I have been programming small little programs to help me solve equations in math class (on my TI-83 plus) for a few weeks now after I was introduced to the TI-BASIC language. I've been reading the tibasicdev website to learn more about the language and I have made short simple text based games using a lot of goto's and lbl's. I want to start making an RPG, but I have been a little reluctant because I have a few questions that tibasicdev doesn't seem to answer for me  .

1. How the heck do you create a map? And how do you put it in the code? Can someone post a link to a good, in depth tutorial?

2. What do matrices have to do with maps?

3. How should the code for an RPG be organized?

4. Do programs take up memory if they are not running?

5. How do you create a List and what are they usually used for?

6. What are strings usually used for?

Thank you for your help