Dear Game dev i am very sure that i want to become part of the games industry i have no programing experience but i have very good ideas and very artistic. I want to get a head start before i actually go to skool to learn this stuff i was wondering if you could point me in the right direction and make a tutorial on what programs i need how do actually make an entire game list the steps, Pls can u help me PS: i understand if this is to hard of a task and is to time consuming yours sincerly Chronicle

Crikey, for someone who's first language is English your grammar is shocking... also, bear in mind this is a forum, you're not writing a letter . But anyway, in response to your rather extensive demands, first decide what language you want to program in (hint: choose C++ ). If you do, go here to get djgpp, a free c/c++ compiler. Some good starting points in terms of learning are cprogramming.com, gamedev, and flipcode.com. Get the allegro library with djgpp too...

As for "how do actually make an entire game list the steps" (if i've deciphered that correctly), well, you can pretty much forget that. Learn how to program first . Get yourself some books from Amazon. By the time you can program things to a competent level (and have a solid fundamental understanding of how everything *really* works), then you'll begin to work out how games are made anyway.

Hmm, that's about all I can think of right now, but keep coming back to this forum if you get stuck (and I mean stuck, don't just get an error and come crying straight away ).
Good luck!

Nick - Head Designer, Llamasoft.net

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Edited by - Llamasoft.net on December 18, 2000 11:06:25 AM

Edited by - Llamasoft.net on December 18, 2000 11:10:22 AM

Read, read, read.

Read all kind of stuff on the net, even those things that at first don't seem to have anything to do with game developement, although, it should get close ;o).

hmmm... If you have any specific question, just ask on the forum and you can usually always write e-mails to professionals, like JohnC or, in my point of view an excellent programmer, Davor Hunski @ Croteam (Serious Sam Editor). They usually are very friendly and can always give you some good tips, although I wouldn't ask them for help if there's just a semicolon missing. *G*. ( I once searched a whole afternoon for a stupid semicolon behind a for-loop head grumble.. that wasn't funny

where were we? ah yes, write the profis.
Anything else? right: What really helped me: Get into a bigger project. That usually kept/keeps me motivated. It really helps. So... I think that's about it.
You can always write me e-mail if you have a question .
Good Luck and cya!

Phil

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and no!, there are NO kangaroos in Austria (I got this questions a few times over in the states

Edited by - phueppl1 on December 18, 2000 6:06:40 PM

Many people make many gramaticaly errors when typing off-the-cuff, sometimes they are typos that generate words the author didn''t intend.

quote:
... and make a tutorial on what programs i need[,] how [to] actually make an entire game[, &] list the steps

is what I think he meant
Is usually not that hard to figure it out...

There''s "New? Start Here" button on the main GameDev page. Start there!

not to discourage you but you really cant make games unless you have atleast a descent understanding of math. as i see you havent even started school. even the simplest things like 24/7 i you may use for things such as a ships velocity in a game you wouldnt understand if you havent gone to school yet. once you are in like 4 or 5 grade then i would worry about making games. then if you want learn now and become a genius and finish high school at 9.choice is yours