I want to murder you in your sleep for your horrendous indentation scheme and undoubtedly awful design choices.

a friend of mine and i pretty much just brainstorm game ideas all day and nothing ever comes of it.

hey op, how do we stop playing grabass and actually get started?

I have Game Maker.

Does that count?

>>54161524
Open IDE or what the fucker ever.

Make your main function.

Grabass

Make some design choices.

then grab ass

then work more
sleep

grabass

>>54161496
Thanks bro.

>>54161672
0/10

>switch(Moving.curMove) {
>case ACT_WALK: Move = &clsSprites::Walk; break;
>case ACT_IDLE: Move = &clsSprites::Stand; }
>(this->*Move)();

>look guys i can code
>does that make me kewl
>guys?
>guys?

FUCK OFF ALL OF YOU AND QUIT SHOWING OFF SHIT YOU NEVER MADE

>>54161890
>he can't code worth a shit

Go back to BASIC, kiddie.

Good luck finding a job with those skills, since there's like shittons of you fuckers flooding the world now.

Thanks, assholes.

>>54162155
wat

>>54162010
If you're the OP you're one to talk. Your screenshot proves beyond a doubt that you don't have enough experience to be doing this shit.

Why does it seem like I'm the only one whose code makes sense?

>>54161524

I'd recommend using the UDK, cause the Unreal Engine is for studs.

Luckily your friend isn't doing fuckall this summer and can get some shit done.

Can anyone link me to some places to get started with C++ game development. I'm pretty good with C++, but it's just that I have no way to put this skill to work (i.e. I don't know what libraries I should use and how to use them, etc).

>>54161301

Had a few good ones a few days ago

>>54162559
http://www.libsdl.org/

>visual studio
>game dev

>>54162368
You've probably just been coding simple stuff.

>>54162686
Of course, SDL. Why did I forget that?

Oh, and thanks.

I WORK AT A GAME DEVELOPER ASK ME ANYTHING

Fuck off, I bet you're just like that faggot in my gamedev class who played touhou in class and when asked if he made it, he responded "yes".

I should probably figure out a way to break that fucker and his girlfriend up... that should crush him.

>>54162843

No problem, bro. Now go make some sweet games!

>>54162931
what's it like sorting their mail?

>>54163056
Well... I've gotta think of what to make first. And figure out how to work with SDL.

i use rpg maker

>>54163156

really fun

Their dicks taste great too

I made a game for the GBA called Super Baby Puncher 3000 for one of my classes last year.

Also fuck your horrible spacing and curly brace setup

>>54163176
posting_trollface_doesn't_make_up_for_teh_fact_that_you_can't_use_teh_troll.jpg

>>54163303
Funny, because I've heard of a game by that name.

>>54162559

I would highly recommend not making games in C++

Honestly there is very little reason to anymore. Python and Java both have fully C implemented openGL libraries and are much easier to make game programs in since you don't need to deal with all the low level C bullshit that will bog you down in the early and late development stages.

Also if you are as good of a C developer as you claim, moving to a higher level language will just showcase your skills more.

>>54162559
Just do XNA. C# is pretty similar.

>>54163932

C# is some kind of horrible bastard child though...

>>54163740
But aren't the higher-level languages slower?

Also, I'm not really all that good with C++, just that I understand how to utilize its features like pointers and advanced OOP (most 19-year-olds don't).

But if Python is actually good for game development, then I'll use it since I'm better with it than any other language.

>>54162368
The OP screenshot is a textbook example of terrible practices, don't even think about comparing yourself to it.

>>54163932
C# is pretty similar to Java. The only thing it has in common with C++ is some of the syntax basically.

>>54164211
Heh, alright.

I thought it was some kind of advanced shit that I haven't gotten myself into yet...

>>54164190
>just that I understand how to utilize its features like pointers and advanced OOP (most 19-year-olds don't).
I can already tell you still don't know a goddamned thing.

>>54164491
Well, just describe what confuses you about it besides the fact that it's needlessly convoluted and I'll do what I can to explain it.

>>54164585
I'd rather not trouble you.

>>54164362
If you know any of the C languages you'll be able to pick the others up relatively easy. Seeing how he already has a knowledge of pointers, C# or Java should be babies to pick up. Hell Java is commonly used to teach as a first language. And with all the libraries available for C# and XNA...there's no reason why he couldn't pick it up with relative ease.

>>54164190

Long story short on speed and higher level languages...

If you are a novice-intermediate programmer (1-5 years) you will be much more effective in higher level languages as you will probably just cause a memory leak in C. The performance trade off will also probably be un-noticeable in anything you will program (believe it or not games aren't that resource intensive, and the backbone of most games is written in higher levels, while the 3D graphics are written in C++ so you can take advantage of bitchin new video cards and whatnot)

If you are an advanced programmer (read 5+ years, masters, etc...) and you are writing a program where you need to be able to account for memory at all times and truly understand everything you are doing, you will get better performance out of C.... However, you will still program in the long run faster in a higher level language.

In the end, game development doesn't drag on because of 3% performance issues, it drags on because you are writing lots of code and really need things to just work well enough to play it.

If you really want to make a game, do yourself and everyone else a favor, and stick to a higher level language.

>>54164190
> I understand how to utilize its features like pointers and advanced OOP (most 19-year-olds don't)
Excluding, of course, anyone who has taken a 100 level programming course.

>>54164770
Yeah, I know, they taught me Java in a class I took. Something about it rubbed me the wrong way, though...

>>54164770
>>54164927

You should be careful jumping into Java from C/C++ without any guidance, especially if you haven't been taught correct object oriented programming.

>>54164879
Mmm....good ol C...like being handed a loaded gun and then running around a wet pool deck.

>>54164927
That's because Java is babies and holds your hand in everything you do. Though some of my friends love it...for reasons unknown to me.

Protip: dont plan on getting a job in game development- the field is flooded whereas communications and general software development is on the rise.

plan ahead

>>54165309

...but what if he doesn't live in India

>>54165309
>implying facebook apps and mobile apps aren't booming

>>54163413
?

>>54165309
This. So many of those fuckers have popped up recently.

I blame the whole "HEY GUYS THIS WILL LET YOU MAKE YOUR OWN *******VIDYAGAEMS*******!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"- type software. You know what I'm talking about.

where did you guys begin programming? were you taught it or self taught?
i dont claim to know much, but i started to teach myself some C++ for the past 6 months from various sources. im interested in the field and planning to invest in it by earning a degree in computer science.

Is visual basic good for game development or multimedia purposes? Trying to decide between it or the java class.

>>54164770
>Seeing how he already has a knowledge of pointers, C# or Java should be babies to pick up.
Java does not include pointers, and C# recommends against their use to the point of marking all code that includes them as 'unsafe'. Are you some sort of fucking idiot?

>>54165699

Java > VB

Especially for resume purposes.

>>54165699

Visual Basic is a bad joke that people can't stop telling.

>if(canwalk==0){ Walk(); }

who the fuck uses 0 for a true state?

>>54165621
IMO anyway, I think its impossible to be "taught" programming. You consult a professor or a friend if you are stuck on a concept or a bug, but 90% of the learning you really have to do on your own. By that I mean programming for "fun" or at least in your free time.

>>54162559

Then you know nothing about C++, basic back engine should be all stuff you know, if you know anything.

>>54165699

Neither, go with a C family class, Java's too bloated for any real programming unless you use a stripped down version of it for micro controllers, and Visual Basic is garbage except for learning purposes.

>>54165827
>implying it's spiritual successor isn't popular as shit
also decent money in the field, but I hated it.

>be social
>get clients
>teach yourself how to do shit while developing for them

>>54165621
I'm 18. Self-taught all the way, since I was 13.

I'm a pretty great coder for someone in my town, but I can't even hold a candle to the average programmer on the Internet.

>>54165699
VB used to be a tool for business majors and people who wanted to make quick throwaway prototypes. Now it's basically C# with different syntax, which itself is basically Java with identical syntax with changes like 'the case conventions of some of the methods are different' and 'the addition of properties which are basically just methods with syntactic sugar' and 'the yield keyword' and some other stuff.

The Java VM and the .NET CLR are rather different though, as are the associated built-in libraries.

tl;dr no real difference but take the Java class anyway. Or better yet move out of the sticks and find a better school, fuck's sake.

>>54166109
No harm in learning Java as a gentle introduction before going to C and C++.

Avoid VB like the plague, though.

>>54165621
I'm 25. I started in third grade in a TAG program with GW-BASIC, and I mostly went from there on my own. I have a BS in computer science and I'm currently working on my master's degree in robotics. I just got back from Hawaii presenting a paper on some software I wrote.

Basically find a school. There are some unbelievably talented self-made guys but they're few and far between the 'teach yourself C++ in 24 hours' crowd.

>>54166438
>the 'teach yourself C++ in 24 hours' crowd.

Ugggh...

That shit makes me cringe.