[Other] Advice needed.

[Corinton]

Let me just say this first, I'm a total newbie when it comes to hacking/creating my own game. Can anyone give me any good advice for free, or at least very cheap, tools to use for creating a game?

I've tried Poketscript, but I couldn't get it to cooperate with notepad to do what the small tutorial I was looking at said. So here are the programs I have access to:

Poketscript
AdvanceMap 1.92
PKSV
and XSE.

I also have RPGMaker VX Ace
and the free version of GameMaker on Steam.

Are there any tutorials that you'd recommend for me to learn the ins and outs of these?

I have little experience with coding and mapping, and would be grateful if someone could point me in the right direction for learning these skills. So any advice is helpful.

Also, I hope this is the right place for something like this, if it's not, I apologize >.>

 

[Mana1]

Hmm, you seem to have two things going on here!

Pokescript, A-Map, PKSV and XSE are all hacking tools. All hacking tools are free, and many can be downloaded in our tools and tutorials section - where you'll also be able to find a plethora of useful guides as well.

I would recommend you use XSE for scripting, my favourite tutorial is Diego's (click for link).

RPGMaker and GameMaker are completely different to hacking, as they make a game from scratch rather than altering an existing game file. If you're more interested in Game Making then you're best looking at The Game Development section of Pokecommunity.

 

[Kenny1]

Firstly, it depends on what you're making, a GBA rom hack, or a standalone game.
If its a hack, then you wont need RPGMaker, or Gamemaker.

I don't have experience in Game making, but I can link you to some useful threads for GBA:
Scripting:

Spoiler:

Diego's XSE tut
Level Script tut(XSE)
PKSV tut(not recommended)
Flags Vars and Script tiles, by KarateKid

Then Dark Sneasel's tut, which should give more info:
Tut

 

[Corinton]

Thank you Kenny1 and Magic! Those links will be very useful :D

I'm kind of divided whether I want to use hacking or create a game from scratch. I would certainly like to do both but can't decide which place to start haha. Anyway, thank you for those wonderful links and tutorials, I'll definitely be looking into those and whatever else I may find :D

 

[Nefrite]

Though not the newest, HackMew's tools are certainly some of the best. You can find them at HackMew's Tools Factory thread (see below). HackMew isn't active anymore, so you might have to hunt around for a rehosted file if any of the download links are broken in the thread. Best of luck!


To get to the thread, just paste

/showthread.php?t=85025

after the pokecommunity URL.

(Apologies, can't post direct hyperlinks yet)

 

[Patrick74161]

Cool. I'm also startring out with hacking. I Found out about OW Editor RE, And NSE. NSE Can be used to change Trainer sprites, pokemon sprites, backsprites, and some other stuff. OW Editor can be used to edit The OW Sprites (the ones you talk to, move, see on the maps.) I Hope these help, and they are SUPER Easy to use. (NSE Can have problems though)