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Gazamadaz
September 3rd, 2007, 15:21
Hey everybody. So I'm gonna just come right out and say I have very little knowledge of programming. I've been following the psp homebrew scene for ages but I've never coded anything...... but I'd like to. I have lots of free time coming up and I'd like to finally learn how to code a decent scroller for psp. I have lots of really good ideas (the easy part) for a game but I have no idea how to put it together (the hard part). Now's a good time to learn methinks. So, whoever has a decent knowledge of putting together a side scroller and time to spare could you please walk me through the basics. Essentially I want a side scrolling shooter with all the physics you'd expect from a modern game (I guess I mean ragdoll). Doesn't have to be too advanced. I want nice fluid sprite animation, maybe even rendered in 3d (eventually for dramatic camera panning, am I getting ahead of myself.....) and decent looking effects like explosions.

I'll explain the game in more detail if anyone's interested in helping me out.
Thanks for reading.

Gar

yaustar
September 3rd, 2007, 15:37
Read: http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=38391

Also: GameDev's Start here page (http://www.gamedev.net/reference/start_here/)

It will be a long process using months and even years as measures of time.

sourced
September 4th, 2007, 16:01
the first thing you should do is familiarize yourself with c and c++