Slip into Ruby: An introductory guide to RGSS for beginners.

[Trihan 40]

Hey guys! I started a tutorial series in 2012 looking at RGSS3 and trying to explain it for complete beginners to RPG Maker scripting. I think i've mostly succeeded.

 

You can find the parts I've currently completed at the following links:

 

Chapter 1: Making a bestiary

-- Part 1: http://rpgmaker.net/articles/694/

-- Part 2: http://rpgmaker.net/articles/835/

-- Part 3: http://rpgmaker.net/articles/1096/

-- Part 4: http://rpgmaker.net/articles/1108/

 

Chapter 2: Under the Hood (Breaking down the default scripts)

-- Part 1: The modules

---- Section 1: http://rpgmaker.net/articles/1109/ (covers Vocab, Sound, Cache and DataManager)

---- Section 2: http://rpgmaker.net/articles/1110/ (covers SceneManager and BattleManager)

-- Part 2: Game Objects

---- Section 1: http://rpgmaker.net/articles/1114/ (covers Game_Temp, Game_System and Game_Timer)

---- Section 2: http://rpgmaker.net/articles/1116/ (covers Game_Message, Game_Switches, Game_Variables, Game_SelfSwitches, Game_Screen and Game_Pictures)

---- Section 3: http://rpgmaker.net/articles/1120/ (covers Game_BaseItem, Game_Action and Game_ActionResult)

---- Section 4: http://rpgmaker.net/articles/1121/ (covers Game_BattlerBase and Game_Battler)

---- Section 5: http://rpgmaker.net/articles/1129/ (Covers Game_Actor)

---- Section 6: http://rpgmaker.net/articles/1130/ (covers Game_Enemy, Game_Actors, Game_Unit, Game_Party and Game_Troop)

---- Section 7: http://rpgmaker.net/articles/1137/ (covers Game_Map)

---- Section 8: http://rpgmaker.net/articles/1229/ (covers Game_CommonEvent, Game_CharacterBase, Game_Character, Game_Player, Game_Follower, Game_Followers, Game_Vehicle and Game_Event)

---- Section 9: https://www.rpgmaker.net/articles/1351/ (covers Game_Interpreter)

-- Part 3: Sprites

---- Section 1: https://rpgmaker.net/articles/1353/ (covers Sprite_Base and Sprite_Character)

---- Section 2: https://rpgmaker.net/articles/1355/ (covers Sprite_Battler, Sprite_Picture and Sprite_Timer)

-- Part 4: Spritesets

---- Section 1: https://rpgmaker.net/articles/1356/ (covers Spriteset_Weather, Spriteset_Map and Spriteset_Battle)

-- Part 5: Windows

---- Section 1: https://rpgmaker.net/articles/1363/ (covers Window_Base)

 

Hopefully someone here will find this useful; as with anywhere else I've posted it, if you have any questions, corrections or criticisms, have at it!

Edited February 15, 2017 by Trihan

[+ Takeo212 1,079]

Your Bestiary Part 1 link doesnt work for me. "Page Not Found"

 

I do intend to look over these actually, so thank you for posting

[Trihan 40]

Link fixed! Not sure what happened there! Glad to have another reader! The next part should be up today.

[Trihan 40]

Section 6 is up! We're finished with battlers now and I've added homework exercises! http://rpgmaker.net/articles/1130/

[+ Takeo212 1,079]

I've taken a copy of this and intend to use it for study over the summer

Do you still update this, or has it been completed?

 

Also, I love the idea of the exercises at the end of 6. It helps have you memorise the coding and gives you a goal near the end!

 

Thank you for taking the time to write these tutorials up!

[Seriel 830]

Just read through part 1, seems like a good tutorial, only the code examples are a little bit small..

Is that a fault of rpgmaker.net?

[Rinoazelda 287]

The bestiary script has an error, the name: you can't change the name of the command. I read the entire script, no option was there.

Edited June 23, 2015 by KilerDiLeo

[CPX_13 22]

Just been reading your first tutorial. I really liked it.

 

I'm gonna put some time aside and have a proper look through this.  

 

My next mountain to conquer is the RGSS3 language. Shouldn't take me as long as i have pretty good programming knowledge now anyway.

[Arrpeegeemaker 136]

This is much easier to understand than other tutorials I've read ^^ thanks

[ashm 12]

Should I read chapter 2 first, or...

Because between making a script and break down the script, I should learn about the basic right ?

[Trihan 40]

It depends on your learning style really. Some people prefer to jump right in with an example that they can actually see results from, and some prefer seeing how it all works underneath the shiny exterior.

[+ Asharonapaul 276]

so I went through your second tutorial, and I got an error for the first methods in the first class, because the second class comes and defines those methods afterwards. should I rearrange?

[+ Asharonapaul 276]

disregard, I figured it out. I have dislexia and I often times make mistakes when writing code.

you think you could speak with me in private message about how to utilize your tutorial for my game needs? I have figured out a little on how to display the information on factions, but the problem I'm having, is figuring out how to display hashes in the second window.

For example, the window I need to make is for diplomacy. So I want faction list on one side, and faction details on the other side. I think based on what you provided in the tutorial I could figure out how to display an image on the right side, for instance, I want to show the faction symbol.

[Trihan 40]

So it's been a while but I finally wrote the next one.

 

https://www.rpgmaker.net/articles/1351/

 

Updated the OP with all the currently available articles.

[Cap_H 5]

Trihan, you're the best!

Like even a dumbo like me can do something with these.

[Trihan 40]

Updated with four new articles!

[PhoenixSoul 1,404]

So, you finally covered the Interpreter...nice.

 

By the way, Trihan...

 

ME...

 

Music Effect

 

Like what you hear whenever you pass a song in Guitar Hero...