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Thanatos

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well, i didn't really know where else to put this, so here goes:

I really want to start programming. real programming. like make a 3-D game programming. i know the basics of Ruby, but that's about it. can y'all suggest a really good programming language to make games with? thanks.
 
If you wanted to make your own it would be pretty intense. Most people would recommend that you use an existing engine and tinker around with that. I think C++ would be pretty good and suggested by most also.

I've been using VB6 for making games and anything more than 2D is pretty much out the window.
 
ok thanks. what can you make with ruby, anyways?

lol this was my first ruby program...

puts 'hey, whats your name?'
gets.chomp=name
if name=='davis'
puts 'what a nice name!'
else puts 'that name sucks!!!'
 
I really have no idea what ruby is good for as I've never had to use it.

Your little bit of code there, this is for VB6.

Private Sub Command1_Click()
If Text1.text = "davis" Then
Msgbox "what a nice name!"
Else
Msgbox "that name sucks!!!"
End If
End Sub
 
Green dog252 don't even think of programming any 3D games if you do not learn MANY basics and MANY things after that.Programming the 3D game is very very very hard and if you do not have MUCH knowledge,you can forget about it.If I were you,I would start learning Visual C# 2008.It's a VERY powerful programming language and in it you can make whatever you want.Starting from the simple text message like MESSAGE BOX (MSGBOX) all the way to the 3D games like Resident Evil 5.In short with the C# programming language you can make ANYTHING you want,but you must have a lot of knowledge.I know one programmer who uses C# 2008 and with it he made a 3D application which uses less RAM then Windows notepad lol.He also knows to do the same things in VB 6.0 lol.So I fully recommend you Visual C# 2008.Remember one thing: IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE,YOU CAN MAKE WHATEVER YOU WANT USING ALMOST ANY PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE LIKE VB,C#,C++ AND SO ON...IF ANYONE TELLS YOU THAT YOU CANNOT MAKE 3D GAMES WITH VB AND C# AND THAT YOU CAN DO IT ONLY WITH THE C++ THEN THE PERSON WHO TOLD YOU THAT DO NOT KNOW A LOT OF THINGS.This programmer I know is in these things for more then 18 years and he uses Visual C# 2008 all the time to make ANYTHING and he says it's his favorite programming language.My recommendation for you is also Visual C# 2008.You will find a lot of video tutorials for the Visual C# language.You can download the Visual C# 2008 Express Edition for free from the following link:

http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/#2008-Visual-CS

So start learning Visual C# programming language.You won't be sorry.;)
I use Visual C# 2002 programming language and I can tell you it is THE BEST programming language I ever used and will continue using only Visual C#.



Cheers!
 
C# is really great. I picked it up a while ago, however I haven't used it much.

You can make 3D things in VB but it's almost not worth the trouble if you have a prebuilt engine. That's why I said to pretty much to toss the idea out the window.
 
lol ok thanks. i need to read up, buy some books, and watch some tutorials on c#. did you know that the game 'Sid Meyer's Civilization IV' was made in part with ruby?
 
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