Billy_Cat

hi, im 15 years old, and trying to learn C, ive read through most of a book about C, but i still need some questions answered...

Im interested in going into the gaming industry, im already avid in Maya (a graphics program) and im wanting to learn programming as well...

My first question is that when text messages are typed out in games, are those using printf and scanf(or in C++ cin cout) and they are just changing fonts and x and y location... or is it something totally different?

also, in making games which programming language is most used C or C++?

also, where can I find good books or tutorials on how to make GUI's in Windows?

thanks for any help..

big_k105

first off welcome to the forums

second im sorry i dont know the answer to you first question on how they send messages to the screen in a game. but for what language. i think most people are goin to recommend C++ as i believe that is more widely used for game programming. im not sure on what books are goin to be good to help you learn game programming but since you will most likely be making these games for windows i would take a look into directx books. so go to amazon and search for directx and then just look for which one has the best reviews amoung the buyers and again welcome

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Mjordan2nd

Text messages in games (I'm assuming you mean windows games) would probably use something different than printf or cout.

If you want to strictly make GUI's then I suggest checking out Windows 98 Programming by Herbert Schildt. It's slightly outdated, but it will teach you the basics of Windows programming, and it will be easy to move on from there. For game programming, definitely check out directx, as big_k stated, and also check out www.opengl.org, and www.libsdl.org. I made a galaxian-type game (well, one level really) using libsdl.org, and it worked out pretty nicely.

Hope that helped.

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Pizentios

Well for gui's in windows you could start by using the OpenGL lib.....it's free as in beer.

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Billy_Cat

thanks everyone!

Pizentios

no prob, don't hesitate to ask questions!

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Welcome to the forums...

C++ / Assembly is widely used in games and more common.

Graphics libraries will allow for text placement within games, not your common output calls (printf/cout)...

Look into OpenGL and the DirectX libraries...

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Welcome to the forums and good luck with the game stuff!

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http://www.programmingforums.org/forum/ind...p?showtopic=447

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http://www.gamedev.org

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First learn C++, then get Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus by André LaMothe - the guy's a genius. The book teaches you Windows programming and DirectX, though it's slightly outdated.

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