Programing Help!

Tomas Cokis · Post by **Tomas Cokis** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 2:01 am

I've been wondering how do you program I mean really I've messed with graphics and put my face on a rabbit but I want to Know how to make my own game. All i've been able to find is how to learn C and C# and all, But apparently that needs the basic skills I don't know Yet!

Help PLEASE!!!!!

Nuky · Post by **Nuky** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 2:20 am

*Twitch*.

rudel_ic · Post by **rudel_ic** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 3:37 am

This wikipedia article and all linked articles in there should get you started with programming. If it's not what you need, specify. Or use google.

Making your own game is anything but trivial. You'll need a lot of programming skills in a specific language, find out which libraries do the usual jobs and how to use them, there's a lot of concept making involved, the graphics and sounds have to be made, you will have to find some good algorithms yourself... It's really something that someone who doesn't know how to program should avoid until he has the skills to understand the things that have to be done.

Typical starting points for new game developers (apart from google):
http://www.gamedev.net/reference/start_here/
http://www.gamedev.net/reference/
http://nehe.gamedev.net/
http://gamasutra.com/

From there on, the sky is the limit.

Usagi · Post by **Usagi** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:27 am

Hi!

I built this!

Now I wanna build this!

Tell me how to do it!

Right now! I mean it!

Or else!

KBAI!

NickD · Post by **NickD** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:07 pm

Get the Unity Game Engine. That's what I'm going to get sooner or later

.

wormguy · Post by **wormguy** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:28 pm

Okay. First things first.

If you want to make a game, you'd better be damn sure that you know your language.

Then, you need to have a design, and make sure it works. You have to know how your art direction is going to be, how the game mechanics will work, etc.

Making games isn't just a matter of "I think I'll make a game now" and 5 minutes later you're done. It's a time consuming process that requires a lot of thinking.

So, asking us "tell me how to make a game...NOW" is really kind of pointless. You obviously have much to learn.

NickD · Post by **NickD** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:39 pm

Cockis

rudel_ic · Post by **rudel_ic** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:47 pm

And development time for a simple game with a genuine concept, all coming from just one person - that's usually at least half a year of development time, if you know what you're doing. This can get more and more, depending on the game, of course. And some detail stuff, like graphical stunts or network play.

rudel_ic · Post by **rudel_ic** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:53 pm

One more thing: Making a game at the level of Lugaru - don't even think about it. There's a lot of experience involved that you don't have. Start with small 2D puzzle games and finish them. Work your way up or you'll never get something done.

Zantalos · Post by **Zantalos** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:22 pm

David made Blackshades in like less than 3 months, and he was like... 14 I think. Of course, David is a genuis and has been making games since the age of 9 but... yeah I don't know where I'm going with this.

I think you're supposed to start reading alot of books, and I'm not even sure if there's anything simpler than C to learn.

Kalexon · Post by **Kalexon** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:43 pm

Well, there is Python, but for all of us non-programmers out there there is Power Game Factory, a 2D game engine that make it really easy to make side-scroller puzzle/adventure games. Mac only though.

rudel_ic · Post by **rudel_ic** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:12 pm

Zantalos wrote:David made Blackshades in like less than 3 months, and he was like... 14 I think. Of course, David is a genuis and has been making games since the age of 9 but... yeah I don't know where I'm going with this.

5 years of game dev experience. So.. Where's the genius part? It's simply stuff he learned.
People are fast with calling someone a genius. Geniuses are noble-prize material, that's something else.

Usagi · Post by **Usagi** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:15 pm

Pop quiz: Who said this?

“Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.”

This is a Google-free quiz.

Zantalos · Post by **Zantalos** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:41 pm

Usagi wrote:This is a Google-free quiz.

Damnit!

Was it Eugene Debs?

rudel_ic · Post by **rudel_ic** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:58 pm

Probably Einstein.

Edit: No, not Einstein. But I know it.

Hint: His last words were "It is very beautiful over there".