   Yet another noob thread
  Hello,First of all I would like to introduce myself, my name is Cosmin, I'm from that small unheard of country in Europe called Romania and well, I just started in the arts of programming...I can say I know about the simple basics, what I would like to know is where should I start in graphic programming, game making... what is the 1st step I should make...Thanks and good luck all!   
Quote:Original post by PCosmin89what is the 1st step I should make...By telling us which language you learnt/learning ;).   ;  That would be C++ ... nothing in the world makes my stomach tingle like OOP :P   ;  What do you know of C++ so far?   ;  A reasonable first step would be to write a game... Nothing fancy, just something as small as tetris or so, just to get an idea of what it takes to create a game, and what a game consists of.Of course, as subtly stated above, you need to be familiar enough with your programming language to be able to write a program of that size...I mean, you need to get your feet wet at some point, and unless you're a sheep that's able to drown in 30 cm of water, you'd better take some steps. :)   ;Quote:Original post by RavuyaWhat do you know of C++ so far?Hmm, I know the basics, I can use functions and classes (though not at maximum :P)... I did some programs... a console game with harvesting and attackingWhat I'm stuck at is switching to graphic I think...Quote:Original post by Captain PA reasonable first step would be to write a game... Nothing fancy, just something as small as tetris or so, just to get an idea of what it takes to create a game, and what a game consists of.Of course, as subtly stated above, you need to be familiar enough with your programming language to be able to write a program of that size...I mean, you need to get your feet wet at some point, and unless you're a sheep that's able to drown in 30 cm of water, you'd better take some steps. :)Any idea where I can find a good clear tutorial ?---------Thanks for the quick replies guys   ;  I find that a *great* graphics library is SDL. SDL supports not only graphics, but input from keyboard/mouse/joystick(includes gamepads), audio, and many other things. It is also pretty simple to learn and there is alot of information about it online. Lazy Foo's tutorials are quite good. Find them here.Good luck!BTW, there seem to be a fair number of Romanians here on Gamedev, considering the size of the country. And totally off-topic, I used to be in a guild ran primarily by Romanians in Guild Wars. But I digress...   ;Quote:Original post by EzbezI find that a *great* graphics library is SDL. SDL supports not only graphics, but input from keyboard/mouse/joystick(includes gamepads), audio, and many other things. It is also pretty simple to learn and there is alot of information about it online. Lazy Foo's tutorials are quite good. Find them here.Good luck!Thanks alot, this is really nice, I'm checking it out now, did the hello world program :PU've all been helpfull , thanks !Quote:Original post by EzbezBTW, there seem to be a fair number of Romanians here on Gamedev, considering the size of the country. And totally off-topic, I used to be in a guild ran primarily by Romanians in Guild Wars. But I digress...<Patriotism>We have talented people in our country</Patriotism>Quote:*Update* : It seems the hello world program gives me errors... even with the lesson2 files from the website...Quote:  [Linker error] undefined reference to `SDL_RWFromFile'   [Linker error] undefined reference to `SDL_LoadBMP_RW'   [Linker error] undefined reference to `SDL_DisplayFormat'   [Linker error] undefined reference to `SDL_FreeSurface'   [Linker error] undefined reference to `SDL_UpperBlit'And so on...Update 2 : fixed[Edited by - PCosmin89 on June 19, 2006 4:25:07 PM];  Another great SDL tutorial can be found here (and this one takes you through the process of actually building a game.)  While the author doesn't go much for OOP, the concepts and algorithms are very interesting, as he also goes into cool graphic effects that someone may want to incorporate into their game.   ;  I have a big question now...In the tutorial snippets there are alot of things that I couldn't remember for anything... what do I do with them ?Am I supposed to search for these snippets every time I want to use them, or is there another "secret" way I don't know of ?   