[gameprogrammer] Re: (no subject)
- From: Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:46:39 -0700
Others may not agree but I think if you jump straight into 3d it will be a
ton of work to even get the most basic stuff working.
IMO you should start with 2d, it's a lot simpler and it's still really cool
(and still plenty difficult!)
for 2d this book looks really promising:
http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Game-Development-Jonathan-Harbour/dp/1598633422/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238471071&sr=8-1
the description says "Get ready to build a complete, professional-quality 2D
game engine from start to finish! "Advanced 2D Game Development" is your
comprehensive guide to 2D game development using DirectX in the C++
programming language"
which sounds exactly like what you are lookin for, but in 2d instead of 3d.
The good news is if you learn how to make a 2d engine, a lot of what you
learn can be carried over into when you are ready to make a 3d engine.
What kind of game are you making, do you know yet? Or just making a generic
game engine?
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 8:35 PM, julian stanley <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Awesome!
>
> Exactly what I wanted to hear.
>
> Yea, I have done some Dark GDK (uses directX), but overall I have not done
> very much OOP, but I have learned lots of basic C++, and lots of other
> freeware hobbiest type software that have programming concepts that will
> undoubtedly help. It will be 3d unless you recommend to do 3d, my friend
> wants to do 3d, I want to do whatever will help us the most...my friend is
> not easy to argue with, but I might be able to convince if 2d is the better
> way to go. I found 2 books so far that look worthwhile, are one of these
> maybe a suggestion you had in mind?
>
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Game-Engine-Design-Interactive-Technology/dp/1558605932
>
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Engine-Toolset-Development-Graham-Wihlidal/dp/1592009638/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238466839&sr=1-4
>
> Thanks,
>
> Julian
>
>
>
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> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:14:03 -0700
> Subject: [gameprogrammer] Re: (no subject)
> From: alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx
> To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> Yeah unfortunately it will take some hard work if you haven't done any (or
> much) game or graphics programming before.
>
> You can make an engine using MSVC express, I'm doing that at the moment, so
> that's good news for you, that part is no problem.
>
> You should start either by getting some books or by finding tutorials
> online.
>
> Have you done any graphics programming before (ie even shown a triangle on
> the screen in directx or opengl)?
>
> Also are you wanting to make a 3d game or a 2d game?
>
> I know a few tutorials and books i could point you to but I want to get a
> feel for where you are at right now before i make any recommendations (:
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 4:08 PM, julian stanley <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> I am looking for what would be the best way to make a simple game engine
> using C++. Me and a few friends were going to try to make a simple engine
> from scratch, but we are now sure how to do that. If it is possible to make
> an engine with MVC++(Microsoft Visual C++ express) are there any good
> tutorials on how to? And if you can't make it with only MVC++, what is the
> best way of making one?
>
> Thanks,
> Julian
>
>
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