Geting started with DBP - A Tutorial form Commico Inc. (Shatter Productions)
First lets get some stuff cleared up about the tgc fourms.
1. Do not EVER use titles like "I'm a noob help me pls!!!!!!!" this makes it hard for other people to search the awnser to the question when they have the same problem as you. titles like "help with movement in a space invaders game." is what you want you title to look like.
2. Discribe you problem as well as you can and if you can include some code for us to test and find the problem we wish we were physic, but we simply arn't.
3. Post in the right forum, the DBP board is not the place to ask about FPS creator.
Now that we have got these base rules down, its time to get started!
The first thing you want to do is clear your desk of distractions and annoyances. This helps you keep your mind from imploding when you run into a stubborn problem.
If you have got DBP and have it installed you can skip this next part, otherwise read the next paragraph.
You can get your hands on DBP for the great price of free on the tgc website here:
http://www.thegamecreators.com/?m=view_product&id=2000&page=free
the only thing about the free version is that you can NOT sell your games you make with it for anything. Its free, your games must be too. It also has ads but there not a huge deal. If you feel like selling you games then I reccomend buying this pack "DGS" as it is an insanely good deal
http://www.thegamecreators.com/?m=view_product&id=2125 for 80$ USD, you get DBP and tons of other add-ons that would otherwise cost you around $450. We will talk about add-ons later in this tutorial.
Now that you have DBP installed go to this page and download the latest update and install it.
http://www.thegamecreators.com/?m=view_product&id=2000&page=upgrades then run the main DBP editor program.
What you now see infront of you is the DBP IDE or integrated development enviorment, if you want to know what that means google it. The main window is where you type your code the side section is where you manage your project (Media, source files, options... etc.). For our first program we will type in:
print "please enter your name:"
input name$
print "Hello " + name$
wait key
press the green arrow on the bar under file, edit and such to compile and run your program.
Feel free to post any questions about the tutorial here
Stay tuned for part 2 of this super epic (not really) tutorial.
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