I'm literally hot off the press for game desiging, the only program I have actually used is RPG Maker XP so its not the most in detail or helpful for the matter for a learning developer. So I was wondering if anyone could just point me in the right direction for a pretty practical 2D game engine developer tool, maybe with some tutorial site or something ?
There's a really handy 2D game engine called Haaf's Game Engine (or HGE). I'm also a beginner, and I find this engine to be quite nifty. It's used with C++, which is the language that I first learned. Check out the forum stickies for guidelines including web sites with tutorials. HGE's web site and download both come with tutorials. Good luck .