How to Create a Car Game for Free
Making a computer car game requires several steps. You must find and understand a game-making program. There are many available for free download, such as Game Maker 8. You must design the game's graphics, including backgrounds, characters and levels. You also must program the physics and actions of all of the characters in the game as well as how they interact with the gaming world.
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Download free game-making software. Take time to learn the software and its operation methods. Trying to program a game without understanding the software will lead to a poorly programmed game.
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Decide on the type of car game you want to make. Car games range from racing to fighting or design.
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Design your graphics on a piece of paper. This should include your car, all racing levels, backgrounds and enemies. Designing your graphics on paper before programming them helps streamline the programming process.
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Write out the types of actions your car will perform in the game. For example, a racing game should have opponents as well as racing goals. A car fighting game should have enemies, weapons and other power-ups that enhance your car's performance.
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Design your graphics in the game. Create your levels and place the backgrounds. Design your car's look and all the opponents. Save these files for later.
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Program your car's physics and actions. Physics include inertia, centripetal force, gravity and all other natural physics that can affect a car's performance. Car actions include turning, ramping, braking, accelerating and crashing.
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Integrate your graphics with your programming. Essentially, you are matching the graphic you designed for the cars and enemies and applying the programmed physics and actions to correspond with the graphic.
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Play-test your game. This helps you find any mistakes in programming. Mistakes can include enemies that are too difficult, levels that can't be beaten, areas where your car can get stuck or actions that freeze up the game. Fix these mistakes as you find them by finding the programming error. Repeat this step until your game is playable.
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