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I want to make a 3D zombie game like Dayz, but I dont know anything about coding or how to produce the game with good graphics. Im currently using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. I need help with coding, and pretty much everything else!
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Well, for your case I highly recommend that you look into a game engine. This will provide you with the best path to create a game with little experience. I would go with Unity. Its free and has many features that will allow you to make a great game. Unreal Engine 4 would be another option. Its $20 a month, but you can pay $20 and cancel the membership and get to keep that update of UDK4.

Now, I would suggest that you pick up a scripting language eg. Boo, C#, Unityscript, C++(for UDK). This will be required no matter what. It will allow you to tell the engine what to do.

Unity has some really good tutorials on their site as well as some really good resources.

I can recommend some books for Unity if you choose to go that way. They will teach you some Scripting and basic game creation, from there you create your game.
The books are a great tool because they also teach you some practices that are good to use.

PM me if you want some more information, or help.
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You are nowhere near that stage yet and nobody is going to code it for you. I recommend learning a programming/scripting language such as java, C#, python or javascript. i don't recommend starting with c++ as its a bad beginners language for most people. i personally tried to work with game engines such as unity with no programming experience and i got nowhere.

If you are looking to learn a language don't look on how to make games with example C# becuase those tutorials are for people that already know the language used and want to proceed to make games.

Start off slow and learn the basics of a language or even learn html/css for you get used to syntax and writing code
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AxG wrote You are nowhere near that stage yet and nobody is going to code it for you. I recommend learning a programming/scripting language such as java, C#, python or javascript. i don't recommend starting with c++ as its a bad beginners language for most people. i personally tried to work with game engines such as unity with no programming experience and i got nowhere.

If you are looking to learn a language don't look on how to make games with example C# becuase those tutorials are for people that already know the language used and want to proceed to make games.

Start off slow and learn the basics of a language or even learn html/css for you get used to syntax and writing code

You basically just repeated what I told him. There is nothing wrong with learning C++ as a first language. It will get you farther than C#, Java, or python.
The videos you are referring to do exactly what you looked for. They teach you basic functions that are applied to any game.

It is up to the user to be aware of any basics of the language they are trying to learn such as;
Program Structure
Variable Declaration
Boolean Logic and Boolean Algebra
The Boolean Operators
Basic things like that.

Once you learn those basics you can apply them to the game and make it do what you want. Videos and tutorials are a great way to learn how to make sample games and learn the basics. Just because your experience in a game engine, or with a language was bad does not mean it will be so for all users.

He wasn't asking for anyone to program it for him, he was asking for someone to guide him and help him.
Most of the things he will need for this game are already standard scripts that come built into the Unity Engine.
It his not your place to judge what he can or can't do. Unity will be a great starting place for him.
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ProJimmyRustler wrote
AxG wrote You are nowhere near that stage yet and nobody is going to code it for you. I recommend learning a programming/scripting language such as java, C#, python or javascript. i don't recommend starting with c++ as its a bad beginners language for most people. i personally tried to work with game engines such as unity with no programming experience and i got nowhere.

If you are looking to learn a language don't look on how to make games with example C# becuase those tutorials are for people that already know the language used and want to proceed to make games.

Start off slow and learn the basics of a language or even learn html/css for you get used to syntax and writing code

You basically just repeated what I told him. There is nothing wrong with learning C++ as a first language. It will get you farther than C#, Java, or python.
The videos you are referring to do exactly what you looked for. They teach you basic functions that are applied to any game.

It is up to the user to be aware of any basics of the language they are trying to learn such as;
Program Structure
Variable Declaration
Boolean Logic and Boolean Algebra
The Boolean Operators
Basic things like that.

Once you learn those basics you can apply them to the game and make it do what you want. Videos and tutorials are a great way to learn how to make sample games and learn the basics. Just because your experience in a game engine, or with a language was bad does not mean it will be so for all users.

He wasn't asking for anyone to program it for him, he was asking for someone to guide him and help him.
Most of the things he will need for this game are already standard scripts that come built into the Unity Engine.
It his not your place to judge what he can or can't do. Unity will be a great starting place for him.


c++ isn't the best language to start off with for some people and for some the syntax can be very complicated, I'm not telling him what to do or how to go about learning how to program but what I'm saying is, i think it would be better if he were to actually learn a language rather than going straight into game development as i had a bad experience doing that even though the game i wanted to make was pretty complex. You seem to have picked up programming easier than any other person I've seen so i just thought i would put my opinion across as he might find the way I'm learning right now better for him although he might find way you learned easier for him. Wasn't trying to start anything and wasn't saying you were wrong and i was right i was just going by my experience. sorry you took it the wrong way :/ i did word some of the things i mentioned wrong.
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