So, so sorry

Sorry that I haven't posted in a while but life has a way of changing your plans. I don't have the time that I thought I would have and I did have some technical difficulties for the past little while. With that said I have decided to change things a little. I know I said that I wanted to make tutorials that people with less capable hardware could do. Everything that I want to do is incredibly complex and each little step needs tremendous explanation. So I have made a new decision. I am going to make posts to help you write your own skinnable role-playing game using Visual C# Express Edition 2008 and XNA Game Studio 3.0. I know that there is the role-playing game starter kit on creators.xna.com that you can follow and I think it is a good starter kit and well worth exploring. I will be trying a slightly different approach though. You are welcome to use any of the code that I post to create your own game. All that I ask is that if you publish your game you send me an email and tell me that you are going to and that you put my name in the credits.

This will be a 2D game with a scrolling map that you can have as many layers as you want and as many maps as you want. The quests will be fully customisable as well as the characters in the game. I will also be putting in utilities that will help you create quests, maps, items, etc. I want to try and do two or three posts each week to try and help you get started. Just remember, I am not an artist so the graphics will not be the best but there are many places on the Internet where you can find good quality graphics.

So look for the first post in a few days. It will be about creating a simple tile engine that will be at the heart of the game.