Teaching children VB

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Rob Richardson

Greetings!

My 14-year-old, not-particularly-mathematical daughter has asked about
learning how to develop computer games. Are there any books or other
resources geared toward introducing young people who are not already geeks
to the world of VB?

Thanks!

Rob
 
I would like to agree with Scorpion on this one. computer games is a very
interesting field, I'm currently working on leaving business software
development to go into video game development (specifically game consolve
development, such as XBox, PS2, GameCube, etc.)

A couple things you may want to focus on with her. Especially if she isn't
mathmatical. no one says she needs to know Diff EQ or anything like that,
but teach her about Trig. Trig is your greatest friend in game development,
especially if you were looking into 3D game development.

however, most of this doesn't even have to be worried about because of
DirectX (which is a nice graphics/sound engine, a lot of computer games use
this now).

Also, if she does want to "dive right in" (like I did many years ago) check
out the Terrenium project on WindowsForms.net. This will give her a base on
game development and even allow her to develop with other developers. it's
a lot of fun and I'm sure she'll enjoy it.

Take care and good luck!
 
* "scorpion53061 said:
Encourage her to stick with it and be patient because it might be a while
before she learns how to write "computer games."

Depends on a game. I would start with very simple games like
"Tac-Tac-Toe" or something like that.

:-)
 
I wrote a Tic-Tac-Toe game in C in college.

It wasn't that easy (I gave it some AI features... well... the AI of sperm
maybe..)

then again... it was C...
 
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