Solarus Resource Help Project
Update:Go here for more official information:
HereAbout:This project is meant to help Solarus. The contents are below. Please make suggestions.
Reports:Let me know of:
- Dead links
- Service changes - Ex: Like how ADrive no longer gives 50 GB free.
- Typos or grammar mistakes
Basic Question:Q: Can Solarus make more than ARPG games?
A: Solarus can make visual novels, monster battle, card battle, and any other game type in the 2D realm. (Although, there is talk of
mode7.) Solarus is aimed at ARPG, so there will need to be more coding for other game types, but Solarus is made to make coding easy. (At least in my opinion.)
Q: Is Solarus an emulator?
A: No.
Q: Is there a simple android export option?
A: No. Not "yet."
Q: Single exe?
A: You can make a single .exe with a free packager software like "
Inno Setup".
Q: Can I sell my game in communities like Steam, and make money from it?
A: Yes, but follow the GPLv3 license.
Q: Is there online support?Q: Can I make a game without programming?Q: How much experience in Lua is needed prior to starting to use Solarus?Q: Is there a short explanation for GPLv3?Q: What basic information will pixel artists want to know?ARPG 2D Games good for studying:-The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
-The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Four Swords
-The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
-The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
-Zelda ARPG games:
Wiki-Secret of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 2)
-Secret of Evermore (Not related to the Mana series, but pretty much has the same functions and was made by the same company.)
-Seiken Densetsu 3
-Sword of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 5)
-Children of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 6)
-Avatar The Last Airbender GBA
-Boktai
-Alundra
-Soul Blazer
-Illusion of Gaia
-Shining Soul II
-Juka and The Monophonic Menace
-Yu Yu Hakusho - Ghostfiles - Spirit Detective
-The Legacy of Goku
-The Legacy of Goku II
-Buu's Fury
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TerranigmaSideScrolling Games:-Gunstar Super Heroes gba (Full of ACTION)
-Mario Land
-Wario Land
-Sonic
-Metroid
-Mega Man
-Lady Sia
SideScroller/ARPG: (Half/half):-Summon Night: SwordCraft
Port information:Homebrew 3DS:
HereWii port information:
HereAndroid port news:
HereThere is an older android port for an older version of Solarus, but there seems to be a better port in progress for maybe 1.5
Old android port info:
HereSome information of people that did the ports:
HereLua learning information and Solarus documentation: Here Solarus uses Lua for scripting with Solarus libraries to make things easy. This should not be an issue if one already has experience in a high level language like C or C++. Do not let that scare you because Lua is actually a very easy programming language and it will actually help you with learn C or C++ later, but C languages are not needed for making games with Solarus. It will help if you want to assist with the Solarus engine or modify it.
C++ SDL 2.0 and QT Creator: HereWant to help program for Solarus and fix bugs? This would be a good place to start. Once you begin, fork Solarus and do a pull request once you made your changes on GitHub. Scroll down to GitHub on this post if you have no clue what I just typed.
Upgrading:The migration guide will help one upgrade from different versions of Solarus:
HereDiarandor's Audio and Pixel art:Updates Here and his work is in the sample quest in Solarus Engine!
Sample Quest:The
sample_quest and
Children of Solarus project have some free graphics too.
Book:Solarus 1.5 free book by zefk:
Online -
PDF -
GitHub -
PostBasics:The new Solarus 1.5 tutorial series:
HereThe basics for Solarus - Video Tutorials by Christopho! The Creator of Solarus!
Tutorials by ffomega:
WebsiteAdvanced Screen Capture Tools:- Shutter for Linux -There are many options. The most important is selecting an area on the screen and making a screenshot. There are some basic paint editing tools as well.
- Greenshot for Windows -There are many options. The most important is selecting an area on the screen and making a screenshot.
- The use of gifs might be better than videos for reporting bugs. They are easier to post and upload. Giphy might be a good place to upload them before posting...only if they are bigger than 100 kb. Silentcast for Linux and ScreenToGif for Windows or LICEcap v1.26 (works with wine)
Error Solutions:-Function at line has more than 60 upvalues for local variables, arrays, & 200 Local Variables Limit Problem solutions:
Here-Control structure too long near:
Here-Solarus Graphic scaling solution/Images beyond 320x240 solution:
HereScripts:A list of scripts:
HereAudio:Audio: timer and timer_hurry (CC0):
hereMy music for Solarus
A free music making software list and soundfonts (sf2) Looping .Ogg music Solarus:
HereFont:Bitmap font - Direct download
Making Font Resources and TemplateFont (.ttf) to Bitmap and Glyph Dump:
HerePixel art or graphics:Animation list for sprite characters:
HereDiarandor's selective outlining post:
Here and my:
commentDiarandor's Design of graphs of dungeons post:
here & my comment:
hereSpritesheet Editor Software:
HereLPC Character Sprite Generator:
HereFree Pixel art:
Here (login to view)
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Crystal, switch, & block-
Unlucky Studio graphics-
Urbansquall ARPG Graphics-
ARPG Skull ShieldARPG Heroine Sprite Eldrina:
Here (Eldran Sprite Mod by ZEFK)
Sprite Character Templates - Opensource Free
Open Source Graphic Pack - FinishedPart1:
Fairyolica World Outside/exterior FinishedFree Pixel Art Making Programs for Linux, Windows, and Android
Transparency and opacityMaking maps with a program called, "Tiled." Easy palette swapping tool. A post by MetalZelda :
HereStory:Most of this section has been deleted and added to the Solarus book project:
HereInteresting brainstorm features:
HereMusic, mapping, and story helpFree Office Suites for online and offline use:
HereLinux:Solarus Linux Wine Guide based on Zuto Kaza'sMac:Having trouble installing the Mac version? Use Wine to use the Windows Solarus version on your Mac. Here is a Wine Installation guide for Mac.
HereAndroid:You might be able to use Wine on your android by emulating Ubuntu. There is a root and no root method.
HereRunning Android apps through chrome. The article is detailed enough. Some android programs can be used to help with Solarus game making, but not all will work because a lot of apps that you buy have annoying verification that may need something that is not functional. Also, some apps crash when sound is used.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/605589/can-android-apps-be-used-in-ubuntuRaspberry Pi:I am not sure about the Solarus Editor, but the engine works. Here are two sources.
Source:
Solarus's creator confirms it worksSource:
Successful test and
Github source.Source:
How to set up solarus on raspberry pi?Legal:License help
Storage:Attachment too big?
Here is where you can upload large image files and other file types for free. They are good places to store your files too.
GitHub Help:Github in my opinion the best free service to use for your project. There are obviously other as good
free alternatives.
Link to GitHub:
HereSome basic markdown formatting:
HereFormatting Cheatsheet:
HereUploading files to your repo:
HerePull requests:
Here and video tutorial:
hereFork:
HereMarkdown offline editors: -I like
CuteMarkEd because it is portable. Go
here for more options. (Buggy)
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Haroopad - best here in my opinion. One can even insert a table of contents based on the headers, no bugs to be found, and the html file can be turned into a pdf with chrome. (Table of contents still work in pdf)
Common
bug fix for Haroopad on older Linux distributions:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libstdc++6-4.7-dev
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Asciidoc Book Editor - Has everything, but only for 64 bit! No x86...
Funding online platforms that can help your project with donations:
Have you ever thought of using
Patreon,
Kickstarter, and
IndieGoGo? These could be funding platforms that could help your Solarus game projects. I think Patreon would be the best because people can send recurring payments monthly to creators. As in people can give you money monthly.
Funding platforms:- Patreon
- IndieGoGo
- Kickstarter
- Appsplit
- Wefund
- Appstori
- Onevest
- Fundbyme
- Razoo
- Pozible
- Croundfunder
- Campfire
- Rally
- Rockethub
- Gofundme
- Fundrazer
- Gambitious
Steam:Related post:
HereYou will need to use
Steamworks SDK if you want steam achievements (you do not need it) and your game only gets on steam if Valve likes it.
You need to use Greenlight. If Valve likes the game, then they will publish it on Steam.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c61YgiNDd8EMore info on Greenlight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raIef6QXu0E
