Please Help

[Pal]

I am Very Knew to Game Programming And i would like it if some one could tell me a really good game programming in VB Site.

[MrMicrosoft]

Try the Microsoft DirectX website.

http://www.microsoft.com/directx

[HarryW]

I think you should probably take a look at GameDev.net - check it out here: http://www.gamedev.net/reference/start_here/


You don't need to get into DirectX just yet, it can be quite complicated, especially if you're new to programming. VB isn't the ideal language to program games in, but for simple games it can be useful for learning the fundamentals of game programming. Most games on the market are written in C and/or C++, often with a little ASM thrown in too.

There are a couple of concepts that are the same in all games. For instance, the main game loop. It's a section of code that is run repeatedly while the game is running, and finishes when the game ends, for whatever reason. In it, you usually do particular things in a certain order(some games won't have all of them, some will have more): generally you deal with user input, then any AI involved, then game mechanics/physics (the logic of your game), then displaying the graphics for the game. I expect I've forgotten something :)

Possibly the most complicated part is the graphics, and for simple games in VB you will probably use a function called BitBlt (pronounced 'bit blit') to display bits of images in different places. There is a tutorial on this site (www.vb-world.net), if I remember correctly, on making a simple 2D Lander-style game using BitBlt. Take a look at it.

There is also Fox's website (Fox is a member of the forums), which has some excellent guides for beginners - Take a look at it here (http://orion.spaceports.com/~mccloud/index.html).

If you have any questions, post a new thread on the forums here, and someone will try to help. It's one of the best sources of information available.

Anyway, good luck with it. It's not particularly easy, but it's very satisfying when you get a game working :)

[drewski]

http://www.oneringsoftware.com

This site hasn't been updated in awhile but this is where I got started on the very basics of game programming. Gollums got a good site going, just not an updated site :rolleyes: