Creating a Game: Casino RPG

Written by Administrator | 04 September 2010

Forever and a day is about how long I've had the idea rummaging through my head: a role playing game wherein there are no battles in the traditional sense. The character you play is a gambler, and the enemies are slot machines, game tables, other gamblers, casinos, etc. 

Recently, I finally decided to try running a few steps to get this thing made, and I've done it using Game Maker 8. So far, I don't have much, but this is what I've tried to do:

1. Create a character (essentially a box) that can move around the screen using arrow keys.
2. Insert a slot machine (another box) that the character can run into.
3. When the character collides with the slot machine, a dialog comes up asking if the player wants to play the slot machine.
4. Add a bankroll value to both the player ($10) and the slot machine ($1000)
5. When the player says "Yes" to item 3, the player loses $1 and the machine gains $1, then a random check is performed, after which if the player wins he receives $5 and the machine loses $5, else nothing happens.

That's all for right now, it's working like a charm but looks ugly as hell.

More to come.