hello im currently lost and i need some direction. Im trying to create a small game for fun and mainly For my Son. Since he always want to know what i was doing,i decided to show him by create one with him, he loved the idea. So here i am trying to build a small spaceship Race game. Im not a big programmer, in fact i'm a 2d/3d game artist with a bit of scripting experience, (Maxscript, xml and Blitz3d) But a LOT of good will( and some "pressure" too ). Some my Main Problem is this.-I need a Language and ideally an engine. - do you think its feasable? -do you think i absolutly need a team with me? i may be a bit utopic but i think the effort could bring a lot of fun here. //Here what i'm looking for - Efficient and widely used language. i dont want to spent 4 month finding one help/tutorial. - Good community if possible.I dunno why but i this karma that push me to diying Engine -French help If possible since im from Quebec. Its always better to find tut in your own language. ( i know it may be a bit too much but asking is still free to my knowledge) - i Dont care for latest "next-gen" feature. i dont care about HDR and so on. you'll understand when you'll see the end of this post. I will add screenshot and Vid of what i'm looking for. - Free/open-source Tool/API/Framework etc. //Here what i found -C# sound interesting. -Microsoft XNA look like a good alternative. Seem "easy" enough and a lot of help for newb like me. -Irrlicht engine look helpful too. //Here what my game should look like. kinda -Gameplay wise, Its really simple. Do the track with less time possible. and even that is not necessary. -Input. Up arrow (w): go forward Left arrow (A): turn Left Right Arrow(D)L turn right Thats it. i made one level in 3ds Max. Graphic are mainly inspire by nintendo look ( mario Galaxy) and Little big planet for the childish feel Small Video Take a look at. Still made with 3DS Max viewport.

">Small preview vid Thank for all you help and/or advice I'm sorry if i make my thread in the wrong section. Moderator feel free to move it to a appropriate section. -D

You might want to check out:

XNA Engine

and stuff over at:

Riemers

That should get you started :). Good luck!

Howzit,

since you are not realy a programmer it will probably not be as trivial as doing it in 4 days! Give yourself some weeks I would say (maybe even months).

I would say that the easiest prog. lang. to start with would be C#. Try going for a book that would teach you game programming in C# like, "Beginning C# game programming" by Penton. It teaches a bit of C# before going on to Managed DirectX which would be the fastest and easiest to program!

If you finished with that book, go on to "Managed DirectX9 Kick Start" by Tom Miller.

Therefore, I would suggest C#. I think it would be the easiest and quickest! If you worked through those two books, I think you would be set.

C# is very easy to understand as well!

Can't help about the french, sorry! :P

Let us know what you decided to do and how far you are getting, this looks like a very cool project.