ok so what do i need to start learning

**thestien** · 10-02-2006

hiya sorry to keep posting what must be trivial questions but i am really interested in learning how to make simple 2d games and maybe one day 3d but at the moment 2d is what im after i read somewhere that a tetris style game should be my first attempt at a game which is fine apart from the fact i have no idea what i need to use. what i mean is i read also that i need to know visualc++ and open gl and im a little confused.i already have started to learn c++ is this the same sort of thing. so in essence could somebody please give me the lowdown on what to use because once i know that i can start to learn and use it.
i thank you in advance

**Shakti** · 10-03-2006

1) Get good with C++, you will need it.
2) Learn a graphics api (look in the link sticky post about links to that)
3) See 1)

You need to get proficient with C++, there are no such things as "easy" games. Games dont come easy, only different levels of hard.

**Salem** · 10-03-2006

Pick a simple game - like tic-tac-toe on a console, with dumb moves
- then make moves smarter
- then make it 2d graphical
- then make it 3d
- then animate the moves
- then play some sound effects with moves / wins
- then add network play

**VirtualAce** · 10-03-2006

Then add 3D picking functionality. You click the 3D area you want to move into and the game figures out which array element that resolves to.

**WDT** · 10-05-2006

Wanna team up to try make this game? I want to get into games programming myself but don't want to go into it alone..... I'm too scaaaarredd.....

But seriously I'd rather go the OpenGL way and I think I'm still Ok at C++ so I can contribute a little. Bught a book to get me started on game programming principle too so gimme a buzz..

**thestien** · 10-05-2006

sure i would like to share this daunting task

im not really any good at programming at the moment but im a very persistant learner.
i dont really know where to start but im sure if we put are heads together we can break it down step by step and come up with a decent design and plan.

**Salem** · 10-05-2006

> sure i would like to share this daunting task
Try not to eat the entire elephant in one go.

**thestien** · 10-05-2006

your right im gonna need a sharp knife to cut this down into bitesized pieces

**Wraithan** · 10-05-2006

I am working on a game with a battle system like Final Fantasy Tactics... I just started this recently. Probably only 3 weeks into it. I have maybe 300 lines of code written and all of it is just test stuff so that I know that my ideas are workable.

Hopefully none of this code will make it into the final product (only 2-3 years away hopefully). One thing about doing game programming, you need to plan everything out, coding without a plan will lead to garbage spagetti code that wont work when you try and sync up everything.

**swgh** · 10-10-2006

Bottom line of game planning. Good point Wraithan,

Like buliding a house without a blue print. No plan could lead to somthing you did not want or does not work quite how to expected it too.

I usually take a week to a month planing, dependant on my game, then write pursecode then before a line of C++, test little bits out, like an upgrade class.

**Wraithan** · 10-10-2006

I don't really psuedo code many things out. I mean I kinda do with my diagrams I write/draw but mainly I will code bits and pieces to test and see if it is feasable.

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