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Greetings everyone


Last year in school I finished up my Game Development course in school, and things were going pretty well. However, I am a procrastinator and life kind of got in the way for awhile. Since the end of school, I really haven't worked on coding at all.

I would like to resume work and get learning more. I want to start making games and stuff, and I need to learn DM well before I can do that :p I have a pacman-esque game made now and another that works with only sounds and pressing keys to move on (like those old Goosebump option-table books). If you'd all like I could put the code for those games up and the files needed for them so you can look at what I've done.

But I digress.

The main thing I'm looking for is tutorials. I need to brush up my coding and get some direction on where to move on to next.

I know that before any big game-making can be done I need to do small things, and I plan on making small games for right now. Any and all tutorials on useful things you can find would be helpful. There's also many mini-games and programs and such in the help files here I can work on, too, which I will be doing. I just need somewhere to go ^_^

Oh, and I needn't worry about 3D graphics yet. I am simply going to be working with the basic shape-making that's in DB. That's what I've done so far, and it works fine haha. I don't need to worry about 3D rendering and objects until I can get a firm handle on DM.

Thank you for the help

Tutorials for DB? If you go to DarkBASIC discussion, you will notice stickied threads at the top of the board:



Most of these are tutorials. Just click and explore.

Also, if you have DBC, you should have a folder in your DB directory called "help\examples". You can access it by pressing f1 in your editor, or going into the folder and looking for what you need. That folder is stuffed with source code for learning from.

TheComet

I said.... "There's also many mini-games and programs and such in the help files here I can work on, too,"


So I know of the help files :p

And yeah, I've seen those. I was just wondering if there were any that are preferable or anything.

I've started TDK's tutorials.

Thanks

Hi Enigma,

A great method for learning is by doing. The more you code, the more you can code! So, try participating in the DBC challenges, and also try participating in a DarkNOOB's project. Having to program a specific thing, sort of forces one to put on their thinking caps and sets a goal.

Thanks, Latch


I'm not so sure I would be ready for that, yet. However, there are some things (specifics) I can put my mind to right now to get going.

To be fair, I agree with Latch, the Challenges are a great way to learn techniques. As you said you are a procrastinator (much like myself), having a goal to work with means that you are more likely to overcome the obstacles instead of getting distracted by something else. The programs do not need to be particularly complex to enter, but they often focus on one area of building a program so if there's an area of which you're unsure, then they're a great way to develop your expertise in an area. Also, you can see other people's code for their entries, which often helps a lot in your own coding projects.

EDIT: Sorry I've just seen I'm resuscitating this thread from the dead somewhat didn't realise how long it had been since the last post.