I am going into development of games(help needed)

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I am going into development of games(help needed)

Hi there all,

I am a programmer for Windows 32bit and now due to a new project issued by a friend of mine, i had to go into Game Development. The following are a few questions that i am going to ask so that i understand more about Developing games.

1) What programming language am i going to use
2) What IDE environment will I be using
3) How will the graphics be supported

Tips and tricks welcome too.

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I am going into development of games(help needed)

  • kennyp

    >as long as i get as much support I need as possible.
    Well since you are using apps and technology which is way past any kind of support (at least from MS) then you are going to be on your own.

    try the forums on http://www.vbgamer.com - there may still be some people there using VB5, or at least VB 6 with something that will work with VB5



  • jpchen

    The worse matter is that i am still using VB5! but it seems most Libraries and ActiveX controls that work for VB6 also work for VB5. I cannot run Visual Studios because I do not have Windows XP SP2. Are there any old libraries that can run VB5 into gamming mode I also do not want my players to update all that DirectX things and issues ... they are quite troublesome at times.

    The programming part on my own is not a problem, as long as i get as much support I need as possible.

  • Fabrikx74

    Is there anyway that i can use DirectX library using VB I do not know C or C++

  • Roberto Ki

    ManagedDirectX works with VB.Net as well as c#. See http://www.thezbuffer.com for everything there is to know.

    If you are still using VB6 then there are some old unsupported libraries out there but you are pretty much on your own.



  • RMD

    You can use VS 2005 VC++ Environment with DirectX Library. This is what every body would recommend it.

    More over, now one can easily do alomost all actvities with C# and DirectX. The only problem one would face is that help and tutorials. Most online help is in C++.

    Have fun making games!



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