Making Games

[brandon184]

Me and my friend want to make a computer game. Because of my great computer skills, and his amazing drawing skills, we figure we can make a pretty cool computer game. The only problem is we have no idea about how to go along programming it. Is there a specific langauge that we would have to learn? Are there more than one language we would have to learn?

We want to be able to make a multi-leveled game with a single character walking across the levels.. Adding in cheats would be a plus, if we can figure out a way to do that.

[hd581]

I know a guy who's written a few. He used C. Dunno the gory details about it, but apparantly C has enough flexibility and packages available to it to handle graphics n stuff.

[BBA]

Yep...you can make mod's for Q3A in C++

Just don't ask me what anything does in C++

[cyclone2]

Im not sure what type of game you want to make but many games have built in editors that let you build your own levels, also you can create your own skins, sprites etc in many. By playing with these programs and checking out websites of other "game modders" I believe you can learn a lot as well as what programs they use to assist them. lol

[CONTRiC]

Look around for some C++ API's. Or possibly something like a widget set. Lots of possibilities. Try going to a local computer book store, there are usually tons of computer programming game books. Flip through and find out what they use in the book (and then either get the book, or do some more research on your own).

[KillerBug]

There is a program for sale at best buy that tells you how to program and everything, and it has a copy of c++ in it.

[stodge]

Check out www.cdx.sk (http://www.cdx.sk) for a Direct X wrapper.