Sphere is a cross platform, open source computer program designed primarily to make Role-playing games (RPGs) similar to those found on the SNES console. When making a game with Sphere, most things are scripted using the JavaScript language with special functions and objects for maps, spritesets, images and so on.

Though Sphere was designed to make RPGs, because of the flexibility of a scripting language it can be used to make almost any other type of game, especially those similar to games found on consoles such as SNES or Sega Genesis.

3D graphics are not supported by Sphere. Several demos have been made that have primitive 3D, but they require extensive scripting and are far more difficult to do then most people are able to do.

Contents

1 First Looks 1.1 Windows 1 External links 2 Editors and developers 2.1 Wiki Editors (as known at Spherical) 2.2 Sphere Developers

First Looks

The following is the current IDE,

This is version 1.10986 (running on Microsoft_WindowsXP), and it shows an open project.

Across the top is the usual menu's and the icons start with the usual new/open/save icons. The next button (lightning bolt) is the run button which runs the current game with the files currently linked. Across the bottom are the "tabs" that allow you to swith between the various open windows.

Windows

The project window.
Game settings - Allows you to give the game a name, a description of the game, the authors name, the main file thats to be loaded first and the screen size.

Animations - Animations, series' of frames that make up moving images, are stored here.

Fonts - This is where the fonts used to display text in your game are listed.

Images - This is where all images stored in the games "image" folder are listed.

Maps - This is where all maps stored in the games "maps" folder are listed. Right clicking allows you to start a new map or import a map into the game.

Scripts - This is where all scripts stored in the games "scripts" folder are listed.

Sounds - This is where all sounds used by you game are listed.

Spritesets - This is ware all sprits stored in the games "sprites" folder are listed. You set a sprites animation frames and collision boundrys here and you can also edit a sprites frame. Imported Sprites use the .rss extension.

Windows - This is ware all window styles stored in the games "windowstyle" folder are listed. You can import a ready made (with the .rws extension)or you can make your own frame.

External links

• http://sphere.sourceforge.net/ - Offical Sphere Site
• http://www.spheredev.net/ - Site and forums for all things Sphere related.
• http://www.w3schools.com/js/- Main JavaScript reference Site.

Editors and developers

Wiki Editors (as known at Spherical)

• Beaker,
• AJB2K3,
• Anyone else.

Sphere Developers

• Flikky
• BGenesis