Hi there, ppl! I just wanted to know if anyone knoes if they''re any good books on the subject of learning to make simple games with basic. Any help appreciated =[CodieDAO]=

why BASIC?
why do not start with C++?

and if you like BASIC, go to Visual Basic...

I dont know of any good books on making games with basic, but definiteley check out www.neozones.com, www.qbasic.com, and www.qb45.com, all very high quality sites devoted to basic, mainly qbasic, which is by far the best dialect to use if you just want to make small, simple games easily.

Well searching for "visual basic game programming" on Amazon turned up 5 results:

1. Sams Teach Yourself Game Programming With Visual Basic in 21 Days (Teach Yourself Days)
by Clayton Walnum (Paperback - December 2000)
Usually ships in 24 hours
Our Price: $27.99

2. Build Your Own PC Game in Seven Easy Steps Using Visual Basic
by Scott Palmer (Paperback - January 1996)
Usually ships in 24 hours
Our Price: $31.96

3. Windows Game Programming with Visual Basic and DirectX
by Wayne S. Freeze (Paperback)
Not Yet Published -- On Order
Our Price: $27.99

4. Black Art of Visual Basic Game Programming
by Mark Pruett (Paperback - June 1995)
Limited Availability
Our Price: $34.95


5. Visual Basic : Game Programming for Windows
by Michael J. Young
Out of Print--Limited Availability

I don't know if any of these are good, read the customer reviews.

And I assume you mean visual basic , right? As regular basic doesn't have the capability. MS has changed basic so much that VB is essentially wordy C++.

Jinushaun
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Edited by - jinushaun on September 27, 2001 3:07:00 PM