Can Game Guru make a treasure hunt?

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Tallima

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Posted: 30th May 2015 11:19

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Hi gamemakerypeople!

I make a sort-of-annual treasure hunt on the GOG.com forums where folks search for steam and gog codes in a game that I make. I've used Neverwinter Nights and RPG Maker to build them in the past. Do you think GameGuru can do this?

I'm having a hard time finding any specific information about features. I just need it to be able to allow a player to find items, read maps or show text in descriptions of items, and have hot spots where, if they perform a specific action (like use a shovel), I can award the code.

Thanks for any information you have!

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Posted: 30th May 2015 13:35

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Hello Tallima and welcome to GameGuru, I don't see why you shouldn't be able to do exactly what you want. You may need some scripting to achieve it but don't worry even if you don't have any scripting knowledge there are people here that can help or even write it for you and tell you how to implement it.

You have chosen a fantastic tool for your game / adventure GameGuru is already a fantastic game creator and is growing as the weeks go by.

I hope this helps and if you decide to create your level with GameGuru don't be afraid to ask for help as there are a lot of friendly people here.

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Posted: 30th May 2015 15:54

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Possible without doubt. Nothing you mention sounds impossible or even vastly difficult by any means. You may want to check out some tutorial videos for examples of what can be done in GG.

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Posted: 31st May 2015 01:56

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Sounds simple enough, and should be a lot of fun! Everybody likes a good treasure hunt!

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Posted: 31st May 2015 11:41

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Thanks for the responses, guys! I'll be snatching up a copy at bundlestars, then. It looks like a great deal.

I've done lots of C scripting in Neverwinter Nights and I've used lots of The Game Creator products (DB, DBPro, one I forget the name to -- you make a game with it, and just a bit of FPSM) and I've had C++ classes in college 15 years ago. But I've never touched LUA. Looks like I'll have something to learn. Should be fun!

You guys seem like a great community over here! Glad to meet you.

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Posted: 31st May 2015 15:21

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Welcome aboard! While no expert on Lua myself, your experience should allow you to pick it up with little to no problems. The scripting board has lots of info and examples to help, and every month or so the list of Lua commands grows. Be sure to check out the global.lua file in the scriptbank within the Game Guru directory for a complete list of commands!

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