How I Built an RPG In A Week From Scratch With No Budget

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Post by frisco » Sat, Jan 17, 2009, 10:01 PM UTC

How I Built an RPG In A Week From Scratch With No Budget
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Re: How I Built an RPG In A Week From Scratch With No Budget

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Post by jws » Sat, Jan 17, 2009, 10:22 PM UTC

"Role Playing Game" or "Rocket Propelled Grenade"?

Ah, Role Playing Game. I guess either would have been interesting.

Re: How I Built an RPG In A Week From Scratch With No Budget

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Post by Rod » Sat, Jan 17, 2009, 10:55 PM UTC

jws wrote: post #2

"Role Playing Game" or "Rocket Propelled Grenade"? Ah, Role Playing Game. I guess either would have been interesting.

Building a Role Playing Game in a week is impressive. Taking an entire week to build one single Rocket Propelled Grenade would be interesting too, but much less impressive ;-)

Re: How I Built an RPG In A Week From Scratch With No Budget

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Post by greendestiny » Sat, Jan 17, 2009, 11:01 PM UTC

Really enjoyed this. Hopefully it can be a bit of an antidote to the self flagellating I sometimes see on Hacker News about not working on something important. The beauty of just making something is a joy in itself that shouldn't be made so difficult and angst ridden.

Re: How I Built an RPG In A Week From Scratch With No Budget

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Post by Shamiq » Sat, Jan 17, 2009, 11:05 PM UTC

Interesting way of defining a week. In terms of real "work" weeks, I get the feeling this would have taken longer than only one.

Anyone willing to venture a guess how long given the author only documented productive hours?

Re: How I Built an RPG In A Week From Scratch With No Budget

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Post by bestes » Sat, Jan 17, 2009, 11:12 PM UTC

Shamiq wrote: post #5

Interesting way of defining a week. In terms of real "work" weeks, I get the feeling this would have taken longer than only one. Anyone willing to venture a guess how long given the author only documented productive hours?

He said it was 2.5 weeks of calendar time to get 40 hours in.

Re: How I Built an RPG In A Week From Scratch With No Budget

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Post by jmtame » Sat, Jan 17, 2009, 11:22 PM UTC

i sort of miss ultima.. and king's quest

Re: How I Built an RPG In A Week From Scratch With No Budget

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Post by JMiao » Sat, Jan 17, 2009, 11:30 PM UTC

jmtame wrote: post #7

i sort of miss ultima.. and king's quest

http://www.infamous-adventures.com/

Re: How I Built an RPG In A Week From Scratch With No Budget

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Post by reitzensteinm » Sat, Jan 17, 2009, 11:35 PM UTC

Before we started doing more complicated games, the early games on Rock Solid Arcade (Stunt Pilot, Dogfight, Planet Cruncher) were all developed in his definition of a week. It's really fun seeing something come alive so quickly.

Re: How I Built an RPG In A Week From Scratch With No Budget

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Post by pg » Sun, Jan 18, 2009, 12:27 AM UTC

If anyone wants to know what we look for in YC applications, this is it.