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Originally Posted by Gandalf
C++ isn't used much anymore - I would learn Java (as I'm doing) first, because it will be the most useful.
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Please be careful here. Saying C++ isnt used much anymore is in most senses, purely false. Its also incinuating that C++ is old which it is not. C is much older than C++ and a large percentage of XP was programmed in C.
Z-C, I think you need to realize just what it takes to make a game. Simple games like tic tac toe take hundreds of lines of code. Modern PC games are huge. Falcon 4.0 (which is 7 years old) is over a million lines of code. Projects like this require more than just one person. They also require more than just one skill. You cant make a good game when all you know how to do is code. There is a lot of graphic design that is required as well. Im not trying to kill your enthusiasm here but you seem to be in the same position I was in not too long ago. If high level game programming is what you want to do, you need to learn C++, because that is pretty much all that is used.
On the other hand, if you want to make those silly little games that come on cell phones or in web advertisements, then certainly, you want to learn Java. Ok so Im belittling Java a bit here. Its a great portable language, meaning it can be used on any platform/OS. However, its efficiency (while its getting better), is not on par with C++.
Again, not to kill your steam, but you need to pace yourself before you hit the wall of realization that it takes years to master a language (if you havent already) and you cant make top notch games until youve mastered a language.
hope that helps get you on the right track.
Need someone to teach me C++ through aim with exact steps and explaining please!
08-01-06
