How do you make video games

[Redeemer]

I am really impressed with the new video game being developed by (BWWD)
I am jst curious how do u make video games, (2d beat ups) specifically. I am very interested. Can u guys point me in a direction, like maybe a video to understand the basics

[Nelson]

Hello, Redeemer. bwwd is using a program called OpenBOR, which is a more customisable version of an older program called Beats of Rage. To get started, I would advise you to visit the Beats of Rage official page by the Senile Team (http://www.senileteam.com/beatsofrage.html), download the game and study the tutorials.

Then for further info you should join the Lavalit (http://lavalit.com:8080/) forums, the community of OpenBOR programmers.

Good luck!

[Ninjinister]

How do you make video games

Lots of time, patience, and a swear jar.

[oldmanwinters]

If you are looking for a modest program to get to started, you should look into GameMaker, which features many tutorials for various genres of games.
http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker

[Candy Kappa]

Lots of time, patience, and a swear jar.

what he said.

[bwwd]

Best is to start editing existing game ,change small things in it and see what happened.
Im using engine developed for this kind of games (beatem-ups)So i dont have to be worried about coding something into whole engine,i did it once when i needed blocking from back and front,then i made changes in source code.There is manual on website so you can see what is possible ,what kind of attacks and animations,there is also graphical editor to edit stages and characters:
http://dcemulation.org/index.php5?title=OpenBORManual

Its not that hard,most time consuming part is making graphics,editing pieces of characters and stages.

[BentonGrey]

Lots of time, patience, and a swear jar.

Amen. The more complex a game you want to make, the more effort and maddening errors you face.:twink:

If you have any interest in something more complex than the awesome 2D resources that have already been mentioned, I'd recommend picking up Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich. It's a really fantastic game in its own right, but it is also incredibly customizable and has a huge amount of third party content available for it. These days pretty much any superhero you can imagine, plus vast numbers of other characters, from the Turtles to the Transformers, have been created.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/8890/

[ScratchTheHotSpot]

Like someone before said, 'Game Maker'. Its a prety simple program, but also limited. If you want something more, you may want to look at learning some programming first. Microsoft XNA is a tool to build PC and Xbox 360 games, but requires knowledge of the C# Programming language.

And the there's UDK. The Unreal Development Kit is a way to make very complicated and very professional looking games, with little programming experience. www.3dbuzz.com for great tutorials.