a good program to create a game????

YurAnus

I am thinking about going to school to be a game creator after I get out of the military. I was wondering if anyone knew of some programs that I could check out that I could play around with to see what it all involved? I prefer free if possible

Omeguz · 07-09-2006, 18:41 | posts: 1,166 | Location: Germany

Games are usually developed on so many different levels, it takes more than "a program", you know. I'm not very familiar with game production, but I think you'll have a hard time finding one software that you can play around with.

scoutingwraith · 07-09-2006, 19:40 | posts: 9,222 | Location: Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha

a good program that i know you can start off is Maya

Turn · 07-09-2006, 19:52 | posts: 49

http://www.rfactor.net

Watcher · *Last edited by Watcher; 07-09-2006 at 21:06.*

Some info to read over and try out.

Kids Programming Language (KPL) - Teach Kids To Program

http://www.educational-freeware.com/...ogramming.aspx

KPL makes it easy for kids to learn computer programming. KPL makes it fun, too, by making it especially easy to program computer games, with cool graphics and sound.

and

A Beginners Guide to C++

http://www.sudhian.com/index.php?/articles/show/376

and

Game Maker < May help with ideas for games.

http://www.gamemaker.nl/

Have you ever wanted to be able to design computer games, but didn't want to spend countless hours learning how to become a programmer? Then you've come to the right place. Game Maker is a program that allows you to make exciting computer games, without the need to write a single line of code. Making games with Game Maker is a lot of fun. Using easy to learn drag-and-drop actions, you can create professional looking games within very little time.

Gui4Cli

http://users.hol.gr/~dck/g4c/

Gui4Cli is a simple, freeware, event-driven language which allows you to easily create and control many types of GUIs (user interfaces, windows, dialogs etc) to use as stand alone programs or as interfaces for other programs. It is an easy scripted language with many powerfull commands and capabilities and a simple intuitive structure.

and

The Regex Coach

http://www.weitz.de/regex-coach/#install

http://www.weitz.de/regex-coach/

The Regex Coach is a graphical application for Windows and Linux/x86 (also usable on FreeBSD) which can be used to experiment with (Perl-compatible) regular expressions interactively. It has the following features:

* It shows whether a regular expression matches a particular target string.
* It can also show which parts of the target string correspond to captured register groups or to arbitrary parts of the regular expression.
* It can "walk" through the target string one match at a time.
* It can simulate Perl's split and s/// (substitution) operators.
* It tries to describe the regular expression in plain English.
* It can show a graphical representation of the regular expression's parse tree.
* It can single-step through the matching process as performed by the regex engine.
* Everything happens in "real time", i.e. as soon as you make a change somewhere in the application all other parts are instantly updated.

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The Scripting Toolkit

http://www.only4gurus.com/v3/preview.asp?resource=10203

The Scripting Toolkit is a collection of several Win32 utilities created to make scripting a bit easier:
CancelBt - Enable or disable the Cancel button on any dialog at will.
ClrName - Erases the last user's name from the Windows 95 logon dialog box.
HideExec - Conceals the screen output of any application (Windows or console-based).
MakeScut - Creates Windows Shortcuts (.lnk/.pif/.url).
MMD - Creates a multi-level [sub]directory structure.
NetOrder - Allows you to switch the network provider call order in Windows 9x. A necessity if you have a mixed Microsoft/Novell environment and are using Novell's Client32.
PlayWav - Plays any WAV file (asynchronously).
StartBt - Temporarily hides, shows or permanently removes (for the current session) the Start button from the Taskbar.
xDel - Tool to delete all files in a folder (and optionally recurse subfolders like the old DOS utility, DelTree).

and

Python

http://www.python.org/

Python® is a dynamic object-oriented programming language that can be used for many kinds of software development. It offers strong support for integration with other languages and tools, comes with extensive standard libraries, and can be learned in a few days. Many Python programmers report substantial productivity gains and feel the language encourages the development of higher quality, more maintainable code.

This is more of a collection of programming tools / help. Just read over the list and stick with a language / program and have fun :-)

Just remember, Please, No Java!!!

Watcher

Omeguz · 07-09-2006, 22:57 | posts: 1,166 | Location: Germany

So you can completely ignore what I said. Evidently Watcher's info > my guess

Cycloid · 07-09-2006, 23:06 | posts: 827 | Location: South Africa

Microsoft Visual Studio

Borland c++ Builder

YurAnus · 07-09-2006, 23:48 | posts: 775 | Location: Fayetteville, NC

cool, I am going to check those out as soon as I get back home. I am in Alabama right now for work.

Animatrix · 07-10-2006, 00:04 | posts: 6,852 | Location: Denmark

Did you have any direction in mind ?

Making a game consist of different skills, like Coding, Graphics, Sound.

http://www.gamedev.net/reference/start_here/
http://www.devmaster.net/
http://www.gametutorials.com
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=32665