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merrick_callistokal	I've always wanted to be a game dev. The truth is, tho, that i SUCK. I know NOTHING about code. I'm lost. I can't even get a simple Suse Linux os installed on an old laptop (supposedly an easy task, according to the dudes at compusa). o well. guess i'll have start back @ square 1 and rethink my life...sob Posted on 2004-10-22 22:51:03
loretian	Everybody sucks before they don't. That's life. Keep trying. And don't do drugs. Mostly. Posted on 2004-10-22 23:04:36
mcgrue	Quote:Originally posted by Merrick Callistokal I've always wanted to be a game dev. The truth is, tho, that i SUCK. I know NOTHING about code. I'm lost. I can't even get a simple Suse Linux os installed on an old laptop (supposedly an easy task, according to the dudes at compusa). o well. guess i'll have start back @ square 1 and rethink my life...sob Words of wisdom: 1) You can make a game. You just require patience. Start with Rysen's Tutorial. 2) The dudes at CompUSA are paid to LIE. And never 3) the only time you should use @ as 'at' is in email addresses and in hastily scrawled notes on fridge doors. Keep these three axioms close to heart, and you will go far. Maybe as far as the 7-11. Get a slushie for yourself as a reward if you make it! Posted on 2004-10-22 23:40:39
Omni	I recommend Slackware Linux for old computers. And if you have a Zip drive, that really helps too. Especially because my old Toshiba Satellite from 1994 didn't have a CD-ROM drive. So, you know, Slackware Linux has a pretty simple install. It's just a lot of stuff to download. http://www.slackware.com As for programming, go play some games that inspired you. Then, if you want to remember how fun programming _was_, go pull out your old Atari. Posted on 2004-10-23 16:26:03
Interference22	I had Suse Linux for a while. Then I accidentally broke it. Fiddled with the graphics card options a little and poof! Buggered. Now WinXP might not be the greatest OS ever but at least it screams at me if I'm generally about to screw something up. Posted on 2004-10-25 11:23:45
Interference22	Er, anyway. I sucked at coding for a while. Then, one day something finally clicked and it finally started making sense. Since VERGE uses C as a basis for its scripting language, I'd also suggest - other than following the highly useful tutorials on this site - that you take a look at some C tutorials too. I've been reading through the book 'C++ For Dummies' lately and I'm even learning things from THAT that are applicable with VC. You'll think for quite a time that C is punishment from the very bowels of hell, but after a while you'll realise that it's just misunderstood and is actually quite a nice programming language really. Well, nicer that BASIC. Grr. Posted on 2004-10-26 22:39:10

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