Re: Wanna know which languages.......

[Marc Hernandez <marc@ias.jb.com>]

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On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, nayan wrote:

> hi all,

> I am an engg student and wish to make game programming as my career. 

> I have some Flash Games to my credit........
> Can anyone guide me as to which Programming Languages should i master......

	Personally I would learn C++, given that you have done a lttle
programming.  Also since you are in school, you can get MSDEV cheap. 
MSDEV is a fairly nice environment that is used by much of the PC game
industry. 
	I would also recommend a graphics library like SDL or Allegro.
These are slightly easier to use than dx and a bit more full featured
(although d3d8 with d3dx is fairly simple).  
	After getting some ideas about C++, I would very strongly suggest
reading "Effective/More Effective C++" by ... Scott Meyers.  Also "Writing
Solid Code" and "Code Complete" are very good books as you get better at
programming.

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Marc Hernandez

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