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prajayshetty	4 May, 2007 - 07:03 AM Post #1
D.I.C Head Joined: 27 Apr, 2007 Posts: 230 Thanked: 1 times Dream Kudos: 25 My Contributions	is vb a best language for game programming and offline games i dont know java ofcourse but i am going to learn vb
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Amadeus	RE: Choice Of Language 4 May, 2007 - 07:07 AM Post #2
g++ -o drink whiskey.cpp Joined: 12 Jul, 2002 Posts: 12,349 Thanked: 51 times Dream Kudos: 25 My Contributions	Moved to proper forum.
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spullen	RE: Choice Of Language 4 May, 2007 - 07:25 AM Post #3
D.I.C Regular Joined: 22 Mar, 2007 Posts: 330 Thanked: 1 times Dream Kudos: 50 My Contributions	when i think game programming I think c++ and c. I mean you can create games in other languages, but they probably won't be as powerful.
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tody4me	RE: Choice Of Language 4 May, 2007 - 09:02 AM Post #4
Only Jenny Craig makes thin clients... Joined: 12 Apr, 2006 Posts: 1,349 Thanked: 5 times Dream Kudos: 100 My Contributions	i would have to agree, if you are writing a game it's best to use OpenGL and gcc, or for windows platforms C++ and directx, unless you plan on porting them back to Linux.
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unsigned user;	RE: Choice Of Language 4 May, 2007 - 03:59 PM Post #5
New D.I.C Head Joined: 28 Apr, 2007 Posts: 29 My Contributions	As mentioned earlier, C++ and some sort of API (e.g. OpenGL, DirectX..) would be the standard. You could look into using Microsoft XNA and C# as well.
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alpha02	RE: Choice Of Language 7 May, 2007 - 02:31 PM Post #6
D.I.C Addict Joined: 20 May, 2006 Posts: 687 Dream Kudos: 850 My Contributions	VB is just a simple language used for quick and dirty applications, if you want to develop a big program or a game then stay out of VB. Java or C++ are, in my opinion, the best languages you can use.
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