Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Art and Spriting
Need art for your RMVXA game? Want to learn how to create it yourself? I have you covered with three links. To be fair,
art is easily my weakest asset when it comes to game design. However, a wise man once told me: “You need not know
everything . . . only the people who
do
.”
http://rpg-maker-artists.deviantart.com
:
A community on deviantART for RPG Maker
artists. As a general statement, deviantART is an incredibly useful site for all things art. If
you have an artistic inclination, you could join the community; otherwise, it is probably a
good place to look for people who can create unique sprites and/or other pieces of art for
your RMVXA games.
http://finalbossblues.com/pixel-tutorials
:
Offers a variety of cool tutorials for making
your own pixel art. The tutorials are specifically targeted at RPG Maker XP, VX, and VX Ace
users but should have relevance outside of the RPG Maker series as well. After all, art is art.
http://animatedbattlers.wordpress.com
:
Holder creates animated sprites to be used
in scripted side-view battle systems in RMVXA. (Think of the view used in classic
Final
Fantasy
games.) They look really awesome, so go check out what he has done, if you're
interested in having a side-view battle system in your RPG.
Tutorials and References for Ruby
A veritable treasure trove of resources for Ruby exists on and off the Internet. Following are but some of the sites
available:
www.codecademy.com/en/tracks/ruby
:
Codecademy's mission, as stated, is “Teaching
the world how to code.” It does an exemplary job at it, if I may be so bold as to offer an
endorsement. It has course plans for several of the most popular programming languages,
including Ruby.
https://rubymonk.com
: Another site similar in principle to Codecademy, rubymonk, as the
site name implies, is strictly for Ruby and Ruby on Rails tutorials.
www.ruby-doc.org
: Perhaps the most comprehensive reference for Ruby, if you desire to
dive into the world of Ruby programming. As stated on the site: “The ruby-doc.org Ruby
documentation project is an effort by the Ruby community to provide complete and
accurate documentation for the Ruby programming language.” Thus, if you can't find a
method contained in Ruby through the site, it probably doesn't exist!
http://rgss3doc.razelon.tk/en/rgss3/index.html
: This links to the RGSS3 Reference
Guide. I find it somewhat more convenient than trying to rummage through the RMVXA
help files, but your mileage may vary on that.
Sounds and Music
No game is truly complete without an awesome soundtrack. Here are some links to musicians who can spruce up your
project accordingly.
http://bc1281.wix.com/scythuz-music-web-1
:
Site of Benjamin Carr, a.k.a. Scythuz.
I have had the pleasure of purchasing some of his tracks in the past. He delivers high-
quality work at competitive rates. There is a contact page on his site, if you would like to
commission some music tracks from him.
