Gamedev.net... Check them out.

For anyone looking to get into game development. Check out Gamedev.net. I have a link to their site on the right. It's a great place to find information and answers to all levels of game development. That's where I started my journey and that's where I tend to continue to refer to throughout it.

Duty calls!

The CEO at my company has just asked me to put something together to assist attendence at our communications meetings. What the CEO asks, the CEO gets. So I'll be putting aside my game programming book for the next month or so. What's asked of me is game/animated related so I'll still be getting the experience I'm looking for. This should be fun.

Wish me luck.

One bump after another

Haven't had much time to move forward over the long weekend. I was pretty busy with some spring cleaning, a birthday, and of course work that never seems to end. Now that i've taken a break from all that I've decided to read another sub chapter or two from the book. But just my luck, when attempting to install the Blitz demo packed with the book I was getting installation errors. Wasn't sure why at first until I took out the cd and flipped it over. What did I find? My brand new cd was cracked! That's right, a large star shaped crack right near the center. So I went to the BlitzBasic site and downloaded the demo from there. I'm not sure what else I may need from the cracked cd. I may have to contact the author and see if he can at least p2p what i need. *fingers crossed*

It seems so far that my experience with game programming has been all but complaints hasn't it? I'm optimistic it will get better. There's no where to go now but up! =).

To Blitz or not to Blitz?

Well after reading the intro chapter for 'Game Programming For Teens' 2nd ED. I've already come to a fork in the road. The author (Maneesh Sethi - shout outs to him by the way, for writing a book at such a young age) uses BlitzPlus to compile his games created in BASIC. Maneesh only adds a demo version of BlitzPlus and you (the reader) are suggested to either purchase the full version or use an older verson BlitzBasic. Now, the question is. Do I run out and buy Blitz?

Oh, for those who aren't aware, demo versions of Blitz are set to run only 30 times before locking up. Yes, Maneesh does state this in the book, but as the reader it would have been great if the full version was packed with the book. In anycase, it looks like if I dont' finish this book before my 30 runs of the Blitz demo, i'm done.

And must ask myself again, to Blitz or not to Blitz?

DAY 1. The Adventure begins!

Hi guys. Well I've finally decided to take a break from playing games to learn how to build them! And what's more fun then to share my travels from the very start with the rest of you?

I've decided to start smart (Well i hope it's the smart thing to do) and start simple. I'm an applications/web developer so programming is nothing new to me, but game programming? That's a whole new world.

Anyhow, after doing some researching I've decided to purchase 'Game Programming For Teens'. It builds games using BASIC, which isnt' exactly what I may be looking for, but from what I've read it gives great intro to many aspects of game developing.

Enough rambling...let the journey begin.