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I have been going through halls videos, learning PHP, SQL, looking at JS and Ajax... and realized that I may have a problem when looking at the tech and what I can do. I am at a stand still on what tech to use. I want to make a game similar to the FF4-6 games on the SNES, or at very least, the smooth active bar combat system. I can live with more limited world movement, but not with combat.

I found things like this talk about node.js and aves engine... but was only watching with enviousness. It is way out of my league to get. I also looked at other games on the browser that had similar ideals to mine or smooth(ish) play. AdventureQuest and Fantasy Online using Flash. Runescape and Minecraft (browser version) on Java. C#. Is this where I should be aiming? Or is JS / HTML5 better? I remember playing a demo Zelda-esk game on HTML5 which was smooth as hot butter.

So yeah, that is where I am at... any suggestions, questions, answers, hm? ^^

There are many options but few that will actually produce what you want in the end. I too have spent some time tryiong to replicate the old FF games through a browser and have found only Unity and Javascript to be good models but both take some work. Look at my Javascript/ajax tutorials. With single player you can remove much of the ajax. Also try out my Javascript RPG engine.

Thanks! Alright, sounds difficult but good.

Forgive my ignorance, but where is the engine? (Or is it the tutorial?)

Articus wrote:Thanks! Alright, sounds difficult but good.

Forgive my ignorance, but where is the engine? (Or is it the tutorial?)

Unity: http://www.unity3d.com

SpiritWebb wrote:
Unity: http://www.unity3d.com

Er.. sorry meant the "Javascript RPG engine" he was talking about.

well here is a example of the engine,
http://indie-resource.com/rpgengine/index.php

do not use IE, use chrome or mozilla or something.

Easy to simulate.