Wonna make my own game for fun :)

hello, I just came on to this Idea, that I want to try to make my own game... I see more and more people make there own game, and put it on the internet... soo, what I need is help... How do I get started ect... What programs and can I find some guides some place??? Just write all u know, hopefully I can use some of it

Thanks

Before we can answer you questions, you should tell us a little more:

1. What kind of game do you want to make?
2. What is your previous programming experience?
3. Will you be making this game by yourself?

Oh, sry I fogot... If I have to be hornest, I dont know what game it will be yet... And I have NO experience whit it, Its just a new thing I wonna try.. And yea, Im gonna make it by myself... Maybe if It will be some thing good, Ill try to make people help me make it even better...

And, I wonna add that, I will whit plesure use alot of time, I know this isnt a thing a can learn from one day to another.. Im fresh

First things first, you'll need to learn a programming language. You're probaly best off learning a BASIC language first, since it's quite easy to learn but quite powerful at the same time.

Take a look at VBasic developed by Microsoft.

Learning VBasic should be quite straightforward. Simply search Google for vbasic tutorials and learn as much about the language as you can. A really important part of programming is learning by reading and writing examples. The more you program, the better you get at it.

That should get you started. Another other questions, feel free to ask.

OK thanks, just what I wanted for a start... I dont have any Questions at the moment, but Ill post or Pm when I get some

ok. well if you go to hotscripts.com

and search php and look at games and stuff. they have some free stuff there. and if you know php you can add on to wat you get and decide if you want to open it to the game. they have some good game scripts there. like games like outwar.com (wish they had that set of scripts)

first off i wish you luck on your endeavour.

having had some experience in the game industry i can give you a few things to think about.

depending on what type of game you want to do and how complex will determine how hard it will be for you to create it, best advice is for your first game start with something really simple just so you can learn the basics. if you are making the game all by yourself then you are going to have to learn how to program and do the graphics and sound and even though this sounds like fun does require some specialist skill and i can guarantee that it can take years to any good level in one or even each of these areas.

another thing to consider is the planning of the game, sit down a sketch out how its going to work interms of gameplay, rules, storyboarding etc.

you have some things to consider technically if its a 2d game you dont have to many problems, but 3d you have many hardware requirements to consider and this can make the development process a whole lot harder. its also important to make the game run as fast as possible so making it efficient is very important and requires you to know how to optimise code, graphics and sound clips.

there are a lot of resources on the net i would suggest starting with a site called gamasutra, it has many resources to get you started. there are also a huge number of development resource site that will help you start learning to program and get into the graphics and sound.

it may sound a bit daunting but it is a big job and if your doing it by yourself it means you have to do the jobs of a few people combined, so the best advice i can give is to search the net, learn as much as you can from game dev communities and start small, if you aim too high you will more than like fall short because you will be overwhealmed, so start with basics and progress from there. it will also take alot of time to learn everything so be prepared to put in years worth of learning and experimenting dont expect to be creating games like doom3 straight away, commercial games have team of specialist people with many years of experience and games under their belt, youd probably be creating games like what you see on the amiga ;-P there is a huge public domain community for games so have a look there and find out how they are creating games. you could even have a look at some of the game creating engines around, that will definately give you a good idea on what is involvers technically.

hope that helps, good luck

Thanks!! That actully help a lot! In the beginning I really DID aim tooooo high, but then I realized... I am started to learn basic, and I get some XOR and ext in the head, but its hard, especially becorse im a teen, and Im from Denmark... Not that good to english, only have it 3 years in school, soo :S, but Im really doing my best! Coz I want this!! Ty u one more time

Yeah, good luck... I have a fair bit of experience in PHP/SQL/CSS/HTML so if u need help... ill do my best

Once looked at making games myself.... realised im too dam lazy! Id like to hear how you get on tho, so keep us posted!