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what's kind of program that better to write game 2D?

 
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what's kind of program that better to write game 2D?, Best Program for GAME 2D
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post 14 Jun, 2008 - 02:00 AM
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I studied at university the program is C++. and other C++ I really don't know which code program is better then C++ for starting programming of GAME?

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post 14 Jun, 2008 - 02:04 AM
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if you don't want C++.. then learn JAVA.. its fairly easy and its good for 2D games.. blink.gif ...
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post 14 Jun, 2008 - 03:01 AM
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Is GAME an acronym for something in particular?
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post 14 Jun, 2008 - 04:40 AM
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Im confused :s

C++ is your best bet, try using SDL or Allegro and start small
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post 15 Jun, 2008 - 09:57 AM
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SDL or JAVA Graphic2D, it was what I first thought of making NovaForce in.
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Java has some great 2d graphics libraries.

The built-in library is easy to use and very portable, but it doesn't have as many features as some other libraries and doing a lot of complex drawing can slow it down considerably.

A good library I've done a bit of coding with is the Slick 2D game library. It's no harder to use than the built-in graphics library, it's faster, and it has more features (loading/rendering different image types). It's also got support for other things you'll probably want while designing your game (input handling, sound, collision detection).

The nicest thing about Slick is how active the guy writing it is in the community. I've talked to him personally several times on the Slick 2D forums, and he'll gladly offer advice if you run into any problems. smile.gif

Some other Java game libraries (that I have not tried):
http://www.goldenstudios.or.id/products/GTGE/
http://java.dnsalias.com/
http://easyway.sourceforge.net/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/spgl
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jasel/
http://www.stencyl.com/about/
http://www.13thmonkey.org/~boris/jgame/
http://www.interactivepulp.com/pulpcore/
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post 15 Jun, 2008 - 02:51 PM
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Java has built in collision detection, I've written a 3D bounding box collision detection system in JAVA and I think I uploaded it as a snippet. I think it even works with spheres and polygons, I don't remember but any subclass of the shape in .awt has the intersect() method.

I would recommend SDL because C is much more strong.

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QUOTE(WolfCoder @ 15 Jun, 2008 - 05:51 PM) *

I would recommend SDL because C is much more strong.

Java has SDL bindings, as does just about every other language. smile.gif

Don't get me wrong, C is great, but Java is more of a "holds your hand" language and would probably be easier for beginner programmers.
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There's an article about JAVA as your first language.

Basically the line in it that interested me is one of the colleges stopped introducing JAVA as a beginner language when the EE students could out program the CS students. I don't think a language where you rummage around a proverbial toolchest looking for something that does what you want is a good beginner language, in fact the whole idea of OOP is the next level of basic programming of... well basic! or C but the Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code or whatever it stands for- the first letter stands for Beginner. OOPs the stuff you learn next.

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