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Looking for a turn-based strategy beginner's tutorial.
Hi. This is a brand new user with the most basic starter question.
I would like to design a turn-based strategy game. Is there a beginner's tutorial specific for this genre so I get off on the right foot?
I am trying to avoid frustration by spending my time learning concepts that are not relevant to my genre of interest.
Thanks!
Hey Lance,
It's good that you want to focus exclusively on a TBS game, but you'll end up more frustrated if you try to look for tutorials exclusive to the TBS genre. In my experience, all tutorials can $$anonymous$$ch you something, regardless of what they're written for.
Anyway, I don't have any suggestions for tutorials for the TBS genre, but if you post what aspect you want to learn, people will give you great links to program$$anonymous$$g, modeling, ect. tutorials.
Hope this helps - Gibson
Hi Lance.
I started my own TBS quest a few months ago. I've been trying to document my experience, but my blog isn't quite ready. I'd be more than happy to share ideas and collaborate - I'm pretty sure we are trying to do the same sorts of things.
Sam.
G'day Lance, I've been in the same boat as you. I've learned Unity to build a TBS, and I'm very happy with the progress. I would highly recommend you study this excellent introduction to A* Pathfinding, as it will be the bread-and-butter of your game, but I would also recommend you look at this tutorial on building a TBS in Unity.
It's written in C#, and most beginners start out in UnityScript (often incorrectly called Javascript), but it could be written in UnityScript easily enough.
Good luck with your project mate!
Thanks for the feedback. I am absolutely new to this so although there has to be overlap between genres in basic core processes, I was hoping to initially avoid aspects that might not be relevant. I figured I would try to make my learning experience most efficient as methods addressing things like 3-D modeling and impact collision would not be pertinent.
Do you have a good basic tutorial that you recommend?
Thanks I will take your advice and study those links.
I was a Professor for 7 years and the first thing I had to learn in $$anonymous$$ching was to envision myself in the student's position. Initially students don't know the technical language, don't understand pivotal concepts, don't understand how these concepts are inter-related, and don't know each concept's relative situational importance.
So far I have found various bits of advice such as useful scripts for TBS, but to my uninitiated $$anonymous$$d I can't yet see how they would specifically pertain.
I have done various tutorials where I have made boxes fall onto other boxes and made things set on fire, but I am still unsure how that will help me construct a diplomatic interface or grid map per typical TBS.
The best thing for me right now would be a resource that hand walks me through the process of designing a sample TBS from the ground up, with practical topics such as "$$anonymous$$aking a terrain map" or "Constructing a tech tree". In such a way I could see how the basic commands that enabled me to make boxes collide might fit into a TBS design approach.
In my naive $$anonymous$$d the scripting of RigidBody graphical properties are of lesser importance atm than the design principles behind AI, unit design, and tech trees.
After I am done reading your resources, I will share back any other useful informational links that I come across.
Thanks. Glad I could point you in the right direction. Learning and implementing A* will $$anonymous$$ch you to build a 'playing field' comprised of your grid 'tiles' or 'nodes', and how to make units interact with it. Once you've got that, you'll want to research and design a 'state engine' (think sequence of play, if you're familiar with board game ter$$anonymous$$ology). From there you'll have something playable.
If those resources satisfy your needs, mark this answer as correct, yeah?
Hello,
watch These Tutorials for a strategy Game YouTube.come/user/questerdesura.de I hope you like it and understand it.
https://www.youtube.com/user/QuesterDesura/playlists
found the link he was referring to... only useful if you speak whatever language that is
i have found....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC13uS6vBfU
which i havent watched fully yet but seems to be atleast a semi comprehensive series on TBS game making.
also look into ORK as it has a free edition you can make your game with before you need to purchase a license for release. playmaker isnt ready made for it, but easy to learn. TBTK is a complete package, ready to go. Aside from those there are lmited useful offerings for TBS.
While not for unity or strategic, this tutorial was the stepping off point for a turn based combat system that I used in my own game. Starting with the turn based combat part and learning to control the flow of the game might be a good starting point.
You can get started with a simple code example here https://medium.com/@div5yesh/turn-based-multiplayer-games-in-unity3d-using-unet-abcd8360ddd5
https://www.udemy.com/course/turn-based-strategy-game-development/ Complete answer to your question is here. Turn based fight scene tutorial
