Question

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.

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 =).

Z.

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.

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 :p