Getting Started: Just starting

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GameProgrammer.Com: Getting Started: Just starting
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By Jim Corosa on Wednesday, September 6, 2000 - 03:33 pm:

 Hi,
 Firstly: To those of you on here who are trying to write
games with no programming knowledge - get real!!! Game
programming is the hardest form of programming! Learn the
basics and then see if you are ready. Why do I say this so
coldly? Because 90% of the people on this board are dreamers
and will never accomplish anything because they are trying
to do things *ss-backwords! You don't write a game and then
learn how to program as you go along! The concepts are hard
enough to grasp when you are an experienced programmer!

 Secondly: to Dave Coad: great plan, the students will
definately enjoy game programming, however one thing that
you must understand is that now adays games are usually 3-D
and the math involved is very intense. I found that grade 12
was were alot of the concepts were beginning to be taught,
when I was in high school. All you really need to do is get
one book: "The Black Art of 3D Game Programming" by Andre'
Lamothe. This book is written for all ages.

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