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Newcomers DBPro Corner / [b]Is there someway to learn DarkBasic?[/b]

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Troan
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Posted: 22nd Jan 2003 23:18
Look at you ppl u can make cool games. How you do it? Like i could learn from little totriles.Please tell me cuase i want make a RPG and then a MMORPG. Any books i can buy or sites?
The Darthster
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Posted: 22nd Jan 2003 23:32
The best way to start is to start small. Look through the help files and try to get an understanding of what each command does. Try to think how you could link the commands together to produce different effects. The interface is fairly user friendly, allowing you to add and change small bits of code to see what effects they have. Work from displaying text, to if...then statements, creating and moving 3d objects etc, until you have enough understanding to begin an RPG, which won't be for a long time. Set your targets low and you will achieve them. (Pong, for example)

As for sites, www.darkbasic.net is quite good, it contains some useful tutorials. I don't know if there are any darkbasic books available apart from the user manual.
Troan
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Posted: 22nd Jan 2003 23:40
Thank You for your advice.

CarlTaylor
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Posted: 23rd Jan 2003 02:33
http://www.dbheaven.com/ is a good site for beginners. It has a link to the Newbie Guide to Game Programming, a great book-ish thing thatd be great for you to read. Only 8 chapters are done so far, but its still worth it.

and download the demos and play around with them. set small goals and achieve them one at a time and youll do fine.

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Posted: 23rd Jan 2003 02:50
start with pong like I did.

Then continue by adding cool graphics, partciles and even Multiplayer.

You will learn alot!

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Troan
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Posted: 23rd Jan 2003 03:04
Thx ppl for the help!

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John H
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Posted: 23rd Jan 2003 03:59
The Dark Basic Users Manual will be considered one of your Top 15 books. Every command inside it, along with a full description. I suggest reading

Also, DB commands with a built in example of every command, and a load full of tuts. Read them, learn them. Learn each command, then you will get good Dont skip commands either- believe me, you will need them. Buahhaah at one point I thought Id never use the TEXT commands (like Right$ and Len() ) boy was I wrong!!

Go to that website he gave you- awesome
www.realgametools.net/forums
^^Another Dark basic forum ^^

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Dont ask those questions! Read the help files lazy!
Troan
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Posted: 23rd Jan 2003 19:04
i went to www.dbhaven.com


-Troan
Troan
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Posted: 23rd Jan 2003 19:06
i went to www.dbhaven.com

and this is all a realy larned from the BOOK!
How can i start with pong?

-Troan
The Darthster
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Posted: 28th Jan 2003 01:05
I thought pong would be an incredibly easy place to start for a beginner, but many people can't even manage that. I might write a tutorial on how to write pong, I wrote yet another pong game in a few minutes while I was bored.
Arrow
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Posted: 28th Jan 2003 04:02
Simple multiple choice text games might be a better start.

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