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As the title said, I need suggestions, basicly my expeirence with programming is when I was younger I use to make small plug-ins for EV: Override and EV: Nova and would sometimes play around with Stagecast Creator but I haven't really done anything for awhile.

3D or 2D?
2D I don't know, but if you want a ready-made 3D game engine then
maybe Unity?
The programming language used in Unity is Javascript
(you can use C# or Boo (wth is Boo?) but Java is recommended).

I was thinking 3D, so, thanks.

Edit: Right well, next question, I need a 3D model builder, I was thinking of using my old copy of Strata 3D Pro but I heard it doesn't work to well on OS X

http://www.blender3d.com/cms/Home.2.0.html
Use Blender, its awesome and free.

Problem, I tried to open blender and it won't start up.

Edit: Fixed, turns out I just needed a lower version of it.

2nd Edit: I think I'm going to have to use Strata 3D Pro, simply because it's 'Newbie friendly'

Ok, great

Ugh. Seems like everything is going wrong with this. Turns out I downloaded unity before but deleted it because I couldn't find Strata. So while it was deleted the 30 day trial ran out of time.

You can probably find something here: GPWiki Game Engines List

Have fun!

_Nik

Thanks, I decided to go with an engine called Crystal Space, now for the next question!
I need a compiler for C++ because what I download is the source code.

or you could use dimension 3 by klink software. I use it a lot

GreenAlge, thanks for the link.
gpwiki.com looks like a good resource.

For C++ compiler, just google.

Kalexon wrote:Thanks, I decided to go with an engine called Crystal Space, now for the next question!
I need a compiler for C++ because what I download is the source code.

Crystal Space seems to be a good choice. There's a group curretnly working on a free MMORPG, PlaneShift using it. As for a compiler, I'd need to know what platform you're working on. If you're on Mac OS X, then you can grab XCode from one of your OS installation discs. If you're on Windows, take a look at DevC++ which is a free and full-featured C/C++ IDE, although you might have to install gcc to make it work. Speaking of which, if you're real hardcore, you can just go commandline and use the GNU Compiler Collection (gcc). As for Linux... gcc will work on that too, but I'm not sure what there is in terms of IDEs...

Hope this helps!

_Nik

Crill3 wrote:GreenAlge, thanks for the link.
gpwiki.com looks like a good resource.

For C++ compiler, just google.

Yah, the GPWiki has some great stuff. Alas, for beginning game devopers, it seems there is no one definitive source for all the answers you need. Unless, of course, you count Google

_Nik

Also, Kalexon: allow me to suggest a very lightweight game engine, such as Isotope. For a beginning developer, such an engine has numerous advantages. First, the language is Python, which is FAR easier to actually learn and do stuff with than C++. Secondly, it seems (admittedly, I haven't actually tried it out) to handle alot of the tricky aspects of game development for you.

Now granted, this probably limits what you can do with it, and yeah, it looks like an early '90s RPG, but you should really start with the smallest possible thing that you can actually get up and working, and then build from there.

_Nik

Edit: Upon further examination, it would seem that Isotope doesn't have easily accessible documentation, so I'd say nix that, since you're a beginning programmer. However, the points I made above still stand, start with something extremely simple. And I'd still suggest Python as a language, you might want to sift through this page for something cool and easy

I'm using Mac OS X, and thanks.