What gaming software would you use to create a Harvest Moon game?

I <3 Pit

I REALLY REALLY want to try. It's a bit far-fetched and I know it'll take a very long time, but I wanna try, so I'm asking.

I want the game to be like Harvest Moon: Animal Parade and add in some things of my own. I'm still baffled on how to program things like the stages of farming (going from a sprout to a full plant), specific events (like festivals and dating events), a gift giving and cooking system etc.I'm trying to learn...but anyway, that's beside the point.

I want a game engine that can do all that, and what coding language to use. I heard that javascript is easy, but there's something called C# that works better for game programming?

I was thinking of using Unity3D or XNA to attempt this, but what do you think? I don't want the graphics to be all that realistic either.

Any and all serious suggestions would be really helpful x3

Thank you in advance

Answer
There are many resources for creating a video game like Harvest Moon and etc.

Here are some you can try out.


You can also use a search engine like Google to find many free tutorials, videos, programs, forums and etc. for game programming

A program that you can use is DarkBasic which is a programming language designed for creating 2D and 3D video games

FPS Creator is a good program for creating FPS games


This website has free versions of DarkBASIC Professional and FPS Creator that you can use

http://www.thegamecreators.com/


There are many free tutorials, information and programs for game programming


Darkbasic tutorial

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&biw=1024&bih=567&q=Darkbasic++tutorial&oq=Darkbasic++tutorial&aq=f&aqi=g3g-v7&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=365594l369563l0l369782l21l21l1l7l7l0l156l1140l8.4l12l0

Create video game

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Create+++video++game&oq=Create+++video++game&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=12&gs_upl=0l0l0l69297l0l0l0l0l0l0l0l0ll0l0


Free game programming course

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&biw=1024&bih=567&q=Free+game+programming+course&oq=Free+game+programming+course&aq=f&aqi=g1g-v1&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=24875l29203l0l29359l28l28l0l11l11l0l109l1406l16.1l17l0


There are many Free software for Game programming and etc.

Free game programming software

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&biw=1024&bih=567&q=Free+game+programming++software&oq=Free+game+programming++software&aq=f&aqi=g3g-v2g-b2&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=198656l206750l0l206860l39l38l3l9l10l0l125l2218l23.3l26l0


YouTube also has a whole bunch of tutorials for game programming and examples of video games created with DarkBasic and etc.:

Darkbasic, playlist

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Darkbasic%2C+playlist&oq=Darkbasic%2C+playlist&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_l=youtube.12...0l0l0l1546l0l0l0l0l0l0l0l0ll0l0.


Make Free video game

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Make+Free+video+game&oq=Make+Free+video+game&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_l=youtube.12...33563l33563l0l34438l1l1l0l0l0l0l62l62l1l1l0.



There are many online forums for game and computer programming. You can ask them for any advice and information


Game programming forum

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&biw=1024&bih=567&q=Game+programming+forum&oq=Game+programming+forum&aq=f&aqi=g1g-v4g-m2&aql=&gs_sm=s&gs_upl=72781l72781l0l73985l1l1l0l0l0l0l125l125l0.1l1l0


You can also go to your local library or store or an online store like www.amazon.com to find a many books, DVDs, programs and etc. for game programming:


Books, videos and etc. for learning DarkBasic game programming

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Darkbasic&x=16&y=21


Introduction to Game Programming...sometimes it would be better to get a good book for game programming because it would show step by step on how to produce a good video game and some of these books include a free or trial program like BlitzBasic, Blitz3d, C# language and etc. which would allow you to create some simple 2D or 3D video games

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_n_5?rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Cn%3A%211000%2Cp_28%3AGame+Teen%2Cn%3A5&bbn=1000&sort=relevancerank&ie=UTF8&qid=1261934190&rnid=1000

Good luck and I hope this will help

I need to stream games using Xsplit.?

Frik

I understand that I have to enable the game source, that I have to add the executable file from the add games menu, but every time I click add games, even with the game open, Xsplit doesn't register a thing and tells me that I have to click in the window of the game to add it. I don't know how to get this damned program to use the game as the source of video, and since the game I'm trying to play does not have an option for windowed mode, no program I try to use will pick it up and broadcast it. What do I do?

Answer
If the game you're playing only has fullscreen mode, then yes it will require game capture. Are you using the free version of Xsplit? For the best support, I would check out the XSplit forums. Any time I run into issues, their staff and members are able to help with pretty much any issue. I would give more information though, what game, all of your computer specs, etc. You already have an account since you're able to use the program.

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