Games

[-_MAD-HATTAH_-]

i gotta n00b ? for ya! arent ya excited to hear it? Here it goes: What types of games could you create with VB (**other than tetris**)? I tell my friends im learning how to program and ask for project requests and every one of them say MAKE A KOOL GAME! Can anyone help?

[alex_read]

Go to the Microsoft website & download the directX SDK (8 I think is the latest out). Then head over to www.directx4vb.com & start on their tutorials.

VB isn't limited to Tetris & Space Invaders, with an understanding of DirectX, you could creat something more along the lines of HalfLife!

[sql_lall]

I noticed that you said 'friends' (plural) so why don't you have a shot at a multiplayer game (like a driving game/simple shooter or TBS)

[-_MAD-HATTAH_-]

i would but im a beginner vb 6 programmer...im on chpapter like 10 or so on my book. (Microsoft Step by Step VB 6..) any real easy games?

[alex_read]

http://216.26.168.92/graphics/lander/

[RedRuM]

You dont want to be doing directx in any language until you are good at that language. When i was learning vb, i made a game called splatemon, where u had to shoot pokemon. Basically it had picture boxes and timers to move to the picture boxes around the screen. This is done by setting the timer very low then doing something like pic1.left = pic1.left +10 or something like that in the timer event. Then when they click the picture box, the event for the picture box changed the picture to one with blood and that, and then the direction changed to drop the picture box off the bottom of the window. And they came out at different heights etc.

Basic but fun, especially if you add backgrounds, custom mouse cursor (crosshair etc.) and maybe sound effects. If u have some pictures scanned in off your friends telling you to make a game you could use those.