Elysian Shadows

I am open to any suggestions on where to start in the game development industry. any book names, online tutorials, pretty much anything will be appreciated. thanks alot

Have you watched Falco's "Getting Started in Game Development" series? If not here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p ... 7C7523EFFD

That should get you started.

Edit: If you're going the C++ route, here's a PDF version of Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days: http://www.mediafire.com/?zkmymzdwdy3

If you want to quickly move things along look at this. BlitzBasic I learned with this and Flash AS2.0. After you learn about this and the generals of programming then look into C/++

EDIT: I learned how to make pong and a sidescrolling platformer in about a month with this, I definitely recomend it. You'll progress fast and won't have too much trouble learning other languages that are more advanced after this. It also teaches more concepts than just programming.

MadPumpkin wrote:If you want to quickly move things along look at this. BlitzBasic I learned with this and Flash AS2.0. After you learn about this and the generals of programming then look into C/++

EDIT: I learned how to make pong and a sidescrolling platformer in about a month with this, I definitely recomend it. You'll progress fast and won't have too much trouble learning other languages that are more advanced after this. It also teaches more concepts than just programming.

so i don't necessarily need to learn different languages right away?

You don't need to. But I would recommend learning C and C++ EVENTUALLY, not necessarily to start with. For now just download the BlitzBasic demo. Not even Blitz3D just the BlitzBasic for starters.

BlitzPlus?

Pick a language and learn it properly. Once you get good at it, its not that hard to transition over and learn another language.