Tutorial 1: Getting Started
The first thing you need to do is get the required softwares to create a game.
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The 2 most common softwares to create a Pokémon fan game are (1) RPG Maker XP and (2) Pokémon Essentials.
RPG Maker XP is a program that is broadly used to create many different types of games while Pokémon Essentials specifically focuses on Pokémon Fan Game development. You need to install RPG Maker XP first before you are able to use Pokémon Essentials.
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The Pokémon Essentials folder should look like this when opened:
The Audio folder is obviously where audio files such as music and sound effects go.
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The Data folder includes various files that control the contents of the game such as maps and scripts.
The Fonts folder contains fonts your game utilizes to display texts.
The Graphics folder contains all images your game will use.
The PBS folder contains text files that govern the mechanics of your game.
Don’t worry about the other files below the folders for now. To open Pokémon Essentials via RPG
Maker, you just need to click on “Game.rxproj”.
When you open Pokémon Essentials, you should see something like this:
That will be your “work-space” to create your game.
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I will end here and plan for the next tutorial to be about Mapping.