Is it possible to make your own homebrew games for the Dreamcast? I would like to give it a try :S Any advice\tips will be greatly appreciated.\
(first post, Hi everyone )
Hi thereOriginally Posted by Mick.
Of course, it is possible to create your own Dreamcast game!
There are several ways to do so. You could start coding or porting your own game via KallistiOS:
Setting Up A Dev Enviroment (Win32):
http://www.dcemulation.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=74329
Dev Links:
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2834
Dev Forum:
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=15
...or you could use one of the many existing game engines available for Dreamcast:
- modding Quake allows Dreamcast-like graphics and high portability:
http://www.dcemulation.com/phpBB/vie...=870715#870715
Drawback: None of the current Quake ports is really perfekt... The best ones are 1. nxMakaqu (still WIP! but already the best port out there) and 2. QuakeDC/HexQuake (closed source, no more updates in the future).
- FENIX (DIV) has a decent Dreamcast port (by Chui):
http://chui.dcemu.co.uk/fenix.html
It's a scripting language that doesn't require too much knowledge. Allows GBA/SNES like games !
Your game will be highly portable, as DIV/FENIX is available for several platforms.
- Create a Beats of Rage mod:
http://borrevolution.vg-network.com/
http://www.openbor.bet/
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=18
Atm a BoR mod using the enhanced OpenBoR engine could either be a 1:1 vs fighter (like Street Fighter), platformer (like Battletoads) or your classic Final Fight-like brawler. The first two haven't been done yet (okay, there's a Battletoads demo which is a must-have!)
Again, your game will be compatible for many platforms: OpenBoR is available for Dreamcast, xBox, PSP, DOS, Win32 (buggy).
- ...or try creating a shump by modding HoR:
http://www.openbor.net/hor
There's a demo available, but no one ever attempted to create their own mod for this engine...
- ...or start creating themes for existing homebrew for Dreamcast. Great DC games that are themeable:
- Melchior (replace graphics, music and sound)
- Noiz2SA
- DCSquares
- Tetris 2
- Block Smash
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