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Word Shuffle Game ( VB.net 2010 )

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:21:23 -0700

tang3li2 submitted a new file.

Word Shuffle Game is a text twist based game innovation developed in vb.net 2010.. The word is given but in a random order, the player need to guess what the exact word, the clue is given in each shuffle word by click the icon on the right side of the word. Thank you so much.

Multimedia Audio & Graphics SDK 1.0

Fri, 25 May 2012 10:52:42 -0700

arnavguddu submitted a new file.

A Multimedia Audio & Graphics SDK targetted for Game developers as well as other 3D Application developers. It consists of a Audio API and a Graphics API. The SDK is very easy to use and uses DirectX 9 for its purpose. It's C like style and C++ appearence makes it a very easy programmable interface. Drop me a request mail at the link: http://gudduarnav.eu5.org/mailer.php with the valid reply email address and the product will be mailed to you. In mail state your NAME, PURPOSE OF USE, AND ALSO MENTION MY NAME IN THE CREDIT SECTION IF YOU ARE USING IT. AND SEND ME A LINK TO THE PRODUCT IT IS INTENDED FOR. AND BY THE WAY, IT IS FREE TO USE. MY NAME: ARNAV MUKHOPADHYAY

Thinking Wt 4: polishing a TicTacToe game

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:58:03 -0700

bilderbikkel submitted a new article.

This article shows the way to improve the looks of a TicTacToe game when using the C++ Wt library for developing interactive web applications.

PlaneShift and Google!

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 03:58:20 -0700

PlaneShift posted a new message on the Game programming forum.

Team name: Atomic Blue
Project name: PlaneShift
Brief description: PlaneShift is a free 3d fantasy MMORPG in development!
Target aim: Free for players, no hidden costs. GPL engine, and proprietary license for art.
Compensation: No compensation, the project is made by volunteers.
Technology: C++ for coding, 3dsmax and Blender for artists
Talent needed: junior/senior programmers, junior/senior artists and animators, writers.

PlaneShift - A universe is not enough!

A Free 3D Fantasy MMORPG

PlaneShift has been accepted in the Google Summer Of Code initiative for 2011 !! This gives you a great opportunity to know better this ambitious project made by volunteers and to participate in a very special program at Google!

PlaneShift is a Free Open Source 3D MMORPG in Development, created by a talented and dedicated team, which has a high level of professionalism within its ranks. Our target goal is to be the biggest free MMORPG available, with a growing community of developers that can expand the virtual world into experimental directions where no commercial product can dare. The client and server code are cross-platform, designed for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.

PlaneShift is by no means a finished product, and under heavy development. Today it includes a detailed char creation, allows players to visit four cities, the death realm, some outdoors and dungeons. You can already collect objects, buy weapons, fight, cast spells, do quests, and more. But we need more help to make it a really enjoyable game!

If you want to participate read our main web site, and apply as a student!
NOTE: Remember you can also participate to our development outside of GSoC.
NOTE: If you are an artist or a writer, you can also help us, check our recruitment page.

You can find more information at: http://www.planeshift.it/

Join the fun!

Help Please.

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:59:29 -0700

sidekick posted a new message on the General programming forum.

Hi

I want to add a spot the ball game to a website.
The game would require 2 photos (one on top without ball, one behind with ball in)
when user clicks on image a section of the photo would disapear to reveal if ball is on the image behind.
I have basic knowledge of C++
Just looking for advice such as best language to use.
Any advice would be appreciated.

Thinking Wt 4: polishing a TicTacToe game

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:20:42 -0700

bilderbikkel submitted a new article.

This article shows the way to improve the looks of a TicTacToe game when using the C++ Wt library for developing interactive web applications.

Re: Help Needed

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:59:55 -0700

pseudocoder posted a reply on the Game programming forum.

I'd recommend finding a free host for trial and error; phpnet.us offers 3 mysql dbs on its "free" plan. Uploads can be done using ftp and/or the "cpanel" of the hosting company.

I'm no programmer by any means, but I've played around with old school rpgs using php, javascript, and a bit of mysql; the web stuff is a royal pain to work with...

Nonetheless, best of luck to you; it can be rewarding once you've ironed things out. :)

Maziak

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:41:01 -0700

bilderbikkel submitted a new file.

Maziak is a freeware open-source cross-platform clone of Maziacs. Maziacs is an action adventure maze video game published by dk'tronics in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64[2] and MSX. Maziak is programmed in C++ using the IDE Qt Creator (earlier: C++ Builder 6.0), but also uses the STL and Boost libraries. Also the sprites can be downloaded. But best of all: have fun playing this game!

Bilderbikkel's C++ pages

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:30:31 -0700

bilderbikkel submitted a new link.

Large (950+ pages) C++ site with high-quality code snippets, downloadable Qt Creator and C++ Builder projects, examples using mostly the STL and Boost libraries (but the site describes many more), exercises and open source tools and games.

Maziak

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 02:08:52 -0700

bilderbikkel submitted a new file.

BeerWanter 3

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 02:06:16 -0700

bilderbikkel submitted a new file.

Very simple game: just click the beer! For all platforms!

Porting Maziak/Maziacs/Mazogs from C++ Builder to Qt Creator

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:46:30 -0700

bilderbikkel wrote a new blog post in their blog.

It was time to test my Qt Creator skills, by porting one of my own C++ Builder games to Qt Creator. It took some time to sort the many small problems out, but I have succeeded: Maziak (also known as Maziacs or Mazogs') is now cross-platform!

On my Maziak page (http://www.richelbilderbeek.nl/GameMaziak.htm) you can find the complete C++ Builder and Qt Creator source code for comparison (and why is the Qt Creator code 40% shorter?)! But, of course, you can download the complete Qt Creator project and old Windows executable, so you can enjoy Maziak on any platform.

Enjoy!

Maziak

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:51:55 -0700

bilderbikkel submitted a new file.

SpaceAce

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:48:33 -0700

skobin submitted a new file.

A Star Control type game, but with many ships at once. Going to become a full space RPG. the bots are controlled by a neural network.

BattleShip

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:03:51 -0700

nermus50 submitted a new file.

Classic BattleShip Game in C++ (created with dev-c++) 2 players required. Game ends when the player has all his ships wrecked. Two ways of playing Read info.txt

Torque for teens

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:33:28 -0700

Garrett85 posted a new message on the Game programming forum.

I got the book Torque for teens but I can't follow along with the book because it instructs me to copy the folder \example into itself and rename it to \experiment. The books says it's located in whatever directory I installed torque into and then \Torque\SDK\example
But I can't find it anywhere. Can someone help me please? Thanks.

Conio_tetris .5

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:52:24 -0700

pepepaco submitted a new file.

ASCII Tetris game made in C++ with only conio.h

Puzzle Game v1.0

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:48:35 -0700

M R Khosravi submitted a new file.

A simple puzzle game in Visual Basic, you can choose default picture or enter your favorite pictures in run time, puzzle parts are from 2 to 30 for each side (X-Y). This game contains something about MDI forms, User Controls, Drag and Drop, ADO and API Sounds. It uses an Access MDB File as database.

raw input("")

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:11:06 -0700

Garrett85 posted a new message on the Python forum.

I've just started a book on programming wit Python after getting very frustrated with C++ and C#. But I can't get this very simple program to compile, it says there is something wrong with "input"

# Game over
# Demonstrates the print command

print "Game Over"

raw input("\n\nPress Enter to exit.")

Thanks for any and all reply's.

STAR TREK game in FASM

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:19:12 -0700

AsmGuru62 posted a new message on the Assembly Code Share forum.

I have posted a lot of FASM code here:
http://www.codexxi.com/MyBlocks.html#atStarTrek

Maybe, it'll be of some help.
Or you can just try the game itself.

Game engine

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:46:35 -0700

RicardoFurtado posted a new message on the Game programming forum.

anyone knows any flash game engine?
i have a web site
http://www.game4tress.com
and i would like to develop games using an engine for flash

Need Developers for Game Editor

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:00:33 -0700

makslane posted a new message on the Game programming forum.

Hi All,

My name is Makslane. This is my first post here and I don't know if is the right place.
I'm the developer of the Game Editor (2d game creator tool).
The Game Editor was programmed in C/C++ and the code is public now.
In the Game Editor community there are many users thats want to see Game Editor evolved, but I need developers to

help!

If you have interest in get involved look:

Development site:
http://code.game-editor.com/

To see the a fresh compilation of the code go to:
http://game-editor.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=7063

Game Editor site:
http://game-editor.com/

Thanks all,
Makslane

Plane Game in Turbo C++ using Graphics v2.0

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:01:43 -0700

ParvezMI submitted a new file.

A game program designed in TurboC++, where a user is provided controls like (Left, Right ShiftKeys, Control Key) to operate, A plane will be flying on the top of screen, and randomly drops bombs. and the user has to escape from those bombs and shoot the plane with the help of CTRL key. User is given 3 Lifes. Please enjoy the game and it's code.

For generation of random dungeons

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:52:24 -0700

Krishnakumar_M posted a new message on the C++ Game Development forum.

How can i generate randomized dungeons ( or rooms connected ) like the ones in the game NETHACK or ROGUE...?

nim game

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:46:46 -0700

perastikos1 posted a new message on the Matlab forum.

hello
have someone manage to develop nim game in matlab?
thanks a lot

Re: tic tac toe game

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:01:00 -0700

Actor posted a reply on the Pascal forum.

Google "tic tac toe pascal."

Re: NEED IMMEDIATE HELP -- PLEASE !

Fri, 29 May 2009 07:39:05 -0700

skobin posted a reply on the Pascal forum.

This is a full tic tac toe game in pascal, maybe it will help

demo of my game engine

Sat, 23 May 2009 09:11:24 -0700

Madifier posted a new message on the Game programming forum.

yes, it's on youtube

I used dev c++, python 2.5, vpython, animator, and constructed a barebones import program ( animator to python ). I would like to give special thanks to a website, but I can't find it anymore.

Re: String error on simple text game

Thu, 21 May 2009 13:48:30 -0700

Garrett85 posted a reply on the C# forum.

Thanks for the help.

Re: String error on simple text game

Thu, 21 May 2009 12:53:22 -0700

Psightoplazm posted a reply on the C# forum.

you have a close paran ')' instead of a close bracket '}' for your 0 variable in your format string.
></\/~Psightoplasm`~

Re: Google search engine

Thu, 14 May 2009 23:29:50 -0700

Lundin posted a reply on the C++ Builder forum.

Regarding real world C++: Most of the programs on your computer are written in C/C++. It is likely that 99% of all computer games on the market are written in C++. And so on.

Re: Help in making a game

Sun, 10 May 2009 00:29:21 -0700

skobin posted a reply on the Pascal forum.

Here is the code, it is messy,
tell we if you want to make it a game.

cellular automata game

Sat, 09 May 2009 13:13:00 -0700

skobin posted a new message on the Game programming forum.

I have made cellular automata called Pixelgarde.
many different kinds of cellular automata and fuzzy logic are used to create complex life like behaviors.
the automatons used in the game simulate: plants, flowers, bugs, fire, sand....

I want to make it a puzzle game but I don't have allot of ideas.

you can play with the sandbox form at:
http://www.gameprojects.com/project/?id=08e5d6049b

any suggestions ?

Boenken 2

Fri, 08 May 2009 04:25:32 -0700

bilderbikkel submitted a new file.

Boenken 2 is a crossing-over between soccer and snooker. The game's name is Dutch, translating it to English would yield the name 'Bonking'. 'Boenk' is the phonetic word of the sound two colliding Dutch snooker balls make. Boenken 2 can be played with twenty players at the same time (on the same single keyboard)!

Re: Displaying Guesses

Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:36 -0700

Phat Nat posted a reply on the Pascal forum.

Thanks for using CODE tags, but you need to format your code. Without formatting it makes it very unreadable. I have posted help on this same topic in the Hangman Game thread. Look there for your answers.

Silverlight Game Programming

Thu, 07 May 2009 22:45:11 -0700

Psightoplazm submitted a new article.

An article filled with pure awesome! As the demand for better and immediate content distribution grows, platforms like Flash and Silverlight are really taking the stage! What better platform to jump on the 2d gamming bandwagon with than Silverlight? You already know the language and for the most part are already familiar with the libraries! Aside from learning a little XAML you're already there! This article is a great place to start!

BeerWanter 3

Fri, 01 May 2009 00:56:04 -0700

bilderbikkel submitted a new file.

Very simple game: just click the beer! For all platforms!

Re: Hangman game

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:31:30 -0700

Phat Nat posted a reply on the Pascal forum.

: anyone got ideas of what they may ask us?

Check the thread below this one (http://www.programmersheaven.com/mb/pasprog/389822/389822/need-help-urgently-plz/?S=B20000#389822)

A couple of others have been asking the same things.
I would suggest you work together and post a list of everthing that still needs to be added to the program to make it complete, then work through the list and finish each missing section.

I noticed that a file MYPHRASES.TXT will be made available to you as well. Do you think they will require you to have an option to load a random line from this file and use it instead of having a second person enter the phrase? I would put that on the list unless you are sure they won't!

Re: PLEASE HELP!

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:12:30 -0700

AsmGuru62 posted a reply on the C and C++ forum.

: I'm struggling to find to code a solution for this program:
:
: The memory game is a game played with 10 cards, each placed face
: down. Each card belongs to one of the suites diamonds, clubs, spades
: or hearts. Each card is also be numbered as ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
: 8, 9, Jack, Queen or King. There are exactly 5 matching pairs of
: cards.
: (I can not use an array)
: Each turn is as follows:
: * The player turns two cards upright.
: * If the cards are the same, then the cards remain upright.
: * If the cards are different, then the cards are turned face down
: again.
:
: So far I've got:
:

: string c0 = " ";//Initialising card varibales
: (...)
: string c9 = " ";
: card = newCard();
: bool placed false;
: 
: int pos1()
: while (!placed){
:       pos1 = rand_int(0,9);
:       if (cardOpen(pos1)){
:             setCard(pos1, card);
:             placed = true;
:             }
:       }
: bool cardOpen(int pos){
:       if (pos == 0){
:             return true;
:       else
:             return false;
:             }
:       }
:

: PLEASE help me
:
:
Your code, most likely, will not compile:

What is: "bool placed false"? Should it be "bool placed=false"?

Also, pos1 looks like a function declaration: "int pos1 ()", however, later its name used in itself as a parameter to other function.

What exactly does not work?

Also, there are some questions about the game:

1. What is a condition of ending the game?

2. What does it mean "same cards"? Will they be same if they are Ten of Spades and Ten of Hearts?

Also, "who turns" cards?
Is there a user interaction somewhere?
Or the computer turns cards?

Re: What will I need to learn to make this work?

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:00:10 -0700

Dr. Killjoy posted a reply on the Pascal forum.

Hmmm, all right. I'll post my combat demo soon. I just have to make some adjustments to get it more similar to how the actual game will work.

EDIT: Okay, revisions are finished. I've put the code on Pastebin to prevent message from getting too long.

Sample code

C Programming Source Code

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 06:31:19 -0700

msaqib submitted a new link.

Find the C programming source code and projects. You can find the code for calculators, communication among computers, different games writen in c, graphics related code, text editors

C++ programming Code

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 06:30:46 -0700

msaqib submitted a new link.

Source codes for different computer games, calculators, PC to PC communication and lots of other programs.

Re: What will I need to learn to make this work?

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:50:56 -0700

Phat Nat posted a reply on the Pascal forum.

: Hmmm...as stated before, this is gonna be a strategy RPG, so
: everything's broken up into different levels/maps. Whether or not I
: allow players to save mid-map is going to make a big difference in
: how I write my save files. The mid-battle save is more prone to
: abuse (your attack didn't do enough damage and the counter killed
: you? Reload!), but it means people will be able to play the game for
: smaller amounts of time. Thanks for giving me that to think about,
: though.

If you want to allow this, you could have a quick save button (F3 save / F5 load) or if not, you can have save points or ability to save only when there are no enemies on screen / within a certain distance.

: As of now, the battle screen will look something like this:
:
:

: 
: .|..a..@@.
: .|..@@...b
: .|___...c.
: .2...|...d
: ..1..|....
:

:
:
: With the dots representing plains, the lines representing roads,
: etc. Because this would result in the game being text-based, I can
: imagine I would have difficulty making any sort of cursor system.
: How much more trouble would it be to switch to a graphical interface?

Not at all. You would still have a Letter to represent your player right? You would just need to have one procedure draw your background and the next draw your player on top of the background. Your main procedure would look something like this:

Begin
     Setup;
     Repeat
           Draw_Background;
           Draw_Enemies;
           Draw_Player;
           Move_Enemies;
           Move_Player;
     Until QuitGame;
End.

Your player should always have some sort of X, Y value, so you would use your Move_Player procedure to change these and check for collisions with mountains, trees, etc.
As for graphical, if you get it going in text first, then it's just a matter of changing letters for drawings. Not all that difficult.

: In summary, I'd like to thank those who replied. I'm making a few
: balance touches to the battle system. Once that's done, I'll put it
: on Filefront for review. I would appreciate if anyone could look
: over it then I would greatly appreciate it. (Honestly, I could
: probably make a lot better use of functions than I am now)

I would gladly look at it for you (may take a few days) and give suggestions for speedups, improvments, bug fixes, etc. Also, later I can give you a hand implementing graphics if desired.

Re: What will I need to learn to make this work?

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:06:01 -0700

Dr. Killjoy posted a reply on the Pascal forum.

"You can easily save your player data and if desired you could save game data as well. If your game is like Zelda, where you always start in the same location no matter where you save, then saving the player record is enough. If your player encounters other players that level up as well or change throughout the game, you will need to also save game data (NPC locations, levels, etc).
Since it's your game, you can design the save file however you want. Anything from just throwing the player record in, followed by NPC data, etc or creating a sectioned save file allowing you to select different data to save at different times (more information when in a cave, etc)"

Hmmm...as stated before, this is gonna be a strategy RPG, so everything's broken up into different levels/maps. Whether or not I allow players to save mid-map is going to make a big difference in how I write my save files. The mid-battle save is more prone to abuse (your attack didn't do enough damage and the counter killed you? Reload!), but it means people will be able to play the game for smaller amounts of time. Thanks for giving me that to think about, though.

"Typing is very old school (althouh I love the classics). It's hard to tell though without seeing the game setup. It may not work well without typing commands, but if so, definately go with cursor controls (and/or joystick and/or mouse)."

As of now, the battle screen will look something like this:

.|..a..@@.
.|..@@...b
.|___...c.
.2...|...d
..1..|....

With the dots representing plains, the lines representing roads, etc. Because this would result in the game being text-based, I can imagine I would have difficulty making any sort of cursor system. How much more trouble would it be to switch to a graphical interface?

In summary, I'd like to thank those who replied. I'm making a few balance touches to the battle system. Once that's done, I'll put it on Filefront for review. I would appreciate if anyone could look over it then I would greatly appreciate it. (Honestly, I could probably make a lot better use of functions than I am now)

Brief summary of my main concerns:

-Making everything efficient
-Making a user interface that doesn't make people want to tear their hair out
-As a side note (need to know this to check weapon ranges on the map grid), is there a quick-and-easy way to do absolute values in Pascal?

I'll reply again when I run into further trouble.

Re: What will I need to learn to make this work?

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:28:45 -0700

Phat Nat posted a reply on the Pascal forum.

: -Characters are set up using records that hold their weapons, armor,
: map position, etc. How difficult would it be to make it so players
: can save these? Obviously, I want players to be able to pick up
: where they left off without losing any stats.

You can easily save your player data and if desired you could save game data as well. If your game is like Zelda, where you always start in the same location no matter where you save, then saving the player record is enough. If your player encounters other players that level up as well or change throughout the game, you will need to also save game data (NPC locations, levels, etc).
Since it's your game, you can design the save file however you want. Anything from just throwing the player record in, followed by NPC data, etc or creating a sectioned save file allowing you to select different data to save at different times (more information when in a cave, etc)

: -Maps will be made using a two-dimensional array. Player characters
: will be denoted using numbers 1-9 (there's a limit of 8 on the field
: at any time, so it won't screw up the map) and NPCs will be denoted
: with the letters a-z. This lets me set up a fairly simple command
: system, with stuff like "Mov 5 2R 2U" to move unit 5 2 to the right
: and 2 up, or "3 Atk C W1" to have unit 3 attack enemy C with its
: main weapon, I'd prefer a more traditional system where the player
: moves a cursor around the map. Would this be difficult, or would I
: be better off with the command system.

Typing is very old school (althouh I love the classics). It's hard to tell though without seeing the game setup. It may not work well without typing commands, but if so, definately go with cursor controls (and/or joystick and/or mouse).

: -Finally, there's the matter of how attacking itself will work.
: Let's take the attack command I mentioned before as an example:
:
: "3 Atk C W1"
:
: Here's a brief breakdown of what I want to happen:
:
: As part of its record, the player character will have something
: like "mapnumber : integer", which will be set to "pc3.mapnumber :=
: 3". The "3", that the player puts will then be used to reference the
: pc3 record, which will then be used in the following battle
: procedure. Likewise for C representing what enemy will be used and
: W1 representing what weapon will be used. The only problem? I don't
: really know how to do this.

Again, with cursor controls, you could have menu based fights or real-time battles. Weapons could be changed via menu or keys/buttons.

Most of what you want won't be extremely hard to implement, but it will take some time ;)

If you want more in depth help, we're here!

Unreal Engine question:

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:26:00 -0700

Scheven posted a new message on the Game programming forum.

How much coding, if any, is required in order to make a program off this thing? I'm under the impression that there is none, and that it is far simpler than writing a game of the same caliber than using the c++ api. If this is true, then should I work toward this instead of normal programming if my goal is to work on a surfing sim for, lets say, Nintendo in the near future? I am well versed in the Java language, and am certain C++ is the path I should follow before even applying for this job, but I am wondering if this would better suit my needs since I would rather not waste time in obtaining this goal. I can't help but think the Unreal Engine is for beginners in the world of game design with its lack of code input in exchange for mouse based programming, so is the U.E. hindered in any way (i.e. only fps-like games are in its abilities)? Thanks a bunch.

Re: XNA & C#

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:37:40 -0700

mcmonkeys1 posted a reply on the Game programming forum.

just in the throes of doing an XNA project for college. i don't really know much about game programming, but i think XNA is a good starting point for the general structure of how a game might be designed. meaning that there will be transferable skills if u move on to program with libSDL or straight openGL, and so on later under linux.

as for c# as a game programming language? ur not going to get cutting-edge, blistering high speed games out of that language, but it will probly suffice. depends on wat ya wanna do. check out 3rd place winners of game design for MS's imaginecup, for an idea of wat can be achieved with XNA. http://imaginecup.com/MyStuff/MyTeam.aspx?TeamID=9284

Re: XNA

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:19:38 -0700

mcmonkeys1 posted a reply on the Game programming forum.

in gameobject:

public GameObject (Texture2D loadedTexture)
        {
            rotation = 0.0f;
            position = Vector2.Zero;
            sprite = loadedTexture;
            center = Vector2(sprite.Width / 2, sprite.Height / 2);
        }

for got new keyword :)

center = new Vector2(sprite.Width / 2, sprite.Height / 2);

Re: I'm a complete newby on c++

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:49:11 -0700

Lundin posted a reply on the C++ Game Development forum.

Start with learning the language itself, without focus on games for the moment. Game development often includes graphics, which is advanced programming. In order to do plain Windows graphics, or something more fancy like OpenGL 3D programs, you need some experience.

Once you know the basics of C++, you could try to develop something in 2D without too fancy graphics, like the "Snake" game for example.

Error

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:09:35 -0700

Garrett85 posted a new message on the Console programming forum.

I'M getting the following error when I try to compile this code: "'Function' can only appear in main program."

;Draw a ship which can be moved and killed

Graphics 400, 300

;CONSTANTS
Const STARTHITPOINTS = 3
Const SHIP$ = "<-*->"
Const ESCKEY = 1, SPACEBAR = 57, UPKEY = 200, LEFTKEY = 203, DOWNKEY = 208, RIGHTKEY = 205
Const STARTX = 200, STARTY = 150

;TYPES
Type Ship
		Field x, y
		Field hitpoints
		Field shipstring$
End Type


;INITIALIZATION SECTION
Global cont = 1
Global player.ship = New ship
player\x = STARTX
player\y = STARTY
player\hitpoints = STARTHITPOINTS
player\shipstring = SHIP$


;Game loop
While cont = 1
		Cls
		Text player\x, player\y, player\shipstring$
		
		TestInput()
		DrawHUD()
Wend
;End of loop


;FUNCTION TextInput() - changes the direction or hit points of the player
Function TestInput()

;If player presses left, move him left.
If KeyHit(LEFTKEY)
	player\x = player\x - 3
	If player\x <= 0
			player\x = 10


	EndIf
EndIf

;If player presses right, move him right.
If KeyHit(RIGHTKEY)
		player\x = player\x + 3

If player\x >= 385
		player\x = 380
	EndIf
EndIf

;If player presses up, move him up
If KeyHit(UPKEY)
		
		player\y = playery - 3
		If player\y <= 0
			player\y = 10
	EndIf
EndIf

;If player presses down, move him down.
If KeyHit(DOWNKEY)

		player\y = player\y + 3
		If player\y >= 285
			player\y = 280
	EndIf
EndIf

;If player presses spacebar, remove a hit point

If KeyHit(SPACEBAR)

		player\hitpoints = player\hitpoints - 1
		If player\hitpoints <= 0
				cont = 0
		EndIf
EndIf

;If player presses Esc, set cont to 0, and exit the game
If KeyHit(ESCKEY)
	cont = 0
EndIf


;Function DrawHUD() - draws the user's info in top Right of the screen
Function DrawHUD()
		Text 260, 10, "X position: " + player\x
		Text 260, 20, "Y positoin: " + player\y
		Text 260, 30, "Hitpoints: " + player\hitpoints
End Function