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  1. May 24th, 2001, 09:14 AM #1
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    Hi to all,

    I just visited this part of the forum about game programming and downloaded few projects that you guys are working on. I find this very fascinating. The only development I do is business applications.

    I have a favor to ask you guys. Could you please tell me where to look to learn game programming. What tools do I need? (besides vb). How do you guys create your maps? What software do you use? Etc.

    Thanks in Advance.
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  2. May 24th, 2001, 12:17 PM #2
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    All you really need is VB. To expand, youll want some pictures, etc. Map editors, etc, can all be programmed in VB. I know that i started out making a picturebox walk around when i pressed the arrow keys, and worked from there. You can use DirectX, but a lot of people around here are using BitBlt, and such (correct me if im wrong, anyone). I think that games are a matter of starting small, and building on what you know (and starting over a lot to implement better techniques =).

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  3. May 24th, 2001, 04:01 PM #3
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    Yeah, just start small. My first game was a guess the number game . Best way to learn it is to look at code from others and read alot of articles and stuff.

    Recommended links:
    http://www.gamedev.com
    http://www.planetsourcecode.com
    and this site ofcourse ^_^.

    Also, if you 'copy' code from others try to understand it for 100%, that can be handy in the future.
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  4. May 28th, 2001, 09:46 AM #4
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    Hey Usako, shouldn't that http://www.planetsourcecode.com be http://www.planet-source-code.com?

    There's also an EXCELLENT Lander game demo here at VB-World. It's what got me started to real game programming
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