So i have this really great game idea. I wont go into details, except that its main idea is a puzzle RPG in which you use time travel to solve problems and save the day. I plan to call it Every Second Counts. it would be a 2d "birds eye view" style rpg, not to graphically complex. I'm willing to self teach, I'm a freshman in Highschool, so its not like i have a lot of responsibilities right now. I get a new moniter soon, planning to buy some RAM and a new graphics card and really get my computer running fast. I'm looking for some software suggestions and/or a company willing to help independent game developers get started. Any help would be greatly appreciated. My inspiration comes from this guy in his 20's who made a game all by himself completely by self teaching and what not. I think he's done with it, its called Ben's Game, or something like that. i saw it in a forum and it got me thinking. (and no, I am not referring to the cancer fighting game, while that is inspirational) so anyway....er....yeah, help would be much appreciated.
Probably a good beginning would be RPGMaker, but if you can't get what you want done in that, then I'd recommend using flash and actionscript. Definitely try RPGMaker first though, it's a good starting point.
I made a RPG once,took me years though I used simple paint progras for the design,then iused python and various other simple free programs. But thats the hard way RPG maler is very good,but limited
i'm pretty sure that was all a joke. RPGMaker VX would be a good place to start if you have had no previous experience.
