I''m fairly new at game development. I''ve done a few fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants games for windows, mainly using GDI. I tried Ddraw, but I like OpenGL better. Can anyone give me a few ideas on what I should make for my first real project. I can''t seem to come up with any ideas. Thanks in advance.

Often times it''s good to start by remaking an old classic (for your own edification not for any comercial gain - beware of Hasbro). It usually gives you a chance to get used to integrating an interface with basic game functions without becoming overwhelmed by tons of new functionality. It also helps you set a clear goal that you can more or less stick to without getting carried away and setting your goals too high.

The most important thing is to start something that you can finish, and then aim higher during your next project. Puzzle games are often times a good way to go, although you might try a simple side scroller (even if you are using a 3D rendering API). It''s always easier to go from concept to 2D to 3D rather than from concept to 3D.

Just some adivce drawn from my own experience.

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Mice are an excellent source of mice.

Right now, I''m working an an letters-as-tiles RPG in DOS. I''m finding I know just enough to do it for the most part, and anything that I don''t know I can figure out and learn rather well, like File IO. I got a real good understanding of File IO because I fiddled with it myself. Of course, there is a problem with that, I did end up making my computer shut down all on it''s own once. That was really bad. I compiled, the program flashed on my screen, then the screen went black and everything shut down. Talk about hereing some cussing.

shut up
CAN I GET A WOO WOO!

I''ve made my computer shut down and lock up quite a few times. It''s all part of the beauty of programming


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You haven''t lived untill you''ve caused a nice stack overflow and crashed the kernel at the same time.

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