Anyone know any good books on programming games in VB?

[FrogDog]

This is the only one I've found so far. Looking for books similar to that.

 

[FrogDog]

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[Technics1200]

Search amazon.com for some good books.

 

[Nevyn522]

Just out of curiosity... WHY VB???

If you're looking for a simply way in... I guess... but still, you'd be a lot better off biting the bullet and getting into C++ (even courtesy of Borland C++ Builder) for ANYTHING remotely complex.

If you're planning on doing REALLY simple games... well, as long as you don't plan on anything too complex, most topics that will be covered in ANY introductory VB book will be the same -- how to use the different built-in components, how to write logic functions, etc. So you don't necessarily need a VB "Game" programming book.

If you want to do pretty much anything graphics intensive, I very strongly recommend you reconsider VB being your development language of choice.

 

[FrogDog]

I tried C++. I gave up after the first 7 chapters (300 pages) of my book were all set in the DOS environment. Plus, I was starting not to understand stuff. So I decided to go for VB instead. The only reason I'm learning a language is for fun, and I'm going to take CS in college anyways. And my VB book doesn't really go into the stuff I want to learn how to do (just make simple games). So I've got the basics of VB covered, and now I just want to extend it a bit.

 

[FreeFrag]

I agree with Nevyn522, VB is crap for games. I think it is really only usefull for applications.

If you dont like C in Dos, try Microsoft Visual C++

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

<< If you dont like C in Dos, try Microsoft Visual C++ >>



Yeah, but for fun, $545 is a bit much, unless you've got a bunch of cash buried in your backyard like that one dude on Vegas Vacation.

 

[MustPost]

there are free C++ compilers.
I think what he was trying to say is that with C++ you have to do console based programs until you can get good and then do graphics. And that can take a while to learn.

 

[StageLeft]

VB is crap for games if you're trying to make Quake 4. Its got adequate power for anything that the average guy is likely to make in his free time, however. Last I heard VB as a whole was faster than java (at least overall - I am not sure how they compare graphically in speed) and I've seen some pretty good stuff done in java graphically.

The reason you need a game specific book for VB is that most books cover the business and application side of it. They generally cover next to nothing in the graphical department.

 

[Nevo]

Don't get your hopes up for high performance realtime games with VB. It just won't happen.

VB is very easy to write in, and you could code an entire business app in VB in the time it takes a VC++ programmer to declare his variables, but VB is slow.

If your game is an action game, VB is probably not the way to go. If your game is more strategy / non realtime, you can write the code faster in VB.