Hello.

I have an idea that I want to create for a game I currently play. The game I play is League of Legends.

Basically, I want to create something that will be visible on the screen when I'm playing the game (in full screen).

I haven't a clue where to start. I want to get into general programming and create applications and so far this is the only decent idea I've came up with that I want to pursue.

Will this be too complex for a beginner like myself? The end product is essentially something that will be really simple, but actually doing it - will it be too difficult for me?

Thanks

Alright.

I'm not sure if you're familiar with the game, so I'll include a screenshot of what it looks like when I'm in the game:

Where you see the red arrow is basically an area where I want to create something that will become useful for myself (and would appeal to others).

I want to create a chat box, where only I can see it. Where I can type notes into it and it display it myself. Everytime I run the game I want it to be a blank chat box/notepad and when the game ends I want that information deleted. So it's something I want displayed temporarily for the game session.

I hope that makes more sense on what I want to do

Okay, thanks!

I think it's going to be too complex for me to do >_>

Learning to program is probably more important, but the advice I've had is to start playing around and creating something, rather then reading it all up and boring yourself to death.

The initial foray into programming is boring, but it gets more and more enjoyable after the first few months. At least, for me it was that way.

The problem with what you were trying to do is that League of Legends is a complex game... and not open for modification. You'd have to use a complex and weird hack to implement what you wanted, because you don't have access to League of Legend's source code. That hack might even be accidentally detected as some kind of cheat and get you banned from the game.

In programming, sometimes the things that seem easy are actually alot more difficult than they appear. Sometimes the things that seem hard are actually easier than you think,

It's easier to make Pong from scratch than to modify a game that you don't have the source code to.

Programming definitely takes work, and reading is definitely involved, but it gets more exciting if you stick with it for the long-haul.

If you really want to just "jump in" to something, find a smaller game with publicly available source code. Like maybe Battle for Wesnoth - though I haven't personally browsed Wesnoth's source code, so I'm not sure how legible it is.

Personally, I prefer the books + tutorials (not video tutorials; ugh!) way myself, but different people have different learning styles.

I wouldn't consider, "Don't read, just play", the best way toward learning a skillset though. That would just encourage me to shy away from difficult work and only play around with the fun parts. That wouldn't help me grow in skill, because I wouldn't be challenged by difficulties when those difficulties get boring and I move on to something else.

Have you tried GameMaker? It requires actual use of logic, but you can see things happening on-screen right from the beginning, and it is very flexible and powerful. You can then gradually learn the scripting language to further expand your knowledge, but in incremental steps, if doing it the boring way (studying books) isn't an option on the table.