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Creating a Game!!!

I am an Engineering student... There is a competition in our college that we can create our own games... Since i dont know nothing about games, Please assist me in doing my game.... Please tell me some ideas on what language the game can be created easier and that the game can be even more interactive... I know C language, a little bit VB and nothing else.... Please also provide me some online resources that can be used free of cost....

Regards.....
$athi$h....

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Sure Masqueraid.... Please move my question.....

Regards....
$athi$h

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gran88

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Andrew Beers

VB is a language that will work to write simple mindless little games but being that you are an engineering student you should honestly stick to C (As you said you are most familiar with it) and use either DirectX or OpenGL. Quite honestly these are the essential toolkits and language for making any worthwhile game short of things that were able to be coded on a atari.

Granted you can write simplistic games such as tetris, 2d mario 1, 2, or 3 but designing 3d enviroments and real time interaction with limited screen flicker (achieved by double buffering) you need to go the C route.

As for references gran88 hit the nail on the head with one of the references. nehe.gamedev.net is the #1 coding resource for aspiring game dev's that I give out. It has the widest exposure and most complete tutorials out of any other tutorial sites on the net. (At least that I have heard of thus far)

If you need more help on where to start, what to do, how to implement anything feel free to ask here! We'll try to help you any way possible.

~Aqua