Want to learn how to program these games

[DirtiDan12]

Hey is there any tutorials or something teaching you c# and xna. I only know vb.net.

[SimReality]

http://nick.gravelyn.com/2008/05/17/...ke-zune-games/

[DirtiDan12]

the tutorial there is not that great it does not tell you anything

[Link9228]

Sim Reality, I don't mean to sound like a downer, but your tutorial assumes people at least know how to program a basic application or basic game in C#

[SimReality]

That post tells you lots. First it tells you to learn C# before XNA. It gives you a link even. If that isn't good enough, use Google. I then say to learn XNA only after you learn C#. I give a link to my tutorial and, again, Google searching will bring more results.

[DirtiDan12]

the thing is that the link to the c# tutorial on that blog doesnt teach anything

[SimReality]

Yes it does. If you read through all of those lessons, it's pretty good for being a free tutorial.

If it isn't good enough for you, go buy a C# book or try one of the other million results for Googling "C# tutorial". There are plenty of things out there to find, but you have to put in some initiative to seek them out.

[zunebro]

obviously most of us want to just jump in the water without the life vest so how should we approach c# to get us doing at least a simple game fast?

[SimReality]

Learn the whole language to a basic degree. You should know probably 70-80% of the stuff covered at http://www.csharp-station.com/Tutorial.aspx before you even attempt a game. The problem is that C# is like your toolbox. There are lots of things in C# you can use to help make a game. If you only know how to use 10% of those things, you likely will have missed a better way to do something and wind up using a hammer to put a screw in. The more you know C#, the quicker, easier, and more fun programming games will be.

There will always be people who disagree with me, but from my experience teaching others and my own programming over the years, I still firmly believe this is the best route to take when starting into game programming.

[Kanti117]

http://www.informit.com/library/cont...ours&seqNum=11 here is a tutorial i have been using. idk i think it is pretty good but im not sure if it has any lessons on makin games

[DirtiDan12]

Originally Posted by Kanti117

http://www.informit.com/library/cont...ours&seqNum=11 here is a tutorial i have been using. idk i think it is pretty good but im not sure if it has any lessons on makin games

I like that tutorial, but im getting a whole lot of problems with the brackets and parenthesis. Any ideas?

Edit: I figured that out but now when i try to debug i get an error with the Main().

One More thing how do you debug because when ever i debug something the screen changes for a second then goes back.

[DirtiDan12]

Originally Posted by SimReality

Learn the whole language to a basic degree. You should know probably 70-80% of the stuff covered at http://www.csharp-station.com/Tutorial.aspx before you even attempt a game. The problem is that C# is like your toolbox. There are lots of things in C# you can use to help make a game. If you only know how to use 10% of those things, you likely will have missed a better way to do something and wind up using a hammer to put a screw in. The more you know C#, the quicker, easier, and more fun programming games will be.

There will always be people who disagree with me, but from my experience teaching others and my own programming over the years, I still firmly believe this is the best route to take when starting into game programming.

Hey i decided to try this tutorial but like i said in my last post when ever i try to debug it just changes screens for a second.

[SimReality]

What do you mean? Are you just working with a console application? If so try putting Console.ReadKey() at the end of your Main method and try again. What happens is that it pops up, runs all your code, runs out of code, and closes the window. ReadKey makes it wait for you to press a button to continue, which will keep the window open.

[DirtiDan12]

I just tried that and i get this...
Cannot read keys when either application does not have a console or when console input has been redirected from a file. Try Console.Read.

[SimReality]

So you aren't doing a console application then. What kind of project are you working on? What do you mean by "it just changes screens for a second"? Please give us some details or there is no chance of us being able to help you.

[DirtiDan12]

Im just seeing the Welcome app in lesson 1 of that tutorial on your webpage. Now when i start debugging with Console.ReadKey() i get that error in my previous post.
my code is:
using System;

class InteractiveWelcome
{
public static void Main()
{
Console.Write("What is Your Name?");
Console.Write("Hello, [0] ! ", Console.ReadLine());
Console.WriteLine("Welcome Home");
Console.ReadLine();
Console.ReadKey();
}
}

[SimReality]

And you're positive you created the project as a Console Application in Visual Studio?

[DirtiDan12]

I actually did it in Windows form app, I just changed it to Console app and it worked

[SimReality]

That would explain it.

[ShotgunSnipist]

What book would you recommend?

I can't concentrate on reading something on my computer.
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