Metroidvania tutorials?

[sc00pj0hn]

I've always had the intention to plan a metroidvania game, but due to my beginner skills at GML, i've never been able to find out a tutorial on how to implement metroidvania elements in a game. Does anyone mind pointing me out where to start?

[Pedigree]

Would you be a tad more specific, please? What specific metroidvania elements are you after?

 

[sc00pj0hn]

Would you be a tad more specific, please? What specific metroidvania elements are you after?

Excuse me, i forget about details.

I'd need to find out how to have a feature where the save data stores in objects, abilities, unlockables, map position, pretty much how a metroidvania works. For my game i'd theorically use maps for each zone/area along, and the menu that contains equipment, inventory, etc. that is accessiible during in-game. TO be honest, i haven't played Super Metroid (and later) or Symphony of the Night but i'm pretty inspired to La-Mulana because i am a NES style fanatic (and would try to make my first platformer engine).

My projects:

Spoiler

-Cut Man's Bad Scissors Day: The Return of Oats
[ON HIATUS]

-STGBuilder English Translation Project
[NEED HELP!]

[VinnyVideo]

Some of this information - like the player's current position - is probably going to be stored as a global variable. Abilities and unlockables might be stored in a global array. If there are lots of items that the player should only be able to collect once, you'll want to use a ds_map to store whether the item was collected.

Then once you have all your data stored in memory, you'll need a way to put it into a save file. Do you know how to do that? (My RPG engine has an example that might help you.)

This is a very simplified outline, so if you're confused about anything, please ask.

Course clear! You got a card.

[sc00pj0hn]

Some of this information - like the player's current position - is probably going to be stored as a global variable. Abilities and unlockables might be stored in a global array. If there are lots of items that the player should only be able to collect once, you'll want to use a ds_map to store whether the item was collected.

Then once you have all your data stored in memory, you'll need a way to put it into a save file. Do you know how to do that? (My RPG engine has an example that might help you.)

This is a very simplified outline, so if you're confused about anything, please ask.

I don't know how to do it in a simplified outline, but apparently the things i meant can be done like in your RPG engine too?

My projects:

Spoiler

-Cut Man's Bad Scissors Day: The Return of Oats
[ON HIATUS]

-STGBuilder English Translation Project
[NEED HELP!]

[VinnyVideo]

Yeah, my RPG engine might help you out.

Do you know how to make a global variable? That's how you store a piece of data that you want to be able to use in multiple rooms. You might do something like this:

Code:

global.name = "Vinny";

Once you have that working, you'll want to store it using a script like scr_savegame().

Course clear! You got a card.

[sc00pj0hn]

Yeah, my RPG engine might help you out.

Do you know how to make a global variable? That's how you store a piece of data that you want to be able to use in multiple rooms. You might do something like this:

Code:

global.name = "Vinny";

Once you have that working, you'll want to store it using a script like scr_savegame().

I'll be sure to follow on it when i have any free time, and yes, i know global variables. However, for the platforming stuff, i'll have to make that out myself ;_;

My projects:

Spoiler

-Cut Man's Bad Scissors Day: The Return of Oats
[ON HIATUS]

-STGBuilder English Translation Project
[NEED HELP!]

[VinnyVideo]

All right. If you need any help, please let me know.

Course clear! You got a card.