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Newcomers DBPro Corner / Game Design

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Shifter
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Posted: 29th Jun 2006 05:12
ok heres my deal:

I am a teenager and i have a great deal of interest in game programming, and design. the career i wish to accomplish is to become a game designer. So i figured it would be important for me to learn to program sooner than later.

i was wondering were i should start. should i use darkBASIC, of start trying to learn C?

i have heard about them both and i know that c and c++ become difficult after a while. But darkBASIC is a relatively easy program to learn, and create great things.

But if i do decide to learn darkBASIC, will it effect learning C? As in will it be a waste of time learning if i will just have to learn something else later.

i do not mean to sound noobish, or annoying to anyone who has seen a thread like this before, i am just looking for knowledge.

thanks, and plz reply

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Gil Galvanti
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Posted: 29th Jun 2006 06:01
I'd go with DBP for now, and take classes later on for C, learning darkBASIC will teach you the concepts of programming, and it's pretty much a simplified version of C, so once you know darkBASIC, C should be much easier to learn .

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Pincho Paxton
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Posted: 29th Jun 2006 10:52
I think that a lot of game design is pen, and paper, and storyboard work. It is also hard to get work as a game designer. Best to learn programming though, you need to know the limits of a PC.

Yu Une
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Posted: 29th Jun 2006 12:11
@ Shifter

Use DBP it's got a very fast learning curve (thats if you have DBP) my self I got DB which I'm kicking my self for not getting DBP, but putting that aside, I learned in about a month to program a very basic game, tho depenting on the complexity of the game your design, that what everones here for to help one another.

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ZeroShade
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Posted: 29th Jun 2006 21:52
Being a relatively good programmer... knowing java, visual basic, perl, html, css, C++, vrml, a little x3D... I wonder if I left one out....... I have started learing DarkBASIC about a month ago and I can honestly say its one of the easier languages. For Game Designing, DB is the way to go because you can do more stuff in less lines of code with more built in functions. Go with DB, if you enjoy it, then start learning some of the languages that I have mentioned above! If you want to start very easy on coding first, try html, very simple and you can have fun creating websites!! That way you can put your new game on your new website!!!

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Paladeus
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Posted: 30th Jun 2006 04:56
I agree with ZeroShade. HTML is a good way to get an idea of what you are doing, though if you actually want a game rather than just programming, then DB/P is a good way to go. I've had it a little while now, and though I am not learning much quickly, it IS easy. I just don't spend much time with it right now. But it is a good way to go. AND, if you want to look at this in conventional terms... DB basically has its engine built-in. If you go with C, C++, Java, HTML or DHTML, Python, etc, you would have to make your OWN engine. ^^

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Chily Dog
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Posted: 30th Jun 2006 11:05 Edited at: 30th Jun 2006 11:10
I agree with Pincho Paxton. No matter language what you write the code in, the basics of game design will be applied. Because Dark Basic is so easy to learn, it will teach you these basics faster and give you a good introduction to programming.

On a side note, if you decide to buy DB or DBP (I recomend Pro) from this site, look at the special deals that come with it. It could save you money down the road when you want a modeling program or something.
http://darkbasicpro.thegamecreators.com/?f=order

And by the way, I got a good laugh out of your sig.

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