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- Thu Jul 09, 2009 5:35 pm
- Forum: Programming Discussion
- Topic: Where should an 11-12 year old Start?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 3772
Re: Where should an 11-12 year old Start?
I agree with derbon. Knowing a 12 year old, he has a VERY short attention span and would probably give up if he got frustrated enough. Have him work with BlitzPlus and get him into a game or something.
- Thu Jul 09, 2009 5:31 pm
- Forum: Programming Discussion
- Topic: Hitting a brick wall.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1110
Re: Hitting a brick wall.
if(mood == "good" || "Good") doesn't mean 'if your mood is good or Good". The || is used like if( condition || condition ). So you have to check "good" and "Good". as far as i'm aware the latter part of the satement is wrong, mainly because you are evalu...
- Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:55 pm
- Forum: Programming Discussion
- Topic: Understanding code
- Replies: 4
- Views: 580
Understanding code
I'm nub at coding and I thought it would be better to understand what it is I'm writing rather than just memorizing steps and taking steps from tutorials. As most of you already know Lazy Foo's popular SDL gaming tutorial. I've understood most of code except for a function that I just can't seem to ...
- Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:33 pm
- Forum: Art, Music, and Design
- Topic: image resizing?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3643
Re: image resizing?
thanks, my goal by the end of this summer is to write my own 2d sidescroller. So, your expertise was just what I was looking for.
- Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:22 pm
- Forum: Art, Music, and Design
- Topic: image resizing?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3643
image resizing?
I'm uber nub when it comes to game dev and even more nub when it comes to programming. I just started dabbling with SDL and recently learned that there is no function for resizing images. I drew an image of a meadow and what not as a background and applied it to a surface and found that it was a por...