Official "Hello, World! (I'm new!)" thread

[dandymcgee]

How the hell do you have this confidential information?

I know EVERYTHING about you and this site Falco. I'm an AVID AiGD Fan!!!

[AmbitiousWays]

Hi my name is Todd I am a web developer and have knowledge in HTML 4.0, HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, and mysql. I have learned the concept of object oriented desin, i know basic java, i had an introduction to programming class in my courses for the degree im pursuing, which is Information Systems Management AS- Web Development Specialization that will transfer to a Gaming Simulation BA. I have known how to make websites and graphic design for years now and have self taught myself everything i know(Im only on the HTML course in my degree track). So i decided to get a head start on the game design pluss im gettingin impatient and want to be proficient sooner than later so why wait. I love games and always have my first favorite game was Chrono Trigger. It was my introduction to RPG's and to this day that is my favorite Genre. Though I am not limited to that. These days i find myself thinking more about how certain aspects in games were made through languages and what could have made it better. I am currently learning C# and plan to learn C++ as well but I am learning the xNA studio framework to build windows and 360 console games. I plan on one day creating an RPG that is totally new and unique to the gaming industry. My main areas of interest in a game are Physics and Collision, 3D Rendering, World interactivity and scale, as well as storyline. I ran across this project in my research and love the project and would love to share thoughts and talk about game development subjects.

Hope to get to know you all soon.

Deuces,

Todd

P.S. Bro the sarcasm and delivery of the how to get started videos was hilarious.

[hurstshifter]

I love games and always have my first favorite game was Chrono Trigger.

You're ok in my book then

[Pickzell]

Hi my name is Todd I am a web developer and have knowledge in HTML 4.0, HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, and mysql. I have learned the concept of object oriented desin, i know basic java, i had an introduction to programming class in my courses for the degree im pursuing, which is Information Systems Management AS- Web Development Specialization that will transfer to a Gaming Simulation BA. I have known how to make websites and graphic design for years now and have self taught myself everything i know(Im only on the HTML course in my degree track). So i decided to get a head start on the game design pluss im gettingin impatient and want to be proficient sooner than later so why wait. I love games and always have my first favorite game was Chrono Trigger. It was my introduction to RPG's and to this day that is my favorite Genre. Though I am not limited to that. These days i find myself thinking more about how certain aspects in games were made through languages and what could have made it better. I am currently learning C# and plan to learn C++ as well but I am learning the xNA studio framework to build windows and 360 console games. I plan on one day creating an RPG that is totally new and unique to the gaming industry. My main areas of interest in a game are Physics and Collision, 3D Rendering, World interactivity and scale, as well as storyline. I ran across this project in my research and love the project and would love to share thoughts and talk about game development subjects.

Hope to get to know you all soon.

Deuces,

Todd

P.S. Bro the sarcasm and delivery of the how to get started videos was hilarious.

LOL Thanks for the autobiography!

Anyways, welcome!

[AmbitiousWays]

Hi my name is Todd I am a web developer and have knowledge in HTML 4.0, HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, and mysql. I have learned the concept of object oriented desin, i know basic java, i had an introduction to programming class in my courses for the degree im pursuing, which is Information Systems Management AS- Web Development Specialization that will transfer to a Gaming Simulation BA. I have known how to make websites and graphic design for years now and have self taught myself everything i know(Im only on the HTML course in my degree track). So i decided to get a head start on the game design pluss im gettingin impatient and want to be proficient sooner than later so why wait. I love games and always have my first favorite game was Chrono Trigger. It was my introduction to RPG's and to this day that is my favorite Genre. Though I am not limited to that. These days i find myself thinking more about how certain aspects in games were made through languages and what could have made it better. I am currently learning C# and plan to learn C++ as well but I am learning the xNA studio framework to build windows and 360 console games. I plan on one day creating an RPG that is totally new and unique to the gaming industry. My main areas of interest in a game are Physics and Collision, 3D Rendering, World interactivity and scale, as well as storyline. I ran across this project in my research and love the project and would love to share thoughts and talk about game development subjects.

Hope to get to know you all soon.

Deuces,

Todd

P.S. Bro the sarcasm and delivery of the how to get started videos was hilarious.

LOL Thanks for the autobiography!

Anyways, welcome!

lol just givin some baackground info.

[MarauderIIC]

Ahoy there, Todd, adsfaoi, Italian (I mean, Gemini ;) ), Zachary, John, and everyone else whose name I forgot!

[MadPumpkin]

Hello Todd, Zachary and John.
Todd your post made the page load slow on my other PC, lol seriously im not kidding this page loaded slower then the rest.

[Big Grizzle]

Hello all,

Love the video series. Especially the advice on how to get into game development. I've been programming Python for about 2 years as a hobby. Nothing major. A few scripts, simple GUI apps. Trying to learn a few more languages(C++, Java, PHP). I always wanted to make a game(s) though. After all, calculating primes and simulating the moments after the big bang may be noble pursuits, but not really what what I use my laptop for.

Peace

Big Grizzle

[Netwatcher]

Fo' shizzle Big Grizzle, welcome to the hood.

[MarauderIIC]

Hello all,

Love the video series. Especially the advice on how to get into game development. I've been programming Python for about 2 years as a hobby. Nothing major. A few scripts, simple GUI apps. Trying to learn a few more languages(C++, Java, PHP). I always wanted to make a game(s) though. After all, calculating primes and simulating the moments after the big bang may be noble pursuits, but not really what what I use my laptop for. ;)

Peace

Big Grizzle

Ahoy thar! I recently made a Python IRC bot, myself. It's a nice little language ;)

[hurstshifter]

Hello all,

Love the video series. Especially the advice on how to get into game development. I've been programming Python for about 2 years as a hobby. Nothing major. A few scripts, simple GUI apps. Trying to learn a few more languages(C++, Java, PHP). I always wanted to make a game(s) though. After all, calculating primes and simulating the moments after the big bang may be noble pursuits, but not really what what I use my laptop for.

Peace

Big Grizzle

Welcome Grizzle! I've been interesting in dabbling in a higher level language such as Python for some time now. Can you recommend any good resources for starting out?

[Big Grizzle]

Hurstshifter, I bought this guy's book.

http://hetland.org/writing/instant-python.html

The examples are pretty easy and straight forward. Your profile says you know C++ which will make learning Python VERY easy for you. I recently started learning C++ and I feel lost. What you will find is that something that will take you 10 lines of code in C/C++ may only require 2-3 in Python. If you want to loop through a list/array it is so much easier than any of the other languages(C++, Java, PHP, javascript) I have toyed with...

Example:

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for x in aList:
    print x

[aamesxdavid]

Welcome Big Grizzle!

I've been interesting in dabbling in a higher level language such as Python for some time now. Can you recommend any good resources for starting out?

Personally, I used this: http://www.amazon.com/Python-Programmin ... 1598631128 to learn Python for the Panda3D engine, and it was great. It uses really nice examples, and provides useful challenges for each section to really get you to think about what you learned.

Grizzle, I'd recommend Panda3D for games if you want to use Python for them. It's powerful, but not too overwhelming.

[MarauderIIC]

...I've just been using the Python docs. Works fine...

[Netwatcher]

Python was the first programming language i learned,
I've read this -> Dive into Python
together with the python documentation(s?).
(together with lots of help from the IT Bytes forums)