Hi I am the arbiter chewbacca hybrid and as a kind of newcomer myself I would like to say first things first
1.
DON'T jump into 3D I learned that the hard way and kept getting stuck
2.you need to know
variables before anything else they are used in every good game not using variables would be like an RPG with nothing to buy and no bosses special attacks or random enemies.
3.The easiest way to learn the basics is by doing TDK's tutorials he put them in a specific order because he wanted you to do them that way.
"There is Shakespear(3D) and the Kids book janet and jon stuff(2D)
Before you can read Shakespear you have to learn to read the janet and jon stuff."TDK man
4.Remember, never copy and paste code you don't understand it gets you nowhere.
5.I know if can be very frustrating,(and get you very aggrovated)to get that brand new programming language which is supposed to make 3D so simple and then you can't program worth a dime after all those months editing tutorials you are nowhere.(trust me I know)
6.You should always indent and leave
remarks in your code, this is done with the rem command rem is short for rem(mark) which makes it so easy to remember. This command has no actual effect on the game so use it! Get into this habit and in the future things will be alot easier.
ex.
Rem By the arbiterchewbaccahybrid
Rem example code
goto label 1
Print "this line is fake"
label 1:
Print "this line is real"
(this is not real code)
7.Speaking of
goto it is a function that when it gets to that point of the program, it skips everything in between and sort of continutes the program from there. This command shoould be avoided as much as possible as it can create something we at darkbasic(or at least me) call spaggheti code. Spaggheti code is most likey known as when code is all over the place and hard to follow.
8.Last but not least don't immediatly ask for a team of people to help you for your own great multi million dollar game idea, and if you proceed to completly ignore what I just said at least make a sample of the code to show. If you wish to create your own team after seeing something like darknoobs contact other members via email but don't clog the forums with your own selfish post.
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