Elysian Shadows

As you've told me, Spelunky was made with Game Maker. So this means games made in the Game Maker Engine can be put on XBLA? Or did they have to use different code, like C++. They used the same sprites, textures, music, sounds but different code?

bbguimaraes wrote:

BattleZoneHD wrote:Feel free to list the languages. After you list them, tell me how long it took you to learn them. It'll help me know what to expect over the time i'm learning my first few languages.

That depends on what you mean by 'know'.

I changed it to learned. How many have you learned?

Feel free to list the languages. After you list them, tell me how long it took you to learn them. It'll help me know what to expect over the time i'm learning my first few languages.

That was a brilliant response. Thanks so much.

Slow and Steady Wins the Race. YOU WON. In life.

Are there any famous game development polymaths? I've seen so many different roles/occupations in developing games. A person could spend thier life learning new things about Game development. Which sounds awesome to me. Someday game development will be in high schools. Hopefully when I'm 40 or 50 (s...

Thanks for clearing that up, XianForce. I never really touched Game Maker but I know tons of people use it. So I thought he was telling me GML is the easy way out. Does the Game Maker community SUPPORT what I would call cloning or jacking the game? You would call it taking "an example platforme...

Good thing you didn't say DarkBASIC. Is GML a really easy language to learn or is GML just really popular? I ask this because you've seen so many game maker platformers.

Thank you for a detailed and helpful response. That'll be another thing I need to learn this summer.

Does mastering touch typing effect or improve your programming experience?
Do you know any programmers who touch type?
Do you touch type?
Let me know. I failed touch typing class in 1st-3rd grade. But I found an app that could teach me for free.

Alright then, btw, I'm going to use a game specific language instead of a multipurpose language. Hopefully you guys will look past that when it's finished.

Give me some of your ideas/opinions please. After I learn/study for a few years, I want my first big project to be a platform game.

Ah yes, I used Khan academy for history lessons. He covers so many things. I'll search for his high level math videos. Thanks man, this community has very helpful members.

Thank you so much. I really liked your Quadrion Engine Tech Demo. It'll take years before I can do that.

Thanks for the tips! I have 2 new questions. 1st question: When game development books like the one I presented (DarkBASIC Programming for the Absolute Beginner) say in the title, "for the Absolute Beginner", do they mean "for the Absolute Beginner who understands trig level math, and...