Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Nick Ferguson" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: coding help Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 22:31:15 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 35 Message-ID: <6paukj$bqp9@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <01bdb66c$5c6fdcc0$9a3363c3@default> <35B896C2.E91E784F@ndirect.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: modem111.saqnet.co.uk X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 >As I say, we'll help you, but we need to know how much you know and understand >already. > >Herbs Herbs is right - it sounds as if you've jumped in at the deep end.... just like me! Four months ago I knew probably as much as you about game programming, but I've slowly got the hang of it! I was such a dunce, I learnt C from C for Dummies Vols 1 & 2, then brushed up on some more complex stuff in Kelley & Pohl's A Guide To C (actually, I'm still doing this!). C isn't too hard to learn - and that is from someone with almost no programming experience and minimal maths (which will f*** me up royally in the future, I'm sure!) Don't buy any books if you can't understand the first few chapters - that was almost my mistake :-) Do what I did. And try reading my Yaroze diary, which might give you an idea of the speed of my progress. You'll need to be fairly dedicated, and serious about wanting to write games. 5 months ago, I was dabbling with the idea of working in the games industry. Now, it's all I want to do... MTFBWY! Nick F --------------------------- http://www.saqnet.co.uk/users/nickf http://www.n64gazetta.com http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~rookie1 ICQ #9464742 "Why don't we just wait here a while, see what happens..?"