How a turn-based rpg work?

Virion · Post by **Virion** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:04 pm

I'm curious about how a turn-based RPG work? Something like Final Fantasy, as in their combat system.

GameDude · Post by **GameDude** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:18 pm

Well my idea behind would be that you set it so that when you select a command the character will attack the selected enemy. You would also need to use menus and set it up so that the system waits until you select the command.

CuteAlien · Post by **CuteAlien** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:56 pm

Just look at existing turn-based rpg games which are open source :-)

Battle for Wesnoth is one of the most complex:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wesnoth/

Probably it's easier to learn how to do that by looking at the source of a simpler game, but that's the only one which came to my mind. Maybe you should browse a little through the sourceforge games until you find one simple enough. They all come with sources.