{"id":10,"date":"2008-07-26T12:44:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-26T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrsunstudios.com\/?p=10"},"modified":"2022-05-29T08:23:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T12:23:40","slug":"learning-the-basics-of-game-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mrsunstudios.com\/blog\/flash\/learning-the-basics-of-game-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning the Basics of Game Development"},"content":{"rendered":"

The basics of game programming are easy to learn, but take years to master. It took, about a week for me to figure out the basics of game programming, but I myself am still learning. It is my task to help you learn the basics of game development.<\/p>\n

Before we start programming a game, we need a program that will actually compile the game for us. A great program for beginning game programmers is Game Maker<\/strong><\/a>. It\u2019s only for Windows, so I\u2019m sorry for those Mac users. This is what I first used when making my first games. It requires no knowledge of code, but it builds solid base of the idea. These tutorials<\/a> will help you get into the program. I wouldn\u2019t suggest it to make profitable games, so don\u2019t get stuck on it for too long.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not going to make a step-by-step tutorial for you, but if you are smart enough, you can figure out the program yourself.<\/p>\n

The program that I use to make my games is Adobe Flash CS3<\/strong><\/a>. Though it is very expensive, it is by far my favorite program for game development. You can get a much cheaper price off of it if you are a student at the Academic Superstore<\/a>. It saves over 50%. Though this program is much harder to learn than Game Maker, it definitely is much more robust.<\/p>\n

I know I\u2019m probably not the best at explaining the basics of game development, so here are a few useful books that can explain it better than me:<\/p>\n