I created a video tutorial series that covers the development of a small memory match game:

It's done in Python, but the overall concepts are essentially the same, no matter the language; I prefer Python because it's modern, cross-platform and well supported.

So, you might find that helpful.

As for 1 on 1 help: I offer tutoring services -> http://www.nilunder.com/tutoring

You Most likely do need a tutor / Mentor. I often feel the same way myself. When you pair up with someone with the same interest and goals in mind, you can accomplish more.

Pascal ( Delphi ) might be Jurassic, However, If you are comfortable in it, it could be an aide in motivation. I often go / went back to Turbo Pascal to work something out (Not so much now) and then translate it to the language I am currently working in.

I currently working a some games and would be willing to work with someone. Although I have created a couple of 2D games, and 3D models and animations, I am still learning the graphics side of things.

If you would like, feel free to contact me and we could email ideas and segemnts.

In order to stay motivated, you need to see results of the work you're doing. Type up some code in your language, and then mess around with it until you fully understand what's going on.

rbwhitaker has a wiki for c#. Since you already have some experience, you should be able to fly through them. I used those tutorials coming from java. If programming games is your goal, then take some time to learn about the different libraries available to you when you're not feeling motivated to program. xna is my first choice, but there are many others options out there.

I don't have Skype because i don't have internet right now, but feel free to pm me if you need help. Helping others is the best way to learn

Well I wouldn't really say I "know" C#. I mean you can show me a simple dos program and I can almost tell you what it means entirely and how it works and how everything is declared but I most definitely don't know everything. I started with the win32 api and read the first 350 pages of Charlez Petzold's "Programming Windows 5th Edition" back in the days of windows xp and I didn't even understand the first page. It was all just typing out the exerpts, I didn't understand what any of the functions meant at all or really what I was typing.

Clearly I didn't know enough C# to get to the windows level.


Yes, I would like to develop video games. But I think programming applications for windows would be the first step first. Maybe a simple calculator program or a word processor. I have to get to the windows level first though. That'd be step two.

In order to stay motivated, you need to see results of the work you're doing. Type up some code in your language, and then mess around with it until you fully understand what's going on.

rbwhitaker has a wiki for c#. Since you already have some experience, you should be able to fly through them. I used those tutorials coming from java. If programming games is your goal, then take some time to learn about the different libraries available to you when you're not feeling motivated to program. xna is my first choice, but there are many others options out there.

I don't have Skype because i don't have internet right now, but feel free to pm me if you need help. Helping others is the best way to learn

I created a video tutorial series that covers the development of a small memory match game:

It's done in Python, but the overall concepts are essentially the same, no matter the language; I prefer Python because it's modern, cross-platform and well supported.

So, you might find that helpful.

As for 1 on 1 help: I offer tutoring services -> http://www.nilunder.com/tutoring

Yeah I didn't understand Python at all and I didn't think it was very easy for me. So I probably would not buy your Python tutoring. If anyone wanted to tutor me in C# though 1 on 1, I would gladly pay for lessons.

You Most likely do need a tutor / Mentor. I often feel the same way myself. When you pair up with someone with the same interest and goals in mind, you can accomplish more.

Pascal ( Delphi ) might be Jurassic, However, If you are comfortable in it, it could be an aide in motivation. I often go / went back to Turbo Pascal to work something out (Not so much now) and then translate it to the language I am currently working in.

I currently working a some games and would be willing to work with someone. Although I have created a couple of 2D games, and 3D models and animations, I am still learning the graphics side of things.

If you would like, feel free to contact me and we could email ideas and segemnts.

I responded to your pm.

I mean, I'm plenty motivated to keep trying and it is my dream but I usually buy a book, read 400 pages or so and then quit halfway through and never pickup the book again.

What does this mean? Are you just reading the book, or are you actually doing all of the exercises and projects as you move along through those 400 pages?

Because if you're just reading, then you're doing it wrong. You're not going to learn it and you're not going to stay motivated.

Yes I'm doing the exercises and the projects at the end of every chapter. I think what it means is, I'm fine up until there's something that I don't understand or something that I can't do and then I get frustrated and then I give up. Like people said, I need a tutor but I don't know to many people or any at all that would offer 1 on 1 tutoring services on my budget. I'm living off of disability at the moment and do not have a fortune to spend. I of course, would spend something but we can't really expect me to pay more than a couple hundred bucks or so.