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constant purgatory
Probe
Posted: 5 Jun 2008
19:46 GMT
Total Posts: 1 | heres my dilemma. im really intrested in game design. for now just as a hobby, but maybe in the future as a career. but thats irrelivent to why im posting. right now im just working on some small personal projects for fun. i have some game designs that i have already pretty much worked out all the designs and details for, and im ready to start in the next step....but thats just it. what now? i guess its more of a issue of what platform to write it in. it cant be basic, need something that can run faster for what im making. its gonna be like arcade style games. maybe for the pc :) im clueless, only ones i've heard of is java and c. any suggestions? pretty new to programming. in high school messed with basic on ti-83 a bit. made some small game like programs. pretty intimidated by it still i have to admit. programming games is pretty hard. nevertheless i still want to do it. i'd appreciate any help. thanks.
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Vectris
Ultralisk
Posted: 5 Jun 2008
21:24 GMT
Total Posts: 375 | Before programming games for PC it's always good to start off small, and programming in BASIC for the calc is a great way to do that.
If you want to skip to the PC, however, I suggest you look at Flash too, it is mainly for 2D games but it is really cool is a bit simpler than Java or C, although it is still difficult. |
Zachary940
Wraith
Posted: 6 Jun 2008
12:19 GMT
Total Posts: 714 | If flash is too much for you to start off with. Look at Java Script.
You can do some nice web based time wasters.
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me2
Goliath
Posted: 10 Jun 2008
11:39 GMT
Total Posts: 171 | Go to yoyogames.com and download Game Maker 7. It's the perfect programming tool for beginning and experienced programmers alike. You also should get the resource packs for it.
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Vectris
Ultralisk
Posted: 10 Jun 2008
12:12 GMT
Total Posts: 375 | @me2 Does it have 3D gaming capabilities? And how good can you make the graphics? |
me2
Goliath
Posted: 16 Jun 2008
11:23 GMT
Total Posts: 171 | Yeah, you can make 3d games and the graphics are great (as good as you can make or find them). There are special 3d commands in the native programming lanuage it has (GML), though the WYSIWYG part is not as great for that. I can e-mail you the tutorials.
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john777
Ultralisk
Posted: 16 Jun 2008
18:49 GMT
Total Posts: 289 | I know that I personaly have been able to learn programing stuff a lot better when I had to. I would suggest, if you are really serious about it, see if you can get hooked up with an online class (I talked to my librarian about online classes, but I went to a small shool and she doubled as a computer tech type person) or even better an actual teacher at your school that can get you started in learning a language. I think, at least to start out, it is easier to have something structured to keep you on task and that makes sure you learn everything correctly. Then I would move on to trying to teach myself. And then I think that it is important to use it, just like with a foreign language. But that's just me, good luck. |
me2
Goliath
Posted: 25 Jun 2008
11:38 GMT
Total Posts: 171 | I have taught myself stuff for years, never had much trouble, but I know that's not true for all people...
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