Eas game programing

[Snoozing11]

I would like to try to make my own game. I have very little programing expirence (BASIC on a TI calc:rolleyes: ). What language would you recommend?

[qball]

depends on game.

start wif checkers, ...I'm decent.

Now, describe your game....

[Snoozing11]

would like to try to make a war game

[Rhino302]

Dude, use Visual Basic.

[qball]

Technically, checkers IS a war game, lol. Anyway, iffin you can't program checkers, you have a very slim chance of programming anything more sophisticated.

VB = $$$$

Whatever VB can do, Java can do, on any platform, for free.

[Rhino302]

qball--to use Java, he's gonna require much more coding and even understanding more concepts than VB. It's too bad it costs so much, unless you're a student, then you can get the academic edition for relatively cheap.

[UKLee]

QBall, I agree with your point that Java can do anything that VB can do, but on any platform and for less money, and I prefer Java, but surely you must admit that VB is far, far, easier to use for GUI programming. I would rather use VB's form designer than try to do the equivalent with Swing ;) Okay, so JBuilder has a designer now, but it still not exactly up to VB's ease-of-use standards yet.

[qball]

Rhino302,


make a war game


I hear ya, but... To even program checkers in VB, one needs some pretty advanced programming concepts. Programming is like driving race cars, basically just about anyone can drive a race car, but only the one's that know what they are doing, drive race cars well (fast). If anyone with a kompewter could code 'Excel' or 'Word', then programming wouldn't be a very technical vocation, now, would it?. I also realize that Java is a programming lang for programmers, not newbies...

UKLee,

I hear ya also, but... VB is fairly easy GUI programming. Now Powerbuilder is a more powerful GUI dev tool than VB, is OO, and far more intuitive and easier to understand and implement than VB. I have coded Minesweeper (yeah, the winders mindsweeper, as a learning exercise) and Pente (for my own use) and both were pretty good examples of RAD.

Regardless, keep coding and learning, all...

[Snoozing11]

qball
where would i get Powerbuilder or a program to help me make checkers?

[jutah]

If you are serious about getting into game programming a good book to get is Andre LaMothe's "Tricks of The Windows Game Programming Gurus." This book is about 50$, but comes with a version of VB. The version works great just every time you complile you have to click out of this stupid pop up. No problem considering the price. Also the book assumes you have some programming knowlede in C.

Hope this helps
Jutah