Game Programming

[darkvader]

Greetings Mmowned Members,

I am here to talk a programming today and to tell you about the good sides and the bad sides of it. Did you ever get that feeling when you turn on "World of Warcraft" you say to yourself or many other people "I wanna make the Best MMORPG"? Well some times everyone wants to make a new game like that and become rich but, its not that easy lets me tell you how it works!

1) You need to have a Very clear almost like the spring Water or Mexico Cancun Water of A programming Language. There are many languages you can choose from theres is C++, Java, C, C#, Python. Those languages seem to be the most used in games today. Now we need to tell what the best language to use is C++, Java! The reason I say that is because if you want to make a game you need to start off with a good language.

2) You need to have a compiler you are prolly thinking right now "Wow! This sounds really hard I don't know if I wanna program" Nah!!! all A compiler is a program that you right the learned code in that you got and it makes it a program.

For example a Simple "Hello World" Application
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
cout << "Hey Wow this is my first program ITS ALIVE!"

return 0;
}
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You would not Include the '\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" in your program thats just to show you where it Starts and ends. We will learn more about that once we go farther in!

Next lets see here! O yes, you need to be Fluent in A scripting Language like LUA, Networking, And Game programming like sprite42.move() a sentence like that would be from a game maby like warcraft when you move around it excutes that sentence so it works. Now I dont know exactly how Warcraft Works but I know they made it supper fast with all there Programmers/Staff.

3) Compiler! Alright so you want a compiler and think you may be able to do it! Well guess what you can! Here is a link to a compiler Website for you!

http://sourceforge.net/project/downl...or=superb-east

Alright there is the link now we will go throw how to install and use it!

1) Save the program to Program Files!
2)Look for a file called Devcpp-4.9.9.2 setup!
3)Double Click it!
3)Click "OK" Wait till it uploads data.
4)Language would be english, "I agree" don't uncheck any of those buttons because you prolly don't know what they even do just click next.
5) Install to Local C: Drive or program files call it Dev-Compiler. Click "Install"
6) After what seemed like ages its finnaly done!
7) Now it will run!
Close the tip, Goto File->New->Project->Click once only once on Console Application. Now at the left hand corner we have Name type in Project 1.
*TIP Everytime you make a new project you must call it something new!
9)For now just put in "Project C++"
10) Now a box comes up click save!
11) Cheers your on your first page now type in this
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
cout << "Hello World!"

return 0;
}

12) Now what you wanna do is make sure it looks all good and now errors and click on your keyboard Control-F9! It will now compile! Now to run it Control-F10! There ya go now you go your first Application if it doesnt run make sure everything is lowercasses C++ is CASE-Senestive.

4) Some Books, E-books, Tutorials!
http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/lesson1.html
Thinking in c++ Volume 1 and 2 are E-books!
my list of books are

C++ Programming Books
Thinking in C++ Volume one.
Thinking in C++ Volume two.
C++ Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design, First Edition
Object-Oriented Program Development Using C++: A Class-Centered Approach
C++ Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design, Second Edition
C++ Programming: Program Design Including Data Structures, Third Edition
Data Structures and Algorithms in C++, Third Edition (Read Last)
Professional C++ (Programmer to Programmer) (Read Last too it could help ease the Programming)

Game Devolpment (Engine Programming) Books
Game Programming Gems 1-6 (Book & CD-ROM) (Game Development Series)


There you go!

WaRNING
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[The Juggernaut]

Great to see you've got that capability, and thank you for sharing +Reps to ya.

[darkvader]

Thank you and Tutorials and more information coming to only MMOWNED!

[Linkap]

Congrats man, +rep!

[tehrogue]

not bad but I fell like ive seen like 90% of that tutorial on another site.. I think it may have been the C++ website..haha but not bad anyways, good to share it

[darkvader]

Umm you couldnt of saw it on another site I wrote it myself unless someone alread copied it lol

[Brock]

i do some C++ every now and then but it takes *years* to get to the level WoW is at. Blizz have loads of programmers and it takes hundreds of people to make the game. like sounds, animations, graphics, management et cetera

[Icicle]

Seen this from another website.

[darkvader]

U saw it on another site BS i wrote it give me the link

[Kelindel]

http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/lesson1.html

Im not saying you did any cut/paste, but theres a number of sights like the

one I posted above that give basic tutorials, which is why this might look

familar to some people.


Nice post though, Ive spent a great deal of time thinking about what if I could make my own MMORPG. After I realized how many people it would take to create a large

scale game I thought about just selling my game Ideas to a large company who would have the rescources to pull it off. But I then found out big companys generaly will

not even look at your idea becuase they are scared if they put out a game with something similar to your game you could file a lawsuit against them. So ive given up

for the most part. Although there are forums with programers who work together in thier off time to try and make the next big game. So who knows maybe someone

could make thier dream game