I've been thinking for a while now of possibly attempting to create a turn based RPG. Plotwise I'm thinking almost a spiritual successor to the X-Files, though perhaps somewhat quirkier as well. Think Earthbound meets the X-Files. I'd like to do all the art myself, build the plot, levels, everything else... thing is, I'm just not versed in programming at all. Back in the day, I had experimented with a couple programs, Game Maker and Multimedia Fusion, but neither really suit the purposes of this project well. I was hoping that someone might know a good game building program that was well suited to a top down RPG (and I'm hoping to stick to SNES type graphics here, so I'm not in need of anything too fancy), preferably one that would allow me to release the game in a standalone format if I ever manage to finish it.
Basically, I'm looking for a game building program that would allow me to build a game very similar to Earthbound or one of the old SNES Final Fantasy games, but let me create the plot, and do all the art design. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Basically, I'm looking for a game building program that would allow me to build a game very similar to Earthbound or one of the old SNES Final Fantasy games, but let me create the plot, and do all the art design. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
