hi, i am completely new to this... i have got microsoft visual C++ and i hope to make a game soon! I want to make something very simple, like tetris or something. And if any of you have a step by step tutorial on how, please notify me!

first of all, are you new to programming?
if yes, then you''ll need to hold off on that request and learn a programming language.

Also take a look at picking up a game programming book. Others can recommend some.

ZoomBoy
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Yeah, hold on to that forawhile. Because it''ll take at minimum 5 months of learning C++ several hours a day (and it''s very complex and difficult) before you could even be anywhere near the ability level required to just make a simple tetris game.

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Oh! so learn a language first! I''ll go to the local computer store to get a book abt it... any suggestions as to what language i should use? my program is microsoft visual C++ if that helps

if it is so, then learn the ActiveX language!
And use the ATL wizard in Microsoft Visual C++

well you can try C or C++
if you can''t choose flip a coin.
Visual C++ can work with both.

when you get the book. work on the problems which present for 2 weeks by yourself. no help. then after the two weeks if you''re really not sure ask questions in the Beginner''s forum.

quote: "something very simple, like tetris or something"

for you it is not.

.lick

Lol @ pipo, you''re right it will be impossible...

K, my advice: Start with C++ first (C++ is C with some changes, I think most tutorials/people use C++, but I might be wrong.)

Just browse the Books & Software page on his site for a good book on C++. YOU REALLY NEED A BOOK HERE it''s really annoying to learn c++ from internet, believe me. (With game programming, which you shouldn''t learn yet, you can use internet I guess but with C++ there''s so many sites all saying different things)

You can also ask people on this forum about what''s a good C++ book. Post this question in the "General Programming" forum, I think you''ll get most results there.

After some months, maybe 2 or 3 if you''re a fast learner and you work on it some hours per day, maybe a year if you don''t have enough time or just find it really difficult. Actually I''ve been programming C++ for about 1.5 year and before other programming languages and I''m still learning so much, I think you won''t ever stop learning new things about it.

At least within a year you''ll have enough knowledge for game programming though, probably earlier. You can then look in the articles section of this site, which has over thousand great articles, and learn game programming there. I learned most of the game programming from this site and it''s getting really cool (complex 3D games) already... You don''t need a book for it if you''re short on money...

You can ask all your questions on this forum, like bugs you can''t solve, (try it yourself first though) how to work with Visual C++, links to good sites, etc.
These forums are great... believe me... :D

Anyway good luck with it!