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Remakes

TelfordTelford
edited January 2005 in Development
Im interested in getting into making remakes as a hobby although I have very little knowledge of programming at all.

My question is which languages would be most suited to writing such games? Would I be best to go for C++ which Ive been told is fairly difficult, not from a coding point of view, rather memory allocation etc...
Or would it be best to go for something completely different and would this then be similar to languages that would be used commercially? (would it be easy to cross-over?)

Would be grateful for any answers and if available links to tutorials....

Thanks
John
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  • ArjunArjun
    edited August 2004
    If you know C++ or even C then stick with it. Memory allocation shouldn't really be a problem. Indeed, if you take care to write a clean program (like matching your 'new' with 'delete' etc), it shouldn't be an issue.

    Having said that, Visual Basic, Delphi, etc are also some alternatives you can look at if you want to get up and running quickly.

    BTW, what languages do you know currently?
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  • Lee FogartyLee Fogarty
    edited August 2004
    I have seen an excellent Manic Miner remake in blitzbasic. From what I can make out it is really good for games writing and easy to pick up.
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  • nitrofuranonitrofurano
    edited January 2005
    sdlbasic undoubtly - take a try - it can surprise you lots better than blitzbasic, and it's open-source!
    (http://sdlbasic.sourceforge.net)

    [ This Message was edited by: nitrofurano on 2005-01-08 00:44 ]
  • cyborgcyborg
    edited January 2005
    Would I be best to go for C++ which Ive been told is fairly difficult, not from a coding point of view, rather memory allocation etc...

    I would argue those people are lazy - they would probably tell me they prefer Java. I can write both so I don't care. Java has a very similar syntax but a completly (well, not very similar but not entirely conceptually different) disparate API. If you're worried about memory allocation hassles then you might find Java suitable. Of course if you haven't started programming then people telling you about problems you cannot possibly really understand at the moment isn't going to be really that helpful in deciding what to start with. The best thing to do is to find a language and development system you are comfortable with and learn HOW to program rather than attempt to produce something straight away. Once you are clear on the concepts you will find that migrating between different languages is almost trivial.

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