Getting Started: Just starting

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GameProgrammer.Com: Getting Started: Just starting
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By Mike B on Thursday, September 21, 2000 - 03:30 am:

 Hi. I think C++ is the best programming language. Before
you learn to program games you must be able to code and know
and understand C++. Dos is DEAD. Do not learn to program
games in Dos. DirectX is (in my opinion) the best way to
program games. Start by buying the book "Windows Game
Programming for Dummies" by Andre LaMothe. It comes with an
excellent game engine and is the book I used to become
familiar with programming games. A game engine isn't really
some kind of engine it's actually just a collection of
functions or methods to do a bunch of stuff for you like
setting up the video mode and displaying bitmaps on the
screen. After reading this book assuming you understand it
you will be able to program games such as Asteroids, Super
Mario, Tetris, Pacman, and other such 2D games. Most
important is to not get frustrated and to learn and read
everything you can.

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