LaconianSandals wrote:I've decided to try to complete a Phantasy Star V project now that I have the time to do so. I'm using a program called SPHERE that supposedly allows a lot more freedom than the RPGMaker programs, and that CLAIMED to be friendly to those who weren't experience programmers. However, when I open the "editor" all it shows me are some empty folders and it looks like everything has to be pretty much scripted and designed from scratch. Is there anyone out there on these forums who is familiar with this program?
I'd stick with RPG Maker. I once used RPG Maker 2k. You can use some scripting skills with it too. And It's quite easy to create a game with it.
Altough I would still stick with the one which has more support and more freely available tilesets ans sprites.
I can say that at least RPG Maker 2k is quite powerful program to make an RPG. I don't know about the later versions. One thing still bugged me. To play the game you had to install almost whole RPG Maker to the computer where you wanted to play it. The binaries required much other material. Which actually isn't that bad. Like most of the windows programs, they like to provide own libraries and not use any shared ones. Space and resources (RAM) is wasted.
I think, it would be great to have FOSS game maker that would create games that utilize GTK libraries. If one coded that kind of program in python it would be easy to port to many platforms. :) But I belive that it would only happen if I learn python myself. :P
Now when I think of this... I have several years of experience on scripting: ECMAScript (javascript), Sleep, Bash, Apple Script (OS 9), DOS bat... I have long been thinking of designing an RPG which takes place in Algol system. The heroes of the story arent any of the heroes in original PS games. But those heroes could appear in some cameo roles. :)
Hmmm hmmmm hmmmm... At least I would like to have one FOSS Game maker first. I'll see then.
(Oops! Long post again. :E)
EDIT: Oh well. Sphere IS FOSS. \o/ I'll need to check it out.