game programming

[ThePentiumGuy]

does anyone know any good links for game programming for begginners for VB.NET?

 

 

i have made games like tic tac toe and pong and whack a mole

and i want to start making mario-type games or RPG games

 

 

i have tried DirectX.. and i am confused :confused: , so can some1 help me out on game programming

[AndreRyan]

http://www.directx4vb.com and read DirectDraw in the DirectX 7 section for 2D and Direct3D in the DirectX 8 and 9 sections. Read tutorials on game programming for Visual Basic 6(There are heaps of these) and most of the theory is applicable to VB.Net as the syntax is the same.

[wyrd]

http://www.gamedev.net is pretty much the central game programming site. However you won't find any .NET specific answers here, but you will find answers to game programming questions in general.

[ThePentiumGuy]

directX

 

http://www.kuhnstall.de/tutorials/dx9sharp1.html

 

i found a good tutorial on that website

 

i tried converting it to VB using the same functions but, the converter wont work properly it gives a ton of errors

 

but anyone who's interested in doing some DIrectX with C# check out the URL above, its got a NICE tutorial, i understand the concept of DirectX now, but i cant understand some of the syntax on the site,

 

that tutorial basically gives how to initialize directDraw, but i cant do the same in VB, i know a LOT of VB, and im making a Mario- type game, but the graphics flicker and so i want to get directX to make it run smooth. bitBlt is too slow. I may be stubborn but i want to learn directX 9 for VB.NET, notice how i have numerous posts about directX, and initiallizing

 

my point is: in the URL specified, can someone convert that to VB and post it, with additional comments please(i hope in not asking too much)?

[twofaze]

nice finds

i've been looking to get more programming like this done

[eran]

Just go to google and type "DirectX tutorial". You'll find good links over there. I use this Query for all sort of things:

"XML tutorial", "asp tutorial"...

[AndreRyan]

You get better results for individual languages by:

"DirectX Tutorial" "VB.Net"

[Matt]

You should also check out:

http://directx4.net/

http://sunlightd.virtualave.net/Windows/DirectX.NET/

[ThePentiumGuy]

thanks everyone :)

 

im really not sure if im ready for DX yet..

im trying to learn it as best as i can,

but i think i should learn the basics of OOP first :eek: