From: Unigni <unigni AT zaynar DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: games programming
Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 11:22:34 +0100
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In article <f1PX2.159$3M4 DOT 60143 AT news DOT sgi DOT net>, gary sekinger
<mse AT sekinger DOT com> writes
>I realize this is somewhat off topic so please don't flame me too much!
>
>I have an eight-year-old nephew that loves to play computer games and want's
>to start programming games. I was going to turn him loose with Allegro but
>fear this might be to complex for a beginner. He has no experience in
>programming. Has anyone faced a similar situation? What about other
>development environments (VB, Delphi, etc?) Also, is there a good beginner
>book for games programming?

I started programming about 5 years ago (when I must have been 8) with
QuickBASIC, and some 1983 Usborne BASIC books. Most of it worked fine - my dad
helped me with the few things that were different from what the books said
('LOCATE 1, 10: PRINT "HELLO"' instead of 'PRINT TAB(10,1), "HELLO"' or
something like that...)
 About 6 months ago I started making better (ie graphical) games, and
discovered DirectQB which (a bit like Allegro) lets you do graphical things in
QuickBasic. Also, just a few days ago, I started making my first game with
DJGPP and Allegro (I've had a small understanding of C for about a year, but
never done much with it)
 One of the best things about QuickBASIC is that a smaller version (QBasic)
comes with DOS and is on the Windows 95 and 98 CDs (do a search for
'qbasic.exe'). For some tutorials, try searching around at www.qbasic.com or
www.quickbasic.com, which may have some beginner's guides...
-- 
Philip Taylor
philip @ zaynar . demon . co . uk
http://www.zaynar.demon.co.uk/atr - Programming robots!