Elysian Shadows

nope
they just roam the net, looking for new places to post their shit...

Heres a good one for getting started on iPhone Development:

http://www.71squared.com/
http://www.71squared.com/community/

I found a page about integrating tolua++ into a game engine: http://www.gamedev.net/reference/progra ... s/ToLuaPP/

http://www.sdltutorials.com/ is a pretty good site for learning SDL

Just wrote a rather lengthy response about Lua integration, delegation of power between an engine and a scripting language, "triggers," and more here: http://elysianshadows.com/phpBB3/viewto ... =13&t=6014

Added to the index.

I'm currently going through Michael Dawson's "Learning C++ Through Game Programming".

It's Title is slightly deceptive, it does teach C++ in the context of creating text based games, but it covers a lot of the basics concerning the language.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beginning-C-Thr ... 81-8800448


I've also ordered the Course in C++ from "The Game Institute"

http://www.gameinstitute.com/courses.php#cpp1

So I will let you all know how those go...

here's some video tutorials (3dbuzz calls em VTMs) C++ III
Pretty decent starting point for people new to programming and games.

For the beginner C++ programmer,
3DBuzz.com has a few free video tutorials that I love. I started with "Intro to Game Dev" in which I made sure to type everything I was seeing on the screen, since they end up creating an entire simple game from scratch(A level, enemies that go after you and avoid walls, the ability to shoot a fireball at them, etc.). I finally was able to see the entire process of a game, and understand so much better now how to combine all the concepts I learned into a project. I can't replicate the game by hand and there's still plenty I don't understand, but I'll be watching the "Intro to Game Dev" series quite a few times to get it down. Until then though, I went back and noticed their "Introduction to C++" and "Intermediate Techniques" and continually learning.
Registration is required to watch these free videos(except maybe the first).

Here is the link of free C++ videos:
http://www.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/sv_videon ... 74e0f&ks=1
"Intro to Game Dev" specifically:
http://www.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/sv_videon ... a82c99a863

There are 2-3 people talking in these videos, and honestly that's one of the reasons I love it. They keep each other in check with questions and discussion, and their joking around also it makes it very entertaining to watch!

Okay didn't want to post a whole new topic to ask this simple question. But what compiler would be suggested or windows that is free and works very well?

Barroll wrote:Okay didn't want to post a whole new topic to ask this simple question. But what compiler would be suggested or windows that is free and works very well?

Microsoft Visual Studio ? (it comes with a IDE and a multi language compiler(s) (c++, c#, vb, f#)

Alright awesome, i suppose i will use the beta of 11 since its free for now... How ever the latest version isnt free, but are the other versions of it?

Barroll wrote:Alright awesome, i suppose i will use the beta of 11 since its free for now... How ever the latest version isnt free, but are the other versions of it?

I am using MS Visual Studio 2010 and it's completely free.

I'm not much updated when it comes to 11, but isn't that the version for Windows 8?

Well then if 2010 is completely free i will install that one. Id rather use something tested then something beta anywho.

superLED wrote:I'm not much updated when it comes to 11, but isn't that the version for Windows 8?

Yh, 11 is a "flat" style version of vs (like metro in win 8)
Although, with 11, I have had no problems at all with it so far, ive been coding mini applications with it and works fine. But to be honest, it is a massive change from vs (in terms of knowing where things are....) because they changed all the icons :L

Barroll wrote:Well then if 2010 is completely free i will install that one. Id rather use something tested then something beta anywho.

2010 is not "completely" free, but VS2010 Express is :P

Alright well thanks for the help. I got express. I should be able to do all of my beginner needs with it correct? And would it be worthwhile to purchase a license for VS at a later date? Or is there something more efficient?