Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - Where do I begin? http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - Where do I begin? http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:15:37 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:15:37 GMT Rev9 6 -6 -1 Coffeehouse - Where do I begin?     I'm looking into a career of game design and programming, but I'm not able to find anything helpful for my platform, Visual C++.  I've looked all over the internet and even these forums, but I haven't been able to find what I'm looking for.  Everything that I've found so far that I've thought could be helpful was for another language or program.

    Does anybody have any suggestions at all for where I should go?  Just to be clear, I'm looking for C++ and Directx tutorials if any can be found.  If I can just start with 2D game creation and work my way up from there, I might have a shot at my career of choice.

 

Thank you

GameDesigner557

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Do you know C++ already or do you need to learn it too?

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Where-do-I-begin/1e4d0962fa2247ab9efba11f000e31b0#1e4d0962fa2247ab9efba11f000e31b0 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:51:40 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Where-do-I-begin/1e4d0962fa2247ab9efba11f000e31b0#1e4d0962fa2247ab9efba11f000e31b0 GameDesigner557 6 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/GameDesigner557/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Where do I begin? I'm with magicalclick. Writing your own game engine will be fun, but it'll be a while before you see any pay-off from it. Learning a game engine will take time also, but once you know it, you'll be instantly employable!!!

Sounds like you want to go the write your own route

Gamasutra programming section is good:

http://www.gamasutra.com/category/programming/

Here's a good beginner's resource for DirectX:

http://www.directxtutorial.com/LessonList.aspx?listid=11

This book is a very good resource for doing 2D w/ Direct3D (a bit dated, though):

http://www.amazon.com/Focus-Direct3D-Premier-Press-Development/dp/1931841101

And just remember Gamasutra for anything gaming related, including design

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Where-do-I-begin/f0f03b2232bc4322ac0ea11f0020d63f#f0f03b2232bc4322ac0ea11f0020d63f Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:59:33 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Where-do-I-begin/f0f03b2232bc4322ac0ea11f0020d63f#f0f03b2232bc4322ac0ea11f0020d63f Minh 6 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Minh/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Where do I begin? @Minh: Thanks!  This will definitely help.  The only problem now is getting over some minor procrastination problems, (most of them because I play other games and have limited time during the week Tongue Out), and I might get somewhere.  I might want to invest in a heavy duty C++ book also because, while I do know the basics of C++, I'm am probably no-where near to knowing enough about the language to use it in this way.

 

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