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Okay, obviously I'm a beginner and I have a lot to work towards. I'd like to make some simple games (by today's standards) like for example I'd like to make a megaman fangame, sticking to the oldschool NES style. What languages, etc. would you suggest I do this with and learn to use?
It depends on what your long term goals are. If you just want to crank out these simple games then you'd probably be best off a game creation program like Game Maker. On the other hand, if you want to learn to program and want to use game programming to do that you may want to start out learning Python or C#.
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So C# is the way to go? I have that program so no worries there. Should I take a good look in that C# section of the forums?
You should probably learn to program in C# just enough to get you started ... you can use Microsoft's Visual C# Express which is free.
After that I would recommend using XNA Game Studio which is also free and easy to use for a beginner.
I'm no expert but my opinion is that this is the way to go ...
After that I would recommend using XNA Game Studio which is also free and easy to use for a beginner.
I'm no expert but my opinion is that this is the way to go ...
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Quote:Original post by ArthY303
You should probably learn to program in C# just enough to get you started ... you can use Microsoft's Visual C# Express which is free.
After that I would recommend using XNA Game Studio which is also free and easy to use for a beginner.
I'm no expert but my opinion is that this is the way to go ...
A good opinion and I thank you for it. I have VS2008 though so I think I have everything from express and more (though I have express as well), and I downloaded the XNA GS 3, though I dunno how much I can do with it seeing as it's not completely finished.
XNA 3 is finished in the sense that it should be able to do everything XNA 2 can do, and that's finished. Xna 3 just adds capabilities to do Zune programming, I believe. XNA is probably going to be your best bet for producing something worthwhile in little time.
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Where's a good place to learn how to use XNA effectively? I appologize if this has been addressed somewhere, I'm relatively new here.
Well ... GS3 is not completely finished yet ... and GS 2.0 only works on Visual C# 2005.
I think you should start learning on GS 2.0 and migrate to GS 3 when it is released because probably there won't be major changes to the API.
I think you should start learning on GS 2.0 and migrate to GS 3 when it is released because probably there won't be major changes to the API.
Well ... here are some useful sites :
http://creators.xna.com/ - has video tutorials that teach you how to build both a 2D game as well as a 3D one from scratch.
http://www.xnatutorial.com/ - teaches you the basics of C# and then XNA but it's XNA Game Studio Express... there are some differences
http://www.riemers.net/ - very good site ... lots of tutorials on several subjects
http://www.ziggyware.com/news.php - also a very useful site
you can find more by googling XNA or XNA tutorial ...
[Edited by - ArthY303 on August 19, 2008 3:32:45 PM]
http://creators.xna.com/ - has video tutorials that teach you how to build both a 2D game as well as a 3D one from scratch.
http://www.xnatutorial.com/ - teaches you the basics of C# and then XNA but it's XNA Game Studio Express... there are some differences
http://www.riemers.net/ - very good site ... lots of tutorials on several subjects
http://www.ziggyware.com/news.php - also a very useful site
you can find more by googling XNA or XNA tutorial ...
[Edited by - ArthY303 on August 19, 2008 3:32:45 PM]
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Thanks for the links :) What I'd eventually like to do, once I learn enough, is to try making something along the lines of the oldschool megaman games, for starters. Same graphics and what not. 'course I need to learn first. Is it possible to do NES style games with XNA?
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