Tuesday, July 14, 2009

How can i learn the game designing using c or c++?

suggest good books and code examples for game programming using c or c++

How can i learn the game designing using c or c++?
Well this is a big question and rather hard to lump it all together in one answer. But this is the way i understand it.





First off, game design is nothing more than brainstorming. For example "I want to make a game where your character is getting chased by ghosts as it collects pellets, when the pellets are clear on the board you beat the level. This level should be maze like.. etc.." i mean really thinking through every step this game takes.





Seperate from that is game programming. This is a bit more complex as now your translatting your thought process from above into a computer language like C++. It really helps for you to know the language. As i don't know how skilled you are with this i recomend checking out www.gamedev.net they have articles for beginners through advanced and even offer book reviews. I believe this would be a good place to start.
Reply:I agree with Joseph A, you have to differentiate between game design and game programing.


I'll regard the second part (game programing).


you can check the visual c++ 2008 express edition for programing in c++ and dark GDK for PC.


you can check also XNA game studio express (using visual C# 2005 express edition) for programing in C# for PC and XBOX.


in the link below you can find the tools and also tutorials and web casts that can help you to start:


http://www.microsoft.com/express/gamedev...


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