Hi..Guys,

I would like to enquire regarding game programming...

For beginners is there any websites which offers us online tutorials on game programming ,C++ programming for beginners on how to create our own game ,designing the game like those Resident Evil series ,Doom , Medal of Honor, Killzone 2, etc...
I am a beginner on game creation so please assists me thanks guys.......!

hehe, hi Amy.

For a begginer, with absolutely no experience in C, your such a long long way away from creating those types of games, and even then, games like this made with C are normally created by teams of developers, due to thousands of lines of code, just to create a simple 3D engine. You really need a heck of a lot of programming experience for this, and it not something you will ever pickup in a tutorial.

If you wish to create games in C, then aim lower to start with. Get used to working with buttons and text. Later, you can introduce 2D graphics and sound. Make some simple games, like maybe Tetris or Chess. Then move onto 3D. I have to say it took me couple of years of development before I created a Tetris game.

You can also use an existing 3D engine, which will save quite a lot of work, but still need to be a very competent C++ developer. This is a free openSource 3D engine called Genesis: Genesis3D Open Source Engine - click on the resources links listed there, for some example code, 3d modeling software etc. Choose your 3D engine based on some of the games you have played up until now. I believe Modeal of Honor for example uses the Unreal engine. Each engine works differently from each other, so whichever engine you choose, it's not a simple process to move onto another engine at a later date.

Some tutorials to start with:
* C++ Tutorial (introduction)
online C++ tutorial
C++ Language Tutorial
Cprogramming.com - Programming Tutorials: C++ Made Easy and C Made Easy

In addition to these skills, you will also need some Photoshop skills for texturing. If you later intended to create games commercially, you also have sound and music to think about.

P.S. Did you give up your Flash and Photoshop development?

In addition to the above, I'd try and make simple programs at first. Such as one which asks you different questions and gives different replies based upon what you answer. A simple number guessing game, that keeps tracks of how many times you guess before guessing the right number. You could try making a very basic Hangman game too. Also note that these examples would all be done in a CommandPrompt based window.

hello..
Mad Monkey...thanks for your brief explaination, im currently thinking of signing up for a private course on learning on game developement course for beginners and maybe if God's willing , to continue till Diploma stage...
P.S : I've just bought two books ,one is SAM TEACH YOURSELF MACROMEDIA FLASH and the other is PHOTOSHOP QUICKSTEPS...i'm still reading the book and trying to learn it step by step but till now i can't find the exact tutorials on how to create a live fire like those in Sony Pictures ,"GHOST RIDER" main webpage....HEhehehe...hope you can help me again? heheheh.....by the guys ,since getting to know you guys, i have at least some computer companion to ask for help or any assistance....Thanks...

With the skull on fire?

Well the actual flames themselves you'll notice are too realistic to create them from Flash alone - does not have this capability. You have probably noticed already, that both graphics and animation can be imported into flash?

To create flash flame effects, here is one method: http://previews.learnflash.com/previ..._particle.html

If you already have a flame animation, then all you need to do is import that animation onto stage. The instructions of which you'll find in Sam's tutorial.

If you need to create a flame from scratch, then it really depends on how realistic you want the flame.
One way of doing it would be to have a live flame using blue/green screen technology, otherwise known as Chroma key: Chroma key - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This was your previous thread on the subject: http://www.pchelpforum.com/web-desig...lash-fire.html

EDIT: Marked as Answered.