Creating my own game on retro pie

Lynn.

Hi guys, im new to this so im getting someone to help me write the game development code and i've got the concept but how can i install the my game into retro pie and get it work?

Appreciate for pointers on how can i do it like which code will be the best to use with retro pie and do i just install the game on the SD card and boot up the machine ?

mitu

Are you asking for development advice or you already have a game you created and you want to add it to RetroPie ?

Lynn.

@mitu said in Creating my own game on retro pie:

or you already have a game you created and you want to add it to RetroPie ?

For development advice as I have the game concept but not sure which coding language will work with retro pie.

mitu

@lynn RetroPie is geared more towards emulation of retro consoles and less towards running standalone games. I'm afraid I don't have any advice here, but remember that RetroPie runs on Raspbian Linux, so you could have that as a filter when you choose how to develop your game.

herb_fargus

@lynn pygame is worth looking at, or C++/SDL2 are nice and portable

dudleydes

@lynn If it's a 2D game, then you could try the Love engine. The site is down at the moment due to the hard drives failing on their server.

Info on installing Love as well as adding some games can be found at: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Love/

Lynn.

@mitu Alright, so instead of retro pie, i can just use raspberry pi 4 instead?

mitu

@lynn What is raspberry 4 ?

grant2258

@lynn said in Creating my own game on retro pie:

Hi guys, im new to this so im getting someone to help me write the game development code and i've got the concept but how can i install the my game into retro pie and get it work?

Appreciate for pointers on how can i do it like which code will be the best to use with retro pie and do i just install the game on the SD card and boot up the machine ?

why not just use the retroach framework to write your game in that way it can work on retropie and all retroarch systems

Lynn.

i see, i engaging some developer online to do the code for me so i not sure if they are able to do it.

Thanks for the advices anws :)

grant2258

@lynn said in Creating my own game on retro pie:

i see, i engaging some developer online to do the code for me so i not sure if they are able to do it.

Thanks for the advices anws :)

If you are paying someone to code a game for you my only advice would be dont pay a penny until the games is done. There are a lot of people online that will be willing to take your money and do nothing in return.

Lynn.

@grant2258 fully understand the risk there, if i source for developer in my country it's very expensive with my limited budget :(

Lynn.

@grant2258 said in Creating my own game on retro pie:

why not just use the retroach framework to write your game in that way it can work on retropie and all retroarch systems

What is retroach framework ? Im worried that the developer i engage have no idea what is this.

Lurker

@mitu said in Creating my own game on retro pie:

@lynn What is raspberry 4 ?

It's for running Retropie of course. Bah Dump Dum!

I....
I'm sorry....
I couldn't help my self.

I'll see myself out.

markyh444

^^^^^^^^^^

Hero