game? 1

[denisfinn]

hello,

I was wondering what kind of c++ skill it would take to make a simple game like tic tac toe or chess(???) with just G++ (linux c++ compiler). I would like to know what kind of things are involved with games, because I cannot seem to figure out how to make one.....I guess I don't know enough, but I can't even concieve of how to start.

Thanks

 

[CodingNovice]

TicTacToe is easy to do. Its only the graphical side of things that are harder the game logic is simple. Once you know loops,arrays,logical operators etc. you can write a console Tictactoe with ease. If on the other hand you want a window and nice graphics then you will need to learn MFC or win32 API to do this.
There are plenty of code examples on the web to learn from. Try

http://www.planetsourcecode.com

 

[denisfinn]

thanks a ton man!

i'm on a linux box, what do you suggest for a "type" i guess.....mfc?

 

[chipperMDW]

> i'm on a linux box, what do you suggest for a "type" i guess.....mfc?

If I tell you the "M" of MFC stands for Microsoft, can you guess the answer? :-D


The two most widely used GUI toolkits on Linux are GTK (GIMP ToolKit) and Qt (Q Toolkit?).

 

[denisfinn]

aight thanks!