/prog/ - Programming

You're first mistake was to learn C++. C++ is not newbie friendly, at all. Codeacademy also sucks. Video games are by far some of the most complicated and advanced programs out there, you aren't going to learn how to make one in a year, maybe in about a decade you will. I've been programming 7 years and am just beginning to be able to make video games.

Ars longa, vita brevis

>>3424

Learn something like Unity or Gayme Maker or some other highly supported engine. They're abstract enough to help you get used to thinking with logic in game dev. Depending on your needs after a good timeframe of learning, you can develop full games on those sorts of engines to whatever level you need.

C++ is popufur in the AAA industry, but I wouldn't suggest it for trying to learn gamedev. If you want to learn how an engine is made through experience and use libraries like SDL/SFML or Irrlicht or whatever, sure, but that should be long after you get a firm grasp of programming and typical game logic. Even then, you probably won't need it because most programs like Unity do so much.

>>3424

>>3429

Oh, and if you go with Unity, learn C#. Friends don't let friends use Unityscript.

>>3429

>>3424

>>3429

Oh, and if you go with Unity, learn C#. Friends don't let friends use Unityscript.

>>3431

What is a good resource for learning C# and what are the benefits of it? What could it help me do with Unity?

Why did you stop OP? Could you do any of the exercises? If you could, what exercises got so hard that you couldn't do them?

Learning C++ is fine for your first language. Learning Java is fine. Learning C is fine. Learning Python is fine. Hell learning Perl is fine (but pushing it). What determines your success at programming is not a lack of a mathematical background or the language that you first start with, but your willingness to work on problems, to find people who will discuss those problems with you, and your willingness to read other people's code.

That second one is crucial btw, you need to find someone who you can discuss your solutions with and who will discuss theirs with yours.Take a look at this forum http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/

Ask questions and read the threads. You're learning a new skill, and you won't get any better at it without constant practice.

>>3424

Post here the problems you had solving the exercises.

>>3434

I no longer have the book and can't remember the exercises. I just remember that from the 2nd chapter to the 5th Chapter that it seemed impossible for me to figure out the examples and I made me feel insecure of my ability to really learn programming. I ended up quitting thinking it just wasn't for me. I reread chapters to try to understand the material but when I got to the exercises I couldn't figure them out. I was always completely unsure of my solution and never felt that my answers were right.

>>3425

I hear this alot, however C++ was the programming language I first learned. However I can see how the commonly suggested "newbie" languages can be considered such.

>>3437

Don't know much about what issue you're coming across, but I'd say start small. Understand hello world, move up from there (doing simple math problems, etc). Obviously you'll come across compilation errors, but it's the small stuff you have to push through.

Nobody's too retarded to begin programming. Programming is essentially problem solving with rules that you need to follow, something that everyone can do, to an extent.

I think that it's more important to develop a strong conceptual understanding of things before getting into languages where memory isn't dealt with behind the scenes.

If you're looking for a language to get started with, have you considered Go? The language is great for teaching. Maybe you'll be more receptive to this?

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/golang-nuts/FIRSDBehb3g/BFiHYVNCwzUJ

http://golang.org/

>>3437

>>3437

could be a shitty author

if you're willing to give it another go, I would highly recommend C++ primer plus, it goes over the datatypes, the how and why in a clear and concise manner. It'll explain examples and give you what you need to do the exercises

>>3425

>Ars longa, vita brevis

But life is meaningless anon. You materialistic cunt.

:^)