I need a mentor, Creating 2d game
I am pretty new to c++ but I have been programming for about a year so I know the theory (mostly). I have been developing a game in ruby for a while so I have a plan on how to do this. I want to create a 2d rpg engine in c++ but I run into too many problems, so I fear that I wont ever finish. I was hoping someone would accept to help me by answering my questions. I am thinking over msn og gmail or yahoo or another chat.
I am not sure which IDE we should use, so I will leave that up to the mentor. It is important to me that the engine is built from as little as possible aka using as few libraries etc. as possible. If someone takes on this job and completes I will pay him over PayPal if my economy allows it. Thanks
I am not sure which IDE we should use, so I will leave that up to the mentor. It is important to me that the engine is built from as little as possible aka using as few libraries etc. as possible. If someone takes on this job and completes I will pay him over PayPal if my economy allows it. Thanks
Exactly how much experience do you have up until this point? Tell us about some of your previous projects. An engine is quite an ambitious project, you see.
Building an effective engine without the use (or minimal use) of third party libraries is something that would take intricate knowledge of c++, something that would be very beyond someone who has a years worth of c++, let alone just a years worth of another language, and a recent change to c++.
With that said, are you intending to make a game, or just to make an engine? From your opening post, it sounds like you just want to build a general purpose rpg engine, which of course makes the entire project harder.
Also, small chance, but just curious, wild shot in the dark here, but is your name Alex?
With that said, are you intending to make a game, or just to make an engine? From your opening post, it sounds like you just want to build a general purpose rpg engine, which of course makes the entire project harder.
Also, small chance, but just curious, wild shot in the dark here, but is your name Alex?
Nope, my name is not Alex :)
Well my plan is to first build an RPG Engine and then decide if I want to go on making a game with it. The game is nothing to worry about though, I wont need help with that if I decide to make one.
My skills are pretty much theoretical. By that, I mean that I know object oriented programming, classes, objects, polymorphism etc. but I do not know exactly how to implement this into C++. I have some knowledge in Java, but most of what I have done was in Ruby (I know it is a weak language but it was good to learn with).
What I really need help with is starting up, I basically have no idea how to make my application visual (a window) instead of console-based, I don't know how I would display graphics in the application, I don't know how I would play sounds and so on. I have read up on c++ a lot so I know the most of the data-aspects of it. It's primarily media which is a problem.
I have been using visual studio so far but I am not sure if I like it. Every time I add something it produces an error including some terms that I have no idea what are and how to fix.
And one more thing, I know you might think that I am not up to this, but I have done this before in Ruby, although I was using a lot of premade stuff back then. I want to try and do this and if nothing else I will learn a lot
Well my plan is to first build an RPG Engine and then decide if I want to go on making a game with it. The game is nothing to worry about though, I wont need help with that if I decide to make one.
My skills are pretty much theoretical. By that, I mean that I know object oriented programming, classes, objects, polymorphism etc. but I do not know exactly how to implement this into C++. I have some knowledge in Java, but most of what I have done was in Ruby (I know it is a weak language but it was good to learn with).
What I really need help with is starting up, I basically have no idea how to make my application visual (a window) instead of console-based, I don't know how I would display graphics in the application, I don't know how I would play sounds and so on. I have read up on c++ a lot so I know the most of the data-aspects of it. It's primarily media which is a problem.
I have been using visual studio so far but I am not sure if I like it. Every time I add something it produces an error including some terms that I have no idea what are and how to fix.
And one more thing, I know you might think that I am not up to this, but I have done this before in Ruby, although I was using a lot of premade stuff back then. I want to try and do this and if nothing else I will learn a lot
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