Homebrew [W.i.P.] RPG Maker 3DS

[filfat]

Actually, now i think about it, we could create a javascript application,
Javascript is a complete programming language, supported by every operating system.
We could make it so that you need to start the program and visit it using an url in browser, or give it its own window, either way it will work without the limits of a browser (limited ram and stuff)

Speaking of it https://github.com/atom/electron is also an option.

P.S. I might be available to help a little after September 15.

 

[Melon__Bread]

You could go .NET C# and distribute the application with Mono.
.

This!
That way you can code in C# while staying multi platform


EDIT: Electron is also a good choice like mentioned above

 

[shinyquagsire23]

This!
That way you can code in C# while staying multi platform


EDIT: Electron is also a good choice like mentioned above

Mono only works though if everything else works with Mono (ie no Winforms, GTK# instead, no .DLL or unsafe stuff, etc)

 

[Technicmaster0]

Mono only works though if everything else works with Mono (ie no Winforms, GTK# instead, no .DLL or unsafe stuff, etc)

I think that you can use DLLs and Winforms with mono. At least I can use .DLLs when programming with MonoDevelop on linux and I can open windows forms applications (although they don't look as good as on windows).

 

[Melon__Bread]

Mono only works though if everything else works with Mono (ie no Winforms, GTK# instead, no .DLL or unsafe stuff, etc)

I think that you can use DLLs and Winforms with mono. At least I can use .DLLs when programming with MonoDevelop on linux and I can open windows forms applications (although they don't look as good as on windows).

Yeah I open all of the .NET applications that get posted here in mono all the time and they work about 4/5 times.

 

[shinyquagsire23]

Yeah I open all of the .NET applications that get posted here in mono all the time and they work about 4/5 times.

Yeah, they *usually* work, but if you're making an app like this which will be used a lot, you want it to use a native look and feel rather than the ugly one of winforms. And you also want it to actually work of course.

 

[Tjessx]

Lets go for javascript?

 

[xXDungeon_CrawlerXx]

Can't wait for a working version of this!

 

[Rinnegatamante]

Cause problem with drawPartialImage (it seems to crash the interpreter if called lot of time (for example with big maps)) i decided to use pre-rendered maps (which will be generated from Game Builder.
Maps are also flipped to avoid flipping by software (reducing time needed to load the map.

Also made better the collision check for the map, now it use an easy-to-generate table like this (1 = walkable, 2 = unwalkable):

map_table = {
   1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
   1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
   2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2,
   2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2,
   1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
   1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
   1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
   1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
   }

I'll update the GitHub repo soon.

 

[Rinnegatamante]

Solved the flipping image issues and the takeScreenshot issue (it seems kinda broken don't know why, on other homebrews works fine. Maybe is GPU rendering which corrupt it infact i just fixed top screen, bottom screen is not rendered in the screenshot).

First screen of the test map:

Added also level2 and level3 rendering and now hero rendering is done through GPU and not with CPU (probably CPU will be used only for dialogs and menus, the rest will be rendered with GPU.

 

[xXDungeon_CrawlerXx]

Solved the flipping image issues and the takeScreenshot issue (it seems kinda broken don't know why, on other homebrews works fine. Maybe is GPU rendering which corrupt it infact i just fixed top screen, bottom screen is not rendered in the screenshot).

First screen of the test map:

Added also level2 and level3 rendering and now hero rendering is done through GPU and not with CPU (probably CPU will be used only for dialogs and menus, the rest will be rendered with GPU.

GREAT WORK!
Is it possible to test this on my N3DS?
Just want to see if it really works already!

 

[Rinnegatamante]

GREAT WORK!
Is it possible to test this on my N3DS?
Just want to see if it really works already!

I'm uploading right now the Test Engine i'm using. (Only 3DSX format so you need Ninjhax).

 

[xXDungeon_CrawlerXx]

I'm uploading right now the Test Engine i'm using. (Only 3DSX format so you need Ninjhax).

thank you! no problem, I've Cubic Ninja +NINJHAX

 

[djalmafreestyler]

Very goog luck with the project, we need more homebrews like this for 3DS.

I really wanna see openBOR or Mugen too

 

[Rinnegatamante]

Dialogs and events triggering test:

 

[Claros]

Speaking of it https://github.com/atom/electron is also an option.

P.S. I might be available to help a little after September 15.

I often use Electron and I think it's a good choice. I code faster with Electron than what I used to in C++ and Qt.

 

[Rinnegatamante]

First prototype for Battle System Scene for RPG Maker 3DS! (Battle started through random encounter feature)

Also made better dialogs screen. Now windows are alpha blended (semi-transparent).

 

[xXDungeon_CrawlerXx]

Is there a simple Demo we could test already?

 

[DutchyDutch]

Great work! Cant wait to try it out. Seems like my current RPG Maker game is going to 3DS.
One little thing though: Can you make it so that we can change the battle style to only seeing the enemy? Like in Earthbound/Mother?
My project was kinda based on those games, both art wise and gameplay wise.

 

[Jwiz33]

Great job! This will definitely open up the scene to more devs, including me.