If you have not programmed before. I suggest you forget about game programming for a while. You have to learn to program first. Game programming is very advanced topic and not something you can pickup right off bat. If you are serious, you should get a good C++ book and MASTER that.

http://newdata.box.sk/bx/c

pretty good online book, i learned from that one

Thx for the sugestion but that edition is outdated (that is the 2nd edition and they have the 4th edition out).

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2nd edition and 4th edition are the same. It is not outdated.

Thats odd... Ok thx!

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It depends what kind of person you are and how you learn, but I like C++ The Complete Refference. IT has a C primer and teaches you anything and everything about C++. Check out the books section of this site. I would say to just look for tutorials online, but if you are like me you prefer to have a book in front of you instead of reading from a screen.

No disrespect intended, but the guys telling you to learn from on line books/tutorials are leading you down the hard road imho. You REALLY need to know C++ well first if you''re going to become a good games programmer. Forget about games for a little while and get a good fundmental understanding of C++, it will make things much easier for you in the long run. A good beginner C++ book is ''Accelerated C++'' , after this try '' Essential C++''. It''s not necessary to know everything about the language but I think you do need to have a good understanding of classes,pointers,references, virtual functions, overloading etc before you start on games ...

Thank you for the good sugestions ppl! Dead_Roses, I am also one of those ppl who need a book or in a classroom seting. But are you sure the book TEACHES C++ because I went to the Books & Software section and no one said that it teaches you C++.

Also is the book Anonymous Poster was talking about called "Accelerated C++: Practical Programming by Example"?

Lastly when I learn C++ and game programing what would be a good site/book to learn to make text/graphic adventures and/or RPGs. Thx!

[edited by - OrcBlademaster on January 12, 2003 7:19:14 PM]

[edited by - OrcBlademaster on January 12, 2003 7:23:52 PM]