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Subject: Creating Games a a past time.

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  • 03.25.2012 7:10 PM PDT
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Posted by: JonnyOThan
Posted by: dazarobbo
If you're not familiar with it, you should learn how to design a system using UML constructs (use case descriptions, use case diagrams, activity diagrams, class diagrams, etc...) before diving head-first into implementation.

Improper design is one of the biggest reasons projects fail.
Not for a beginner...it's kind of a chicken and egg problem. You don't know how to make a good design because you've never tried before. Learning how to program is a long process of trying things, failing, figuring out why they failed, and doing it differently next time.
Throw in a "take a moment to laugh at the results of your mistakes" step in there too, for sanity's sake. One of my first classes in using OpenGL included animating a robotic-looking thing doing jumping jacks, but I screwed up the program so that its arms rotated all the way around, making it smack it's own backside repeatedly. Had to laugh at that one for a minute or two before fixing it.

  • 03.26.2012 5:29 AM PDT

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

I'm just gonna throw my 2 cents in here,

A good programming language to learn for basic games but with a powerful engine that you can also program for multiple platforms is Monkey Coder

Developed by blizmax and has a free Demo you can try.

  • 03.26.2012 2:24 PM PDT

Thanks for the GREAT ideas! I think I'm going to finish my C book then step of to C++ and see how much I can learn with that. The XNA Program looks great but I think I might need a little bit of experience before I try something of that level. Quick question though, wouldn't I need some other programs to complete the game or is C++ type applications all you need for the entire process?


Thanks again,
World

  • 03.27.2012 4:23 PM PDT

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Good luck.

  • 03.28.2012 12:19 PM PDT

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Post first project on here.

  • 03.28.2012 5:42 PM PDT
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Why are you reading my signature? Who actually opens these things and reads them!

And as always, SEND ME A PM. Please. Or really bad things will happen to you.

Speaking of Java. The LWJGL is a useful tool. It's what Minecraft uses. I wish the API was a little more detailed though.

  • 03.28.2012 5:58 PM PDT

I would be honored to be able to put my first project on here for the world* to test.

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Speaking of Java. The LWJGL is a useful tool. It's what Minecraft uses. I wish the API was a little more detailed though.


Ya I have wanted to use Java but I'm just getting started and there are SO many great programs or languages to learn...

*note--- This refers to the Bungie world, which should be the entire world in about 7 years!!!

  • 03.28.2012 7:51 PM PDT

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