Kupowered: This is Neat - Game-Making Program on DSWare

Thursday, May 5, 2011

This is Neat - Game-Making Program on DSWare

I checked over at Siliconeria and saw this little article about Petit Computer, a program you'll be able to download from the DSiWare Shop in Japan(For now, don't know about an American/PAL version). That's the problem I have with linking Siliconeria stories, is that they often deal with exclusively Japan-centric things. But regardless, I'd imagine the chances of this seeing American shores would be pretty good; why wouldn't they bring it over, I mean?

Anyways, the program allows you to handle the programming and art side of games, programming things in BASIC (which, I'll admit, I have no idea on; from what the comments say, it seems like it's not anyone's first choice) while using a graph square to make your sprites for your characters and other assets. While you can't make the best looking thing around, a little time will net you something neat-looking at the very least.

The games made will be able to be distributed online, as they save on the SD card in your DSi, so everyone will be able to see just what you've made! Though a bit limiting, this is still a step in the right direction, as far as I'm concerned. Since, well, this reminds me of a subject I've been thinking on for a while now.

Do any of you guys remember the RPG Maker series of games? It always struck me as odd as they were around when it was, well, cumbersome to allow anyone who wasn't in your household to play your game (not counting the PC versions), yet as soon as Online Distribution through game consoles and such boomed, the games never showed up again. Someone should, y'know, bring that back. Since now it's going to be a lot more appealing to people, especially after the success of LittleBigPlanet and similar games where User-Created Content reigns supreme.

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This is going to be many things, but first and foremost, it is, quite simply and unsurprisingly, a place for me to write. Sometimes about video games, sometimes about movies, and other times, just to write out mini-stories and the like. As an outlet for me, it will likely reflect how I am; at times it will be entertaining, and other times it will be informative. I just hope that every time it's interesting at the very least.

The current goal is a post every other day to settle myself in; eventually, I will seek to post every day, if just to raise an inquiry that I've found I've tripped over most of that day, or to retell an amusing, or perhaps less so, tale from the day. I find that I can be long-winded at times, so perhaps this will be less of a concern than I imagine!

While it would make sense to change this to grow as "Kupowered" does, I hope to keep this just as it is and, sometime down the road, re-read it with a slight chuckle and mumble to myself, "I did it." So take this as a mission statement, if you will, and we will see how it works out!

Handy Post-Types Guide!

A Look Back: In lieu of reviews (which I might do in the future), these posts will be fond recollections of older games from my past, telling you why I believe them to be good and why you might be interested in playing them.
Giant Robot On: I like Giant Robots. Who doesn't? These posts will always be talking about something with Giant Robots in it, be it video games or anime or movies.
Less-Short Story: On occasion, inspiration will hit me and I'll want to write a short story or, as the name implies, expand on a story from my old Ficly. That will be these posts.
LittleBigThings: In these posts, I will be discussing (read: gushing about) things in the LittleBigPlanet series of games, from the game itself, to user-created levels, to my own adventures in Craftworld.
Music!: Fairly self-Explanatory. In these posts, I will talk (gush) about music I like, and possibly music that I don't care for.
Popcorn On: These posts will revolve around movies that I've seen that are just great in one way or another. The aim is to give you enough to interest you into seeing it without giving too much so that you feel you know what's going to happen.
Quick Note: These will usually be, as can be expected, short posts to keep in touch with the blog and it's readers if I'm not prepared for a full post or if I'm updating on a past post.
Ragequit: Completely opposite of A Look Back, these posts will be about the few games I've had to quit playing because they just weren't fun. (Or that I might have finished, but still hated.)

There will likely be more types of posts added in the future that will be explained here.