4. Landscaping
• 5. Hero Creation
• 6. Finishing
• 7. Suggested Ideas

Starting an RPG
Rpgs are Roleplaying games, games which include strategy and quests to do and most often a basic storyline that involves killing an enemy. This is a tutorial to make an RPG. An rpg is broken up into little pieces.. Such as you will require...

Terrain
Quests
Heroes
Enemies
Storyline (optional)
Items
..etc

Out of all the games created in Warcraft III, Rpgs are the least created. Mostly because they take time and effort to create. Sometimes you can get an rpg that is very balanced, but poorly done. The best thing you can possibly do is make an rpg that is very balanced and done well. These make your hits go up. Rpgs such as, Defi4nc3's ORPG or COT ORPG are popular because they are made to be fun, like Defi4nc3's ORPG has a special system which involves you going into dungeons and killing monsters for good loot. COT ORPG involves you just doing quests and killing everything in sight to become the strongest on BattleNet. You can make your own RPG However you want. Heres a basic idea on how to do an rpg...

Hit and Run RPG (Basically Killing Monsters and a Few Quests)
Skilled RPG (A list of skills and monsters to kill such as Blacksmithing etc...)
Item RPG (A basic rpg meant for item hunting)
Adventure RPG (An rpg with a very detailed world and storyline)

Most rpgs go in the areas of Item RPG and Hit and Run RPG because of their simplicity. But before I get too detailed lets move on to the next chapter.

Storylines
Storylines are mostly what keeps an RPG going, if there is a good storyline possibly people will play it, most of the time its a story about killing an evil god or a giant demon. But what keeps a real rpg with a storyline going is a complex storyline, where the story changes dramatically, instead of making it like 'You must kill the Demon Lord' maybe make it 'You must go through the land and kill the Demon Lord', These are just one line sentences though, maybe you can do this, 'You must kill the Demon Lord, but on the way throughout the lands a drunk dwarf stops you on the way.' As you take one sentence, it will get more in depth as you add more, thus making a more detailed storyline.

Quests
Quests are what put excitement in an RPG most of the time, sometimes quests involve killing a certain amount of monsters or just killing a monster and claiming a certain amount of an item. But like most RPGs, quests require 'VARIABLES', variables store data which can be used for later on.

Such as:
This is just a basic preview
'VARIABLE INTEGER' [monster_kills]
ACTIVATION

Events
Comes within 256.00 range to 'unit'
Conditions
((Triggering Unit) equal to Hero) equal to True)
Actions 
Game - Text : Help! Some monsters in this area have taken over, and i need you to kill 5 of them!
Turn on 'monster kills'
Turn off 'this trigger'

MONSTER KILLS

Events
Unit - A unit Dies
Conditions
(Dying Unit) equal to type 'unit'
Actions 
If/Then/Else Functions
If Conditions
 Integer less then 5
Then Actions
Set 'variable' to (variable +1)
Else
Do Nothing

As you go on, you will go more in depth with quests. The above is just a basic quest involving killing a certain unit. Even though its not an accurate code, its at least an IDEA.

Landscaping
Wow! You actually read this far? Well this is on 'terraining' for an rpg. Most of the time an rpg will have a few towns in a distance. Also a good idea on terraining for an rpg is possibly set up a few grids then terrain inside of them to make it look more detailed in a certain area. Then you can take off the grid walls (most often cliff tiles) and make it merge with the other grid near it.

A good idea for terraining is keeping it simple sometimes at the start, then when you get the game going, you can then terrain it to look really nice!! Sometimes terraining takes time but if you really know how to terrain it should be a piece of cake. Most Rpgs use the tileset below:

Lordaeron Summer

Why Lordaeron Summer? Because it is a basic tileset and looks decent. But most of the time RPGs use a 'CUSTOM' tileset, where you can put a few more tiles on the map than normal. But since you can only add about 2 more tiles, think about getting WEU (World Editor Unlimited). It allows you to add more tiles than the normal world editor. And its pretty useful in ways.

Hero Creation
Heroes can sometimes be hard to create. Like if you want the basic hero classes like Warrior, Ranger, Mage you can do that. But alot more rpgs go with their own ideas. Like lets say your a warrior...

You have [Charge] [Bash] [Critical Strike] [Avatar]

Mostly these skills build a warrior who can tank etc... But thats a basic hero.

As you get deeper into hero creation you will make heroes like

MAGE
[Lightning Blast .: Deals x3 Intelligence :.] [Firebolt .: Deals 125 Damage and Stuns Enemy]

These are just basic skills, maybe you should look at a hero creation tutorial for more information though.

Finishing
Once your finishing your RPG mostly what you should do is find bugs and fix them, balance out abilities, balance items, make the terrain look nice... etc..

Fix Leaks and crap.

But the most important thing about finishing your map is to make sure everything is in place and you can do the maximum amount of stuff as you should have been able to as you said. Then your done.

Suggested Ideas
I have made a list of suggested ideas for your RPG that you may find useful later on.

LIST OF SUGGESTED IDEAS:

Spellbooks [These save slots in your main spellbook]
Save/Load [This will save / load your game as a code to take ur character later on.]
Custom Icons & Models [This adds more detail to your game, alot of people like models and icons]
xAttribute Skills [Say you cast a spell, maybe you want it to damage x6 your strength or agility?]


Thanks for reading guys...

This took awhile to do but i guess its okay... and decent..

[++ Rep Appreciated but I dont need it]

by ban-lord

 

[martix]

On that subject, this is such a tiny, tiny tutorial, but I'm sure somebody will find it helpful.