How to be able to shoot a gun?

[avalanche_5874]

I am in the process of making a game which heavily relies on the main character's ability to shoot a gun and kill people. How can you have gunfights between you and other characters, with both of you having the possibility of dying.

[Scummbuddy]

Can you fully detail out to us what kind of game you are making? is this an arcade game where they are only coming straight at you, like a fps and you are stationary? perhaps like Time Crisis?


are you doing a shooter with shooter where the bad guys are practically stationary? ala Leathal Enforcers?


are you creating a third person view game,Ã,  like Zombies ate my neighbors, or smash tv?


Something else? Please be as specific as you can.

[avalanche_5874]

The game I am making goes like this: You, the main character, is assigned to infiltrate a terrorist compound.

The details of shooting the gun: You, the character, will be able to move freely, and the enemies are stationary.

[Ishmael]

You're knee-deep in coding there. A first-person shooter is fairly easy to code, but making 360 degree aim range shooting scenes is a lot of work. It sure is possible with AGS, but it's a hell of a job to do. There are a few shooter engines available (hopefully) from one of the past coding competitions, too.

[strazer]

S/he also posted in the main Tech forum, I think Colxfile has been able to help.