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  • G Grimes

    Hello everybody I want to start making simple 2d games, and I'm wondering what is the easiest way to start, should I use direct draw or are there easier labraries? thanx

    KOM UIT DAAAAA!!!

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    Frank Kerrigan
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    Dark Basic used to be the way to go.


    Blog Have I http:\\www.frankkerrigan.com

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    • G Grimes

      Hello everybody I want to start making simple 2d games, and I'm wondering what is the easiest way to start, should I use direct draw or are there easier labraries? thanx

      KOM UIT DAAAAA!!!

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      Paul Watson
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      How about Microsoft's XNA[^]?

      regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

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      I don't see it happening, at least not until it becomes pointless.

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        VuNic wrote:

        May be for the fist time a link from Negus takes us to someother site.

        First time? [^] [^] [^] [^] [^]

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        Eytukan
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        Ok, for the 6th time. :-D lol. I was kidding Negus ;)


        Code-Frog:So if this is Pumpkinhead. Time for him to run and hide. It's an interesting thought really.

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        • E Eytukan

          May be for the fist time a link from Negus takes us to someother site. :laugh:.


          Code-Frog:So if this is Pumpkinhead. Time for him to run and hide. It's an interesting thought really.

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          Lost User
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          We have a go at him but please, give him credit for this.

          The tigress is here :-D

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            Grimes wrote:

            I want to start making simple 2d games, and I'm wondering what is the easiest way to start, should I use direct draw or are there easier labraries?

            How about this?[^]

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            Lost User
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            Lots of 5s!

            The tigress is here :-D

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              We have a go at him but please, give him credit for this.

              The tigress is here :-D

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              Eytukan
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              Yeah sure. He's not really harmful. :)


              Code-Frog:So if this is Pumpkinhead. Time for him to run and hide. It's an interesting thought really.

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                Grimes wrote:

                I want to start making simple 2d games, and I'm wondering what is the easiest way to start, should I use direct draw or are there easier labraries?

                How about this?[^]

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                Bradml
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                Just out of PURE curiosity (I'm going to be shot for this) how does your compiler handle 3D graphics (email me the answer).


                Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.

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                • E Eytukan

                  Yeah sure. He's not really harmful. :)


                  Code-Frog:So if this is Pumpkinhead. Time for him to run and hide. It's an interesting thought really.

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                  VuNic wrote:

                  He's not really harmful.

                  :laugh:

                  V. I found a living worth working for, but haven't found work worth living for.

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                  • G Grimes

                    Hello everybody I want to start making simple 2d games, and I'm wondering what is the easiest way to start, should I use direct draw or are there easier labraries? thanx

                    KOM UIT DAAAAA!!!

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                    Maximilien
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                    use a pen and paper; it's 2d enough. seriously, do you have a game idea ? what this game will be ? how it's going to be played ? the rules ? the elements ? how many players ? how the computer will play if you have to play against it ? even if it's a highly graphical game, try drawing a storyboard of the game, that depicts how the game will be played. other than that, GDI might be enough.


                    Maximilien Lincourt Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad

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                    • E Eytukan

                      Yeah sure. He's not really harmful. :)


                      Code-Frog:So if this is Pumpkinhead. Time for him to run and hide. It's an interesting thought really.

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                      NormDroid
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                      Just very biased.

                      We made the buttons on the screen look so good you'll want to lick them. Steve Jobs

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                        Just very biased.

                        We made the buttons on the screen look so good you'll want to lick them. Steve Jobs

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                        :rolleyes: :innocent:


                        Code-Frog:So if this is Pumpkinhead. Time for him to run and hide. It's an interesting thought really.

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                          Grimes wrote:

                          I want to start making simple 2d games, and I'm wondering what is the easiest way to start, should I use direct draw or are there easier labraries?

                          How about this?[^]

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                          El Corazon
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                          No wonder NM and arizona have been caught in a deep freeze!! we froze over because of this. :laugh:

                          _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                          • G Grimes

                            Hello everybody I want to start making simple 2d games, and I'm wondering what is the easiest way to start, should I use direct draw or are there easier labraries? thanx

                            KOM UIT DAAAAA!!!

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                            El Corazon
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                            Grimes wrote:

                            I want to start making simple 2d games

                            the king of all game designers has been mentioned already. there are others, there is always choice. http://gamedev.sourceforge.net/[^] http://www.thefreecountry.com/sourcecode/games.shtml[^] also part of my training came from: http://www.gameinstitute.com/[^] shhh... don't tell anyone.

                            _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                            • E Eytukan

                              :rolleyes: :innocent:


                              Code-Frog:So if this is Pumpkinhead. Time for him to run and hide. It's an interesting thought really.

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                              Bradml
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                              VuNic wrote:

                              Not So:innocent:


                              Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.

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                                use a pen and paper; it's 2d enough. seriously, do you have a game idea ? what this game will be ? how it's going to be played ? the rules ? the elements ? how many players ? how the computer will play if you have to play against it ? even if it's a highly graphical game, try drawing a storyboard of the game, that depicts how the game will be played. other than that, GDI might be enough.


                                Maximilien Lincourt Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad

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                                Bradml
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                                Maximilien wrote:

                                seriously, do you have a game idea ?

                                Why would someone hand out multi million dollar ideas like that????


                                Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.

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                                • B Bradml

                                  VuNic wrote:

                                  Not So:innocent:


                                  Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.

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                                  Eytukan
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                                  hahaha.. punching me back ? for I once said : B r ad Autralian. :laugh: :laugh:.. cool man :-D


                                  Code-Frog:So if this is Pumpkinhead. Time for him to run and hide. It's an interesting thought really.

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                                    hahaha.. punching me back ? for I once said : B r ad Autralian. :laugh: :laugh:.. cool man :-D


                                    Code-Frog:So if this is Pumpkinhead. Time for him to run and hide. It's an interesting thought really.

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                                    Bradml
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                                    VuNic wrote:

                                    B r ad

                                    HaHa, something like that.


                                    Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.

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                                    • N NormDroid

                                      Just very biased.

                                      We made the buttons on the screen look so good you'll want to lick them. Steve Jobs

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                                      El Corazon
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                                      norm .net wrote:

                                      Just very biased.

                                      which in the end, does not make him harmful, per se (depends on what he does with it more than talk about it). But it does not win him many friends.

                                      _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                                      • B Bradml

                                        VuNic wrote:

                                        B r ad

                                        HaHa, something like that.


                                        Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.

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                                        Eytukan
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                                        Brad!!!!!! :-D:-D:-D. Our firewall is not blocking anything now. I just tested it with a p*rn. :laugh: lol. But seriouly it's letting me go anywhere. Yesterday my boss gave me an URL to read a document. The link got blocked so I complained about that to him. After sometime he sent a mail like "Try it now". That's it. Now I'm trying every other site! :laugh: :jig: :badger:


                                        Code-Frog:So if this is Pumpkinhead. Time for him to run and hide. It's an interesting thought really.

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                                          Brad!!!!!! :-D:-D:-D. Our firewall is not blocking anything now. I just tested it with a p*rn. :laugh: lol. But seriouly it's letting me go anywhere. Yesterday my boss gave me an URL to read a document. The link got blocked so I complained about that to him. After sometime he sent a mail like "Try it now". That's it. Now I'm trying every other site! :laugh: :jig: :badger:


                                          Code-Frog:So if this is Pumpkinhead. Time for him to run and hide. It's an interesting thought really.

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                                          Bradml
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                                          Great! Do you know what he did? Maybe he accidentally unblocked everything. Anyway I think it would have been a much wiser choice to send this message through an encrypted connection to one of my sites using a previously decided apon private key. Why you may ask, Well because your system admin seems to read CP.


                                          Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.

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