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eski
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20/09/2009
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30th September, 2009 at 20:21:16 -
Hi there
I am kind a new to the whole game making scene (i was using knp when it came out many years ago) and i am heading to school now. The thing that troubles me is what programing language i should learn. I wanna be able to make both 2d and 3d games. I don't know if there is any school here in Iceland that teaches C++ but a lot of them teach C#, Java, Python and .....
I have been using MMF2 now for month and i like it, but its not programing really, more mathmatics or something.
What language do you people recommend to use with game making...?
Cheers
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Pixelthief
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30th September, 2009 at 21:22:46 -
MMF2 qualifies as an IDE built around a custom programming language
If you want to look into professional design some day, you'll need to know C++, and the best way to learn it is from the bottom up with C.
Gridquest V2.00 is out!!
http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=7456
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eski
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30th September, 2009 at 21:28:51 -
Is there any sense learning C# for game making ? (i heard somewhere that it wasn't)
It seams that its the only thing taught in schools here in Iceland...
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aphant
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1st October, 2009 at 20:55:48 -
Yeah, you should know C++ if you want to do professional programming. I've heard that C# is the future of C, so you'll probably want to learn how to program in C#. You can get started learning either language with any number of books available in bookstores and online, though going to school for C# might not be a bad idea.
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noPE
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2nd October, 2009 at 07:27:32 -
Originally Posted by Adam Phant
Yeah, you should know C++ if you want to do professional programming. I've heard that C# is the future of C, so you'll probably want to learn how to program in C#. You can get started learning either language with any number of books available in bookstores and online, though going to school for C# might not be a bad idea.
im curious as to where you heard that c# is the future of C since the new standard for C will soon be C++0x. Not to mention that C# is being developed to coincide with C++ and not compete directly with it.
on topic. if you are looking to program games i would recommend either of the C family languages. C/C++ or C#. C/C++ has a multitude of libraries for 2d and 3d game programming. Allegro, SDL, SFML, DirectX, OpenGL, etc. C# has XNA which can be used to make windows and xbox games, but if you are not intending on distributing or developing for xbox then c++ is the route you want to take as it is cross platform and easily portable.
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