Hmmm… How should I start out...

[thejeffh]

Hmmm…. I dont know how i should start out lol. Any ideas?

[Bobbus]

Plan out a game? Make a name, make a starter area map, enemies, story, all that good stuff.

THEN begin to use Eclipse.

[Robin]

Learn VB6's syntax. Get to know the source. Look around a few tutorials, get some optimisations from Mirage Source's Optimisation Subforum then get to work on your game.

[tylian]

@Robin:

> Mirage Source's Optimisation Subforum

No one will know what you mean by that robin.
/emo

And, I think he shouldn't learn the coding aspect of it until he learns how to use it.
Not all of us can do amazing things in just on day Robin ;D

[DrNova]

@Robin:

> Learn VB6's syntax. Get to know the source. Look around a few tutorials, get some optimisations from Mirage Source's Optimisation Subforum then get to work on your game.

Yeah, that a bit over-reaching.

[Robin]

Hardly. If you learn the programming side of the engine first you'll be able to understand the actual features and systems a _lot_ better.

I'm not expecting him to learn it in one day. It takes a long time. It was at least one month before I even started to write my own code at all ;D

[Kreator2]

@Tylian:

> No one will know what you mean by that robin.
> /emo

Obviously he means a 'subforum' called optimization in Mirage Source's forum.

@DrNova:

> Yeah, that a bit over-reaching.

If your serious about game development, most will do so to create a.. *ahem* Successful Game.

[DrNova]

But as advice for first steps, its not very reasonable.

If they wanted to learn coding, they probably would have started there, instead of looking for an engine to simplify things a little

[renzo]

@Kreator:

> If your serious about game development, most will do so to create a.. *ahem* Successful Game.

if your serious about game development, youd be applying for a job with professionals, not downloading freeware engines

my suggestion would be to figure out what do you want to do with the program, are you interested in getting a team together, figure out roles amongst each other and work on a game together?
or do you want to join another persons team and help make a game with them
either way, your going to need to find out what your interested in:
music
graphics
programming
scripting
mapping
there are a lot of different things you can do, but your going to need to figure out for yourself what your most suited for