Little Advice Please
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Well i tried DarkBasic Pro and well quite frankly i hated it, there wernt any up to date tutorials avaliable and 99% of the code from the old ones wernt compatable with there new versions, hell i couldnt even get pac man to work with the code they were giving me
So I have been thinking about switching to PYTHON or C++ ( i have visual studio so maybe just do the c++ using Visual C++ )
Can anyone give me some constructive advice on maybe a community on these 2 languages that have tutorials based around making games and what not.
Any help would be great!
Python
Forum: http://python-forum.org/py/index.php
Tutorials: http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html
C++
http://cboard.cprogramming.com/index
I cant program with C++, so I dont know much about it. . . A quick Google Search turned up that result. Ive also heard Gamedev.net is a good reference for making games with C++, and python ;)
I program with Python myself, and ive heard its much easier for a beginner. Im a beginner myself, and find it challenging, but not necessarily hard.
Good luck!
Forum: http://python-forum.org/py/index.php
Tutorials: http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html
C++
http://cboard.cprogramming.com/index
I cant program with C++, so I dont know much about it. . . A quick Google Search turned up that result. Ive also heard Gamedev.net is a good reference for making games with C++, and python ;)
I program with Python myself, and ive heard its much easier for a beginner. Im a beginner myself, and find it challenging, but not necessarily hard.
Good luck!
I would would definetly use cprogramming.com's tutorials if you are taking the C++ route. They helped me when I first learned, and now when I use them as a refresher.
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Clearly C++ is a very difficult langauge to learn expecially as a first langauge
* It is much more difficult to start, you not only have to learn the language, but you have to choose and learn class libraries.
* You are much more likely to pick up bad programming habits, if you are using C++ with its legacy features and mishmash of class libraries.
* You have to do all the memory resource management yourself.
* You will probably spent more time debugging the faults caused by the factors above, when your time should be spent on learning the concepts.
Such things like this might drive away new comers yes?
I have heard Python is good to use, but is there enough information out there to get someone off and going to programming games ( simple and complex )
I recently tried DBasicPro but had issues with there program not working with certain codes, for darkbasic they had tutorials specifically made for RPG, FirstPerson shooters, 2D RPGS ETC, is there any other langauges out there that have these types of tutorials as it was really helpful.
Thanks again
* It is much more difficult to start, you not only have to learn the language, but you have to choose and learn class libraries.
* You are much more likely to pick up bad programming habits, if you are using C++ with its legacy features and mishmash of class libraries.
* You have to do all the memory resource management yourself.
* You will probably spent more time debugging the faults caused by the factors above, when your time should be spent on learning the concepts.
Such things like this might drive away new comers yes?
I have heard Python is good to use, but is there enough information out there to get someone off and going to programming games ( simple and complex )
I recently tried DBasicPro but had issues with there program not working with certain codes, for darkbasic they had tutorials specifically made for RPG, FirstPerson shooters, 2D RPGS ETC, is there any other langauges out there that have these types of tutorials as it was really helpful.
Thanks again
There's plenty of documentation on Python, but IMHO you definitely should learn to program in it before you try writing a game in it. Games are hard.
I'd recommend studying the Python tutorials until you get enough of a hang of it that you can write a basic "guess the number" game. At that point it should be pretty obvious what your strengths and weaknesses are and where we can go next.
I'd recommend studying the Python tutorials until you get enough of a hang of it that you can write a basic "guess the number" game. At that point it should be pretty obvious what your strengths and weaknesses are and where we can go next.
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