Help Forum FAQs, Come here first before you post a topic

To help reduce the amount of simple, common questions, you can come here and read this for the answers you need. You may also add-on with questions and answers that would be good here. (I have more, but I have little time to post it all)

Q: How do you make games?
A: We use a combonation of different things. One of the more "traditional" and commonplace methods is using one of ClickTeam's products. These are: Click and Create (CnC) (AKA Multimedia Fusion Express (MMFE)), The Games Factory (TGF), and Multimedia Fusion (MMF). TGF and MMF are not free; you can download Shareware versions on the ClickTeam website, and you can purchase copies for $30 to $50 (TGF) and $99 (MMF). CnC and MMFE are not as buggy as TGF, but cannot be downloaded legally. MMF is more complicated than the others but more powerful.
Another program used is called Game Maker. It is completely free, and can be found on the internet for download. It uses a different method for programming, and can be harder or easier, depending on how you handle scripting methods.
There are also other ways to make games. You can search on the internet for free C++ compilers and tutorials. You can go to GBADev and download utilities, tutorials, and sources for making your own GBA games. However, these methods are not very commonplace, and you might need to go elsewhere for help programming with these methods.

Q: How do you make sprites?
A: Again, there are several ways that this can be achieved. The methods can be broken down into sprite ripping, sprite editing, and custom sprite creation.
Sprite ripping is where people take sprites out of pre-existing video games. People use emulators and ROMs for this. Some people make hundreds of in-game screenshots and then carefully cut the sprite out, others open the ROM up with a graphics editing utility like YY-CHR or Tile Molester. However, you have to go find ROMs yourself because the forum rules dictate no commercial video game ROMs allowed.
Sprite editing and custom sprite creation can be done with a good graphics program, like The GIMP, PSP, Photoshop, even MS Paint. You use your artistic talents to modify or create your own customized graphics for your games, or for distribution. You can find spriting help and tutorials on TSGK and tSR.

Quite a useful idea,


PS: because of the underlining it looked like it said help forum ***s. lol.

Just one problem; nobody ever reads these, cuz they're all impatient n00bs.

Better to be safe than sorry. You never know, if one n00b reads these first, then the job they were meant to do is complete, and that's one less topic in the help forum.

True... but on most forums with FAQ's the effect is so little nobody even notices.

Although I fail to see the harm in keeping this FAQ here...

This should be stickied.

I agree. So should my topic in the GC about the same thing.

There are too many stickies in the GC already. ;P

I meant in the Help Forum.

i did NOT realize, that was a "Q" in the topic title @_@

How come my avatar wont load? (I have one on the web,)

Is TGF really more buggy than CNC? Rhetorical question.. doesn't want answering =P

This post has been edited by Anther on Mar 8 2005, 03:48 PM

When will the game I submitted be on the site?

Actually, never.

Just kidding. Whenever the webmasters get to it, that is, if they deem it as acceptable (it would have to REALLY SUCK for it not to be).

When you calm down and stop being pissed off and when Parakarry updates.

Our updating is sparatic sometimes. Usually when a submission doesnt get on the site immediately it's because I'm still wondering if it passes judgement.

Check to see if it was declined or not if it's still pending.

Under the Manager tab of your User CP, pending items are listed as a paler color than previously accepted items. And you'll always be alerted when a submission is submitted/accepted/declined/modified under the messenger tab.

Q: How do I take a screenshot?
A: There are two ways with different results. You can either press Print Screen on your keyboard to take a screenshot of the entire computer screen or hold Alt and press Print Screen to take a screenshot of the current active window. You can then paste your screenshot into any graphical program such as paint.

i cant get an avatar from my computer how do i do it?