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[Rich539006]

Ok, most stuff I do in VB is borin old programmin, and this forum seems much more lively. I really wanna be able to program games, but haven't got a clue where to start.
I would really appreciate any pointers to tutorials or other ways - perhaps you could suggest a simple project for me to take up.

Any help much appreciated.

P.S - I'm not a newbie, but am by no means an expert, so please dont shove me in at the deep end...

Just to set you straight. This forum is NOT lively =). Its
pretty boring, in fact. Sometimes, though, someone
posts =).

A game comes from your imagination. You just put it on
the screen. Try creating something simple, like making
a dot run around the screen. Use the Line Method, use
the key down and up events. In the Form_Load
method, just create a loop that runs until you quit.
Inside the loop, every iteration, just add the X and Y
velocities to the current position (for starters, 10 or 100
is a good number, instead of speeding up gradually),
then draw the box at the current position. If you dont
know much about the line Method, take a look in the
MSDN, and use the BF switch (it's explained in the
library). This is a really simple project, that, when you
learn more, you can build a top down game from. If you
have any questions, feel free to post them here (please
post them here =).

Z.

[Fox]

www.foxmccloud.com

(You really have luck because someone posted here )

Whats the line method and bf switch?

[Sastraxi]

Line method is the method of an object (eg. Picture1.LINE)

BF is the colour or something like that, I forget, using Line statements is in my days of QBasic programming If you want to become a good games programmer, however, you will need to use more than just line methods... find out more