Interested in teaching myself- some advise?
by Septose · in General Discussion · 03/17/2006 (1:02 pm) · 1 replies
I plan on trying to teach myself how to make games.(ofcourse that'll be a long time from now to accomplish)
I have very little programming skills atm, not really much experience with the computer artist programs either, but I do know computer hardware/ and how to use computers very well. never the less im gonna give it a good go at it. (lots of time i have sortof).
I plan on buyin torque indie license and Have ordered:
3D Game Programming All in One :(read its best as a reference then teaching tool)(think i might had read to use the online tutorials for the teaching part?)
Beginning C++ Game Programming :
I was wondering if some of you knowledgeable folks could throw any more advise on a good method of teaching myself. (dont have to be to detail, im starting at the begining)
A before hand thank you for whoever replies :)
I have very little programming skills atm, not really much experience with the computer artist programs either, but I do know computer hardware/ and how to use computers very well. never the less im gonna give it a good go at it. (lots of time i have sortof).
I plan on buyin torque indie license and Have ordered:
3D Game Programming All in One :(read its best as a reference then teaching tool)(think i might had read to use the online tutorials for the teaching part?)
Beginning C++ Game Programming :
I was wondering if some of you knowledgeable folks could throw any more advise on a good method of teaching myself. (dont have to be to detail, im starting at the begining)
A before hand thank you for whoever replies :)
Torque Owner Badguy
nehe.gamedev.net/
make sure you do.
there is some good starting points there.
I recommend you follow each of the examples he provides.
and tweaK and play with them.
if you plan to work with DirectX more than OpenGL then you should install the DirectX sdk and work thru thier examples.
you should install some version of linux and play with it to increase your knowledge.
you should read : www.thedailywtf.com
so you can see how Not to do things. (*snicker*)