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by h0ts0up
Thu Jul 09, 2009 5:35 pm
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: Where should an 11-12 year old Start?
Replies: 47
Views: 3239

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.
by h0ts0up
Thu Jul 09, 2009 5:31 pm
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: Hitting a brick wall.
Replies: 8
Views: 884

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...
by h0ts0up
Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:55 pm
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: Understanding code
Replies: 4
Views: 473

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 ...
by h0ts0up
Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:33 pm
Forum: Art, Music, and Design
Topic: image resizing?
Replies: 15
Views: 3198

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. :)
by h0ts0up
Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:22 pm
Forum: Art, Music, and Design
Topic: image resizing?
Replies: 15
Views: 3198

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...