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Andrespetmonkey said:
What would you guys recommend for a first programming language?


Visual Basics is a nice place to start.



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osed125 said:

Ahhh Java how much I hate you...sadly I'm currently doing a software in Android and I have to use Java...

I'm a .Net guy, C# and C++ FTW!!


You should look at this https://xamarin.com/

It's pretty easy to use and I personally works faster with this than java.



i wanna make a 3d jrpg, how to do it



Turkish said:
i wanna make a 3d jrpg, how to do it


If you want to use unity which I strongly recommend for it's ease of use:

http://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/modules

You should start by Scripting -> beginners first and Editor second after that you can give a look at the other categories.



Turkish said:
i wanna make a 3d jrpg, how to do it


http://unity3d.com/

That'll be a lot of work, but that's the engine you'd use. It's free if your game is free, but if you want to sell your game you need a Unity Pro license. Those cost about $1000, but there are a few legal ways to get around that.

http://www.blender.org/

That's the everything else program you'd also use. It's 100% free and you'd use it for 3D modeling as well as some other general things such as textures unless you want to deal with additional programs.

Also don't forget to move to Japan. You don't want to accidentally make a wrpg!



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thnx guys, is it easy to use? i dont have any programming experience though but willing to learn !



Turkish said:
thnx guys, is it easy to use? i dont have any programming experience though but willing to learn !


Unity has a lot of features and will look like a rocket control console at first, but it's pretty easy to get started.

The programing isn't that hard and there are lots of code example out there. I'd recommend using Java since it's a bit simpler and seems to be used more often. I use C# and when just starting out it was kinda annoying having every tutorial use Java.

 

 

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Are people interested in non technical software/game development help as well? Level design, game mechanics, etc.



the-pi-guy said:
JoeTheBro said:

That looks good enough for programing.

If you find or make (wink wink nudge nudge) something better, that would be awesome and very much appreciated.  

Consider it a rough draft lol

It needs a lot of work.



JoeTheBro said:
Turkish said:
thnx guys, is it easy to use? i dont have any programming experience though but willing to learn !


Unity has a lot of features and will look like a rocket control console at first, but it's pretty easy to get started.

The programing isn't that hard and there are lots of code example out there. I'd recommend using Java since it's a bit simpler and seems to be used more often. I use C# and when just starting out it was kinda annoying having every tutorial use Java.

 

 

@thread
Are people interested in non technical software/game development help as well? Level design, game mechanics, etc.


Thanks Joe for the encouraging words. I will learn slowly! Is there a game you are working on?



Turkish said:


Thanks Joe for the encouraging words. I will learn slowly! Is there a game you are working on?

Yeah I'm making an indie game or two for the next gen consoles. Can't share anything specific about the game(s) though.