Re: hello any goodsites to relearn programming

[Janis Dzerins <jonis@mt.lv>]

On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, bill hirsh wrote:

>sorry about the message flood but it look like no body answering my
>message :( oh well back to the message.

You shoul have included what you wnat in the first message along with
introduction so it would not look like spam. But it's good that you're
not a spammer (that was my first impression).

>hello i am looking for something to relearn programming so i can learn
>how to make games the only reason i dont use linux muuch is there not
>much fun in linux as there is in windows:( .

It depends on what you think is fun. If you like playing games then
linux may not be your choice. But if you want to program them --- well,
there are plenty of games along with sources. And in latter case linux
is very good option (did you know that quake 1 source is released under
the terms of GPL?).

>will any one make a simcity 3000 clone are port it to linux i love the
>game and dont port thed demo version
>becuse it s not good when it a demo you can build a city but you cant
>save it in the demo.

I would recomment to look at existing sources and make something simple
first. It definitely took a lot of time for Maxis (that's their game as
far as i know). And a lot of men (programmers are just few of them; the
rest are artists, composers and others). So it is impossible to make
something like game you mentioned here (and considering your
experience).

The best games are not necessarily the best looking ones thought they
are more pleasant to play. There were many good games in 8088/80286
times.

I would like to stress once more --- make something simple and
*complete*, with user interface (menus, options etc), sound, graphics.
I'm sure you'll learn a lot from that.

P.S. And don't forget to tell where screenshots/source of your game are
to all others who are interested. This mailing list would be quite
appropriate :)

--
jonis

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