crazyhandpuppet
Member
First off - HELLO!!!
I've been browsing this site for years, but for some reason seldom look in the forums - until lately. I must say, these are some of the most helpful posts and replies I've seen anywhere. It's nice to see a place so civilized on the 'net.
To the point-
When I was young I loved the old Wing Commander games and recently noticed someone created a port of Privateer to a more recent 800x600 resolution that can be run in Windows. Needless to say it has brought back the old memories of how much fun that style of game is. Unfortunately it has also shown me how bad the graphics were back then. I loved the MS Freelancer game, but nothing has really come out in the genre since then. So I thought I'd look at creating my own game. Not commercial of course, but something I can enjoy playing around with.
My experience-
I've done alot of script work in VBScript, written some programs in VB6 & 2003, and had a bit of experience in C and C#. I'm good with the fundamentals of programming for things like databases, network scans, text file parsing, etc. You know, the usual work stuff. I haven't really looked into creating anything with graphics such as games.
So, where should I start? What would be the best language and environment to develop in? Any good sites that have useful information for this type of game?
I've been browsing this site for years, but for some reason seldom look in the forums - until lately. I must say, these are some of the most helpful posts and replies I've seen anywhere. It's nice to see a place so civilized on the 'net.
To the point-
When I was young I loved the old Wing Commander games and recently noticed someone created a port of Privateer to a more recent 800x600 resolution that can be run in Windows. Needless to say it has brought back the old memories of how much fun that style of game is. Unfortunately it has also shown me how bad the graphics were back then. I loved the MS Freelancer game, but nothing has really come out in the genre since then. So I thought I'd look at creating my own game. Not commercial of course, but something I can enjoy playing around with.
My experience-
I've done alot of script work in VBScript, written some programs in VB6 & 2003, and had a bit of experience in C and C#. I'm good with the fundamentals of programming for things like databases, network scans, text file parsing, etc. You know, the usual work stuff. I haven't really looked into creating anything with graphics such as games.
So, where should I start? What would be the best language and environment to develop in? Any good sites that have useful information for this type of game?
