Generic RPG XI

Inspiration

I've never done any big projects for fun, as I am just a freshman and started very recently, but I wanted to take on a big challenge in a short period of time, I knew I would run into many problems and not nearly be finished, but I knew it would also teach me a lot, which is why I chose to opt out of using frameworks, so I could really challenge myself instead of using premade tools (outside the java libraries of course).

How it works

The game runs just how any other does, with an update loop and a draw function. However, the engine runs by using a stack to manage different states. On top of this, there is also a bit of physics in movement for the character.

Challenges I ran into

parsing map files rendering animations

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

The stack, and the hashmaps used to manage the stack.

What I learned

A lot. A looooooooot. How games are made, how tilesets and backgrounds work, how to pass in images to java and rendering them, making animations, using hashmaps, cleaning up code, managing resources. I picked one of the most challenging things to do for a reason, and that was to become more comfortable using the language I use most.

What's next for Generic RPG XI

I will probably fix certain things, add a world map state, figure out how to read XML files as a tileset(the worst when you have never worked with XML files) and I will not just stop doing things because I have things to do still.

Built With

• java