Lol Minecraft is not THAT smooth... But [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] is a great way to learn Java.

EXEved1337 wrote Hello everyone . I am a programmer/coder/modder . Gaming is like my hobby and I want to go into a job career for that . I am inlove with Minecraft . It runs amazing and is so fun . The coding just runs so smooth .
I'm wanting to make a indie game along those lines . I wanna learn the java coding required, everything. If you guys can help me out on what I need to learn please tell me . I also already know MOST of Visual Basic 2008 + , C# and a very small portain of C++ .

Just cause you play video games it doesn't mean you'll be able to develop one. I very much doubt you know MOST of visual basic as its a huge Lagrange, I very much doubt anyone knows MOST of any language. Although, It depends what way you take most as being. When I was learning JAVA (My least fav lanauge) I learned the very basics through a book in my own time. I wanted to get a knowledge of few languages to see which ones I enjoyed working with. After i got the basics i decided java wasn't for me. Anyways, at college in our course it was java we were working with so I learned a little through that and the rest through tutorials on youtube.

Good luck with programming!

Minecraft most certainly does not run smooth. A game that huge should never have been written in Java - had it been done in C++ it would take a quarter the processing power.

Besides, you're expecting to learn +4 years worth of programming in... a week?

Abbreviate wrote Minecraft most certainly does not run smooth. A game that huge should never have been written in Java - had it been done in C++ it would take a quarter the processing power.

Besides, you're expecting to learn +4 years worth of programming in... a week?

I never once said, "a weeks time." Although, I have spent many years studying and undertaking the knowledge Of Vb and C# . Also, Minecraft (for starting as an indie game) runs pretty smooth . Especially on Xbox . It also depends on your processing power, FPS, etc. I will spend as much time needed on Java . And links, books, sites recommended?

Bighair wrote

EXEved1337 wrote Hello everyone . I am a programmer/coder/modder . Gaming is like my hobby and I want to go into a job career for that . I am inlove with Minecraft . It runs amazing and is so fun . The coding just runs so smooth .
I'm wanting to make a indie game along those lines . I wanna learn the java coding required, everything. If you guys can help me out on what I need to learn please tell me . I also already know MOST of Visual Basic 2008 + , C# and a very small portain of C++ .

Just cause you play video games it doesn't mean you'll be able to develop one. I very much doubt you know MOST of visual basic as its a huge Lagrange, I very much doubt anyone knows MOST of any language. Although, It depends what way you take most as being. When I was learning JAVA (My least fav lanauge) I learned the very basics through a book in my own time. I wanted to get a knowledge of few languages to see which ones I enjoyed working with. After i got the basics i decided java wasn't for me. Anyways, at college in our course it was java we were working with so I learned a little through that and the rest through tutorials on youtube.

Good luck with programming!

I've made a few 2d indies in the past . I've got some experience, just not with Java .

Although, I have spent many years studying and undertaking the knowledge Of Vb and C# .

I must ask, why bother with VB if you're learning C#?

Also, Minecraft (for starting as an indie game) runs pretty smooth . Especially on Xbox . It also depends on your processing power, FPS, etc.

Microsoft ported Minecraft to C++ as part of their agreement, hence why it runs on the Xbox. And while you're right in a sense, your computer should NOT have to make up for a bad design. My computer isn't the best, but it's not the worst either, and it runs Battlefield 3 at 70fps and Minecraft at 15. Why? Dice did it properly.

I will spend as much time needed on Java . And links, books, sites recommended?

...Aaaand back to where we started. If Minecraft were done properly, it would have taken a programmer with at LEAST 4 years training, and even more experience. Notch is nothing more than a sly developer with great ideas. He built minecraft, badly, took the money, then left the dev team to patch the 90000000 bugs he left.

TL;DR, your C# and VB is of no use here, and nobody here can/will teach you.

Abbreviate don't be so negative, he can learn any language that he wants, i my self know VB and c++ very well and do not regret so in the slightest manner. anyways, back to topic, if you want to create indie games, you can actually do so with c++, so why learn java, but i guess if you want to create it in java you should learn java first.

borna88 wrote Abbreviate don't be so negative, he can learn any language that he wants

Not if he wants to develop games on an Xbox, he can't. Besides, I'd take realistic advice over false hope any day.

*EDIT: That was poorly phrased, but anyone with a head should realize I meant Java will not help on Xbox, which if I remember correctly is exactly what OP asked.

Why am I being criticized for being the only damn one to answer his question?

You only get my life so why not learn what you want? I think it would be fun to write a game in Java . Don't be so negative . We are all programmers .