I have a few questions. I wanna make a game somethin like grand theft auto(way down the road ofcourse). I know C fairly well but I dont know much else. I ordered a book already on beginning game programing with directx. First off I wanna know what other things I should learn if I wanted to make a game like that(once again way down the road). Second question...is it crazy to want to start your own game development business? Right now I plan on doing software development and starting my own business with that because I understand thats much more likely than gaming, but I would like to impliment game development into that. This question is just because im curious and once again if I ever did this it would be way down the road...what things do you use to make ps2 games as opposed to pc games. Thanks a lot.

I recommend you take a look at this guide on Amazon - it should answer your questions:

So you would like to become a game programmer

Hmmm... excellent link . I scored 17/33

Hmm... have you read Dewhurst's "C++ Gotchas" (ed. A-W) ?
It does compare well with Meyer's series, in my opinion.

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[edited by - Fruny on February 22, 2003 8:26:31 PM]