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Ok hey everyone. I just got VB a litle time ago and i dont know where to start. Could any of you maybe help me by letting me take a tutorial project. Like step by step thing to make one? Oh yeah my version is 6.0. I would like to make my own games but have no clue where to start.:confused:
The best idea would probably be to try somewhere like planet-source-code where people upload their source every day. If you're new to VB it'd be best to start small probably, making games would be way over your head otherwise :p But checking people's source has always been really helpful to me.
I definitely recommend reading some books. If you are totally new to programming read Beginning Programming For Dummies which teaches Basic then read Visual Basic for Dummies which you usually use for reference but after a while don't need. I've actually lent that book to my Computing teacher.
vbexplorer used to be great to start out... does anyone know if there's some kind of mirror of it up somewhere?
well I could recommend www.ur.co.nz. It introduces to game programming in a very understandable way, but I agree to the people posting before me... buy some book (that you can use as a reference too, so you don't have to get another book that soon) read some of the introductions stuff, so you get a basic idea of the language...
that's indeed a good start. But another thing could be to cooperate with an existing group. You'd start with the easy jobs, you can ask them questions and gradually learn more and more.
(heh heh if you've seen my thread you know what i'm trying to say)
Jordi
I'd say the easiest thing to do is just experiment. Try out some controls, try to set some properties on and off, modify stuff... the worse that could happen (unless you somehow code something that'll format your c: or something) is that you'd end up having to restart due to something like a loop that the program never exits from or something like that.
Fiddling with some source someone else made is a great way to get started, too. Though personally, I'd say it's better to write a few programs first so as to have your own style and your own understanding of how things work. Other people's source should be some way to make sure you're on the right track or to learn things you might've overlooked on your own.
If you've worked with other BASIC type languages, then VB should be a breeze. It ressembles QBasic (except when dealing with controls, obviously :P ) and uses the same concepts for the most part. If you can program in QBasic, you can probably program in VB as well (after a wee bit of adaption to incorporating and managing a GUI, and working under Windows instead of DOS).