Hi all,

I've been diligently planning on making a simple video game. I have decided that i'm going to go with C# and use XNA. The problem is, I haven't the faintest clue of how i can get started. I've already begun coding but i've kind of hit a wall.

I've drawn up a simple diagram detailing the components i'll probably need to make. I don't know which order to make them in though! If anyone here has had experience building a game from scratch i'd love to hear their words of wisdom.



The red arrows mean that one thing probably depends on another being coded first.

I'm also keen on learning more about certain aspects of video games. I have heard a lot of talk about "entity factories" but i've never really understood what they are and why they are useful. How can i implement PhysX in my video game? Where can i learn about shaders and what exactly they do? If anyone could give me a push in the right direction i'd be very grateful. Feel free to ask me any questions if i left any information out.

Thanks for the helpful reply!

I should have stated my game is going to be 2d... Is BEPU a good choice for a 2d physics library?

I should have stated my game is going to be 2d... Is BEPU a good choice for a 2d physics library?

No, bepu is for 3D physics.
For 2D i REALLY RECOMMMMMMMMEND the Farseer api http://farseerphysics.codeplex.com/,
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Wow that does look very useful - I think i'll be using that to handle all the physics interactions in my game.

Is there a tutorial or something i can read to further my understanding of GUI element creation? I want to firstly get the menu code for my game completed since that seems like a logical place to start.