More advanced scripting program that's similar to Scratch and RPG Maker?

Mimikyu2037

(just to explain if you don't know RPG Maker MV has this more simplified ‘event’ system in addition to actual scripting. It's kinda like scratch.)

Making stuff in Scratch and RPG Maker is a lot of fun and I want to move on to making full on games, but I'm just endlessly confused by how overly complicated real scripting is. Are there any programs/languages that are like Scratch and RPG Maker's simplicity that I can make actual games/programs in? It doesn't have to be block based, but the general simplicity of it compared to how complex something like LUA is.

Last edited by Mimikyu2037 (Feb. 19, 2021 06:24:08)

Nstefanide

Unity is a program that the coding isn't to hard to learn … I honestly don't know any good programs for coding that are easy like scratch.

Rendangbike2

I recommend Stencyl.

Maximouse

Rendangbike2 wrote:
I recommend Stencyl.

I think Stencyl would be a good choice. Text-based languages are at least as complex as Lua, so if you don't want that it's better to use a block-based language.

ninjaMAR

Python is a good choice for a text-based language. If you want games you could use pygame which is simple.

Last edited by ninjaMAR (Feb. 19, 2021 14:36:27)

Maximouse

ninjaMAR wrote:
If you want games you could use pygame which is simple.

It's simple in the sense that it doesn't have many features, but it isn't simple to work with. Arcade might be better for beginners.

But the OP wants something less complex than Lua, which I don't think Python is.

Rendangbike2

Nstefanide wrote:
Unity is a program that the coding isn't to hard to learn … I honestly don't know any good programs for coding that are easy like scratch.

Wow, that is a bad desicion.

ninjaMAR

Maximouse wrote:
ninjaMAR wrote:
If you want games you could use pygame which is simple.
It's simple in the sense that it doesn't have many features, but it isn't simple to work with. Arcade might be better for beginners.

But the OP wants something less complex than Lua, which I don't think Python is.

lua is hard

Rendangbike2

ninjaMAR wrote:
Maximouse wrote:
ninjaMAR wrote:
If you want games you could use pygame which is simple.
It's simple in the sense that it doesn't have many features, but it isn't simple to work with. Arcade might be better for beginners.

But the OP wants something less complex than Lua, which I don't think Python is.
lua is hard

yup.

Greg8128

If you're looking for “Scratch but more advanced”, try Snap! at http://snap.berkeley.edu . It has a wide range of advanced features, but you can also code the exact same way as you do in Scratch.

RPG maker uses JavaScript. Naturally, you could try your hand at learning JavaScript in a wider context (for example basic web development). You could also try out other scripting languages. I recommend Lisp, which (indirectly) inspired both JavaScript and Scratch.

Last edited by Greg8128 (Feb. 21, 2021 09:21:22)

9gr

ninjaMAR wrote:
Maximouse wrote:
ninjaMAR wrote:
If you want games you could use pygame which is simple.
It's simple in the sense that it doesn't have many features, but it isn't simple to work with. Arcade might be better for beginners.

But the OP wants something less complex than Lua, which I don't think Python is.
lua is hard

i was an intermediate programmer in lua before.
i outgrew roblox
scratch is better

Rendangbike2

Greg8128 wrote:
If you're looking for “Scratch but more advanced”, try Snap! at http://snap.berkeley.edu .

I think the OP was trying to ask a specific Game Maker

Bacteria999

If you want everything that Scratch has, but function-oriented and focused on mathematical algorithms, I recommend Snap! If you have a powerful PC and want to make high-quality 3d games, I recommend Blueprints from Unreal Engine.

You can also learn programming languages like Python, Javascript, Lua, GML which are very easy and quite powerful.

ninjaMAR

9gr wrote:
ninjaMAR wrote:
Maximouse wrote:
ninjaMAR wrote:
If you want games you could use pygame which is simple.
It's simple in the sense that it doesn't have many features, but it isn't simple to work with. Arcade might be better for beginners.

But the OP wants something less complex than Lua, which I don't think Python is.
lua is hard
i was an intermediate programmer in lua before.
i outgrew roblox
scratch is better

maybe learn c,c# or c++

Rendangbike2

ninjaMAR wrote:
9gr wrote:
ninjaMAR wrote:
Maximouse wrote:
ninjaMAR wrote:
If you want games you could use pygame which is simple.
It's simple in the sense that it doesn't have many features, but it isn't simple to work with. Arcade might be better for beginners.

But the OP wants something less complex than Lua, which I don't think Python is.
lua is hard
i was an intermediate programmer in lua before.
i outgrew roblox
scratch is better
maybe learn c,c# or c++

No, God, No

-EmeraldThunder-

ninjaMAR wrote:
Maximouse wrote:
ninjaMAR wrote:
If you want games you could use pygame which is simple.
It's simple in the sense that it doesn't have many features, but it isn't simple to work with. Arcade might be better for beginners.

But the OP wants something less complex than Lua, which I don't think Python is.
lua is hard

I find it rather easy and I would say it was good for a beginner.

ninjaMAR

Rendangbike2 wrote:
ninjaMAR wrote:
9gr wrote:
ninjaMAR wrote:
Maximouse wrote:
ninjaMAR wrote:
If you want games you could use pygame which is simple.
It's simple in the sense that it doesn't have many features, but it isn't simple to work with. Arcade might be better for beginners.

But the OP wants something less complex than Lua, which I don't think Python is.
lua is hard
i was an intermediate programmer in lua before.
i outgrew roblox
scratch is better
maybe learn c,c# or c++
No, God, No

why

Greg8128

Rendangbike2 wrote:
Greg8128 wrote:
If you're looking for “Scratch but more advanced”, try Snap! at http://snap.berkeley.edu .
I think the OP was trying to ask a specific Game Maker

Basically any programming language can be a “game maker” if you want to use it as one. If a programming language can take input and produce output, it can be used to make games.

Mimikyu2037

I'm following some tutorials to make a platformer in GameMakerStudio 2. It's not the most complicated confusing scripting but there's so much stuff going on idk if I could figure out how to make anything on my own without a tutorial to follow..

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