What languages would I need?

Question

Im hoping to be a computer games programmer when Im older and I wondered what languages would I need im learning Visual Basic.Net which isnt used as I know that and Im learning C++ which I know plays a big part in game devlopment so is there any others I need to learn or any good websites to help me get started say making a very basic game using C++?

Answer 1

If you master C++ grasshopper, you'll be doing just fine. You may also want to check out http://www.gamasutra.com.

(I just realized that you'd have to be at least 30yrs of age to get the "grasshopper" reference. Yikes I'm old)

Answer 2

There's lots of websites http://www.ogre3d.org , there's the torque game engine website, Microsoft has a nice DirectX portal, gamasutra.com and gamedev.net.

C++ is great if you want to understand video games, but VB.net is fine too, especially w/ managed DirectX. I personally prefer C# and MDX 1.0 because I can develop applications faster. I have yet to write something that required C++ in terms of performance. If you want to be a computer game programmer though, you will need to know C++ very well, as well as a ton of 3D math.

Answer 3

Although you can find games written in almost all programming languages but in my opinion most serious game programming is done in C++. A good place to start game programming would be a book on the subject with C++ as the language, DirectX as the library and Windows as the platform. A good book to start would be "Tricks of the Windows Game programming Gurus" by Andre LaMothe. I have it's offline version and I'll be more than happy to send it to you by email and of course for free.

Answer 4

u would probably need somefin like french or other languages like that

Answer 5

C++ is probably the best

Answer 6

www.codeproject.com