2D RPG game in vb.net

[Baseball435]

Well I have wanted to create my own 2D game and I heard you could in vb.net. I specifically use visual basic 2008. I was wondering how you would even start to begin making a 2d rpg in vb 2008. If anyone has any websites or tutorials pleasee post them! Thanks guys!

[Jackolantern]

The game-making language of choice in .NET is now C#, and has been since the release of XNA. Maybe there are some good engines still out there for Visual Basic.NET, but I have always personally enjoyed XNA. It is well-organized compared to writing code in raw DirectX calls. Technically, you can write XNA applications in VB.NET, but it is ugly, unsupported, and has almost no community behind it.

[Baseball435]

Okay. Do you know of any engines that could create me a game like maplestory? Or more of an rpg game like puzzle pirates? Not the puzzle part but just the whole way it looks and the way you move.

[Jackolantern]

Not really. There are no real MMORPG engines for .NET, much less anything 2D side-scrolling to the level of Maplestory. You would have to build it yourself, which is no small task even for a highly-experienced .NET coder.

[SpiritWebb]

You could try this:

vbGore

or

Google Search results

[Jackolantern]

I thought VBGore was made in VB6, an incompatible version for VB.NET. Or was it updated to VB.NET?

[SpiritWebb]

I did a search on VB.Net and got vbGore and some other results, like how .NET can be used in making an MMO. I didn't read much into it, but figured I would post my search results so he can thumb through it.

[Jackolantern]

I looked on VBGore's [url=http://www.vbgore.com/Main_Page]website[/i] and it looks like it is written in VB6 with DirectX 8.

[Baseball435]

Yeah I think so. I was looking at unity3D too. What do you guys think of that? Like is it hard to learn and use and code? Because that's what I think would be cool to work with. Never really have worked with it though

[Sakar]

Unity is one of the easiest engines to use and learn IMO. It works quite well for 2D games, you just need to do a couple things first.