When you're a Solitary Man


This webpage is for programmers of any type, although it is mainly for Visual Basic programmers. The premise of the site is to enlighten one-man programming teams in the many areas of game programming, especially the ones outside of Visual Basic. Topics like "Making Believable Plots, Characters, and NPCs", "Making GOOD Graphics", and "A Virtual Orchestra" will be some of the many areas covered in this part of the manual. I am known as Sastraxi, the legendary Knight of the far North. Feel free to contact me or visit me at any time. With the pleasantries finished, we will move on to the introduction to Game Programming. I suggest that you read the other parts of the manual first, as this will take some of the terms shown, and I will assume you already know.

Ready? Click on 1.1 to begin.

Table of Contents

1  Game Programming
     1.1  Game Programming, Solitary-Style
    1.2  Decisions that you will have to make
    1.3  Making a Solid, Good, and Believable Plot
    1.4  Superman went out of style YEARS ago!
    1.5  Okay... Nobody that you will meet could be THAT dumb.
    1.6  Making Graphics
         1.6.1  Choosing your Editor
        1.6.2  Graphics Decisions
        1.6.3  Creating a Graphic
        1.6.4  Fine-Tuning, Proofing, Testing, and Editing your finished graphic
        1.6.5  Using your Graphic(s) in Visual Basic
    1.7  A Virtual Orchestra
         1.7.1  Finding a MIDI editor or using a MIDI device
        1.7.2  Catching a tune and playing around
        1.7.3  Creating a mood or emotional effect
        1.7.4  Getting your masterpiece into VB
    1.8  Creating a Scripting Engine
         1.8.1  How to make a Script file outside of VB
        1.8.2  Importing your Scripts into VB
        1.8.3  Utilising Scripts in your game
        1.8.4  Why to use scripts instead of functions
    1.9  Morale Boosters for when things seem impossible
    1.A  FAQ about everything I've covered
    1.B  Common Pitfalls and Mistakes
    1.C  Conclusion and Contact list


This portion of the Visual Basic Manual (C) 2001 Cameron Gorrie. All Rights Reserved.