How to Make a Java Game Like RuneScape

"Runescape" is a multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). It was created in 2001, and even though it's quite old in comparison with hundreds of more developed MMORPGs, many video game designers base their games on the original "Runescape." Of course, "Runescape" lacks the 3D effects of its modern counterparts, but it's a good guide for the forthcoming role-playing games. Nonetheless, to create such a game, there needs to be a whole experienced team with wide knowledge on Java systems. Game Maker, a program developed by YoYo games, offers an alternative option: to create games without the hassle of learning Java systems but with an easy-to-use interface.

Things You'll Need

• Game Maker 7.0
• Computer

Instructions

1. Open the Game Maker 7.0. A gray box without any object will appear. Go to the toolbar. Click on the eighth icon (from left to right). This icon allows you to create sprites for this game. A new box will appear.

2. Click on the "Load Sprite" button. For this exercise, let's choose the "Alien" sprite. Give your sprite an appropriate name.

3. Click on the seventh icon, "Create Objects" (this time, from right to left). With this icon, you can create different objects that will be useful in the game. Go to the "Sprite" blank box and click on the little blue button. A list of all your sprites will appear.

4. Choose the "Alien" sprite. Write an appropriate name for your new object. Add movement to the object by clicking on the "Add Events." A form will appear. Select the "Create" event. A box with red arrows pointing to different sides will appear.

5. Include actions in the event by dragging the red arrows into the action list. Press and hold the mouse on the arrow. Indicate the directions of motion and the speed in the blank box. Press "OK." This is to make the object move as soon as it appears in the screen.

6. Follow this procedure with other objects. Add as many objects as you desire to create your fantasy game. Test your game by clicking on the green arrow (sixth icon, from left to right).

Tips & Warnings

• "RuneScape" games are done using the Java language. Although, it may sound easy, it is not. Java is something that must be learned with patience, and to master the Java system completely, the interested subject must spend two years learning it.

References

• YoYo Games: How to Make a Java Game Like Runescape