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What program(s) should I use to create 2D sprite characters and program a fighting game?

I’ve been thinking about creating a 2D fighting game, similar to Super Smash Brothers (if it were to be put on a GameBoy Advanced), and I would like to know which program I should use to create the 2D sprite characters, stages, animate them, and then the program I should use to code the entire thing.

If you could give me the titles of the programs or links, I would appreciate it. Thank you.

I hope this helps…

You can go to the following websites which has whole bunch of FREE programs, tutorials, and other information for game programming:

http://www.instantfundas.com/2007/10/game-maker-create-your-own-games.html

http://www.ambrosine.com/resource.html

Books for Game Maker program (Not free):

http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Started-Game-Maker-Jerry/dp/1598638823/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250760444&sr=1-2

http://www.amazon.com/Game-Makers-Apprentice-Development-Technology/dp/1590596153/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

You can also get Video Game Tycoon for about $29. Yes this is NOT free but if you read the customer reviews for this product it is a good program that let beginners create their own video games:

http://www.amazon.com/Video-Game-Tycoon-Create-Games-Pc/dp/B000KJW71Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1250426348&sr=1-1

You can also go to an online book store like www.amazon.com which would probably have a whole bunch of good books and programs for game programming:

http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Flash-Game-Programming-Dummies/dp/0764589628#

http://www.amazon.com/Game-Programming-Teens-Maneesh-Sethi/dp/1598635182/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250425837&sr=1-17

http://www.amazon.com/Game-Programming-Teens-Maneesh-Sethi/dp/1598638432/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250443014&sr=1-2

http://www.amazon.com/Enteractive-DarkBASIC-3D-Games-Creator/dp/B00005V57T/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1250845081&sr=1-2

http://www.amazon.com/ENTERACTIVE-FPS-Creator-Windows/dp/B000BTAC30/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1250845311&sr=1-6

Sometimes it would be better to get a good book for game programming because it would probably show step by step on how to produce a good video game and it usually would include a CD which includes programs, code, instructions, and etc. which would help you to learn game programming and create your own video games.

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2 Responses to “What program(s) should I use to create 2D sprite characters and program a fighting game?”

  1. Adobe Flash is a great program. The scripting language is very versatile and not dissimilar to most other programming languages.

    U can draw all ur characters in Flash- they are vector based illustrations.
    or u can import ur own images into Flash.

    Flash animates, as well, so it should work well with ur idea.

    goodluck.
    References :

  2. I hope this helps…

    You can go to the following websites which has whole bunch of FREE programs, tutorials, and other information for game programming:

    http://www.instantfundas.com/2007/10/game-maker-create-your-own-games.html

    http://www.ambrosine.com/resource.html

    Books for Game Maker program (Not free):

    http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Started-Game-Maker-Jerry/dp/1598638823/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250760444&sr=1-2

    http://www.amazon.com/Game-Makers-Apprentice-Development-Technology/dp/1590596153/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

    You can also get Video Game Tycoon for about $29. Yes this is NOT free but if you read the customer reviews for this product it is a good program that let beginners create their own video games:

    http://www.amazon.com/Video-Game-Tycoon-Create-Games-Pc/dp/B000KJW71Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1250426348&sr=1-1

    You can also go to an online book store like http://www.amazon.com which would probably have a whole bunch of good books and programs for game programming:

    http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Flash-Game-Programming-Dummies/dp/0764589628#

    http://www.amazon.com/Game-Programming-Teens-Maneesh-Sethi/dp/1598635182/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250425837&sr=1-17

    http://www.amazon.com/Game-Programming-Teens-Maneesh-Sethi/dp/1598638432/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250443014&sr=1-2

    http://www.amazon.com/Enteractive-DarkBASIC-3D-Games-Creator/dp/B00005V57T/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1250845081&sr=1-2

    http://www.amazon.com/ENTERACTIVE-FPS-Creator-Windows/dp/B000BTAC30/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1250845311&sr=1-6

    Sometimes it would be better to get a good book for game programming because it would probably show step by step on how to produce a good video game and it usually would include a CD which includes programs, code, instructions, and etc. which would help you to learn game programming and create your own video games.
    References :

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