Very Excited Game Programmer!

Summary:

Introducing myself and explaining what my hopes and dreams are in game design and programming.

Very Excited Game Programmer!

Anonymous (66.205.100.x) 07 Sep 2007 02:37

Hello! My name is Zachary, I live in Texas, and I hope to make game programming my hobby. I already understand the basics behind object-oriented programming, i just need help chosing an engine or a language to run in an engine. I understand that something as in-depth as this will take time to perfect, but I have high hopes.

I really love strategy-type games, like Civ or Age of Empires, and fps. I hope to perhaps to combine these twon genres into single game.

Re: Very Excited Game Programmer!

hartnell 07 Sep 2007 04:57

Welcome to GDN Zach. How would you combine FPS's and RTS? —hartnell

Re: Very Excited Game Programmer!

hartnell 07 Sep 2007 04:58

I just had an idea. During the days before modern warfare, commanders actually rode into battle with their troops. A game from the point of view of this command would be interesting. —hartnell

Re: Very Excited Game Programmer!

Linkage2 07 Sep 2007 06:06

Hi Zach. I'd suggest Basic4GL for programming, but if you want to be able to do Object Oriented Programming then you'd actually be best off using something else. I don't know much about most of the other main languages here, but to my understanding Brutus2D does OOP (Object-Oriented Programming).

As for combining RTS and FPS, I actually once had an idea along those lines. The general idea was to have a battleground with your units and the enemies', and start off in the normal RTS interface, but at any time you yourself could go onto the battlefield, at which point it would go FPS style. And you'd also have a technician sort of guy with you, who could set up a makeshift command post while you're on the battlefield so you can quickly switch from FPS to RTS view, although needing to be careful that you didn't get shot in the process. As such, skilled players would be able to make sure they themselves are effective on the battlefield while still co-ordinating their army's actions.

Re: Very Excited Game Programmer!

hartnell 07 Sep 2007 06:09

That rocks, and is a more modern version of what I was thinking of. —hartnell