C++ Tutorials for Windows-based programming?

Phacia · 2002-03-11T19:54:28

Hey guys, how''s it hangin''? I''ve been learning C++ for the past few days now from an online course called "Teach Yourself C++ in 21 days". So far, it''s been a great course/tutorial. I highly recommend it if you''re looking to start off in DOS programming... I''ve downloaded dozens of libraries and code dumps from gametutorials.com and for my C++ compiler, I''m using Dev-C++ from bloodshed.net(if any of you know of a better, free C++ compiler, I''m all ears). So anyway, here''s the problem: I''m not running DOS... Or Win3.1... Or Win9x... Or Win2K... I''m using WinXP Pro. Getting DOS-made programs to work in Windows Me is hard enough as it is, let alone XP Pro! Testing DOS-made programs has not been an easy feat! So what I''m looking for is a free online course/tutorial that will teach me Windows-only based programming. I''d prefer something that was more game-oriented, and something that assumes that the reader has little or no C++ programming experience... but I''ll take anything y''all got. DOS is deader than disco(*sniff*... Privateer... Wing Commander...*sniff*). Basicly, I''m looking to make a multiple-graphic-layered, 2D, sprite-based RPG. I''d like to learn how to make a graphical engine similiar to that of Final Fantasy VI. I realize that the graphics I draw will be the real determining factor to the overall looks of the game, but I just want to give you an idea of what I''m trying to make. I assure you guys, this is going to be, by absolutely no means what-so-ever, another Final Fantasy clone. I have original ideas, and I''d like to learn how to make them come to life. So... Ideas? Do you think I should stick with this C++ tutorial(it was written in the Win3.1 days)? And for this kind of game that I''m [going to start] writing, should I learn some OpenGL or DirectX too? I think software-based "rendering" will do... This game will be nothing more than a bunch of GIF animations and BMP backgrounds... Nothing 3D. But you all... You are the masters.

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Started by Phacia March 10, 2002 10:50 PM

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March 11, 2002 07:54 PM

Thanks guys. This''ll help out a *lot*.

Oh Rick, I said before that I won''t be *starting* off with an RPG. I''m still writing the music for it, but I am by no means ready to program something that big just starting off.

But thanks for the tip. Yeah, I plan to try something like Tetris for my first game... Maybe I''ll go as low as Tic-Tac-Toe. Then maybe a simple card game like War, or something.

Thanks againg guys. This''ll really help me out.

~Phacia

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