Re: Learning Programming, Where Shall I Begin?

Re: Learning Programming, Where Shall I Begin? When I was starting out I couldn't make heads or tails of the BGT tutorials, even though BGT was built for audio games. I was able to wrap my head aroundhttp://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/though!Learning python will take a little longer

Re: Learning Programming, Where Shall I Begin?

Re: Learning Programming, Where Shall I Begin? Oh [[wow]]! I completely missed all of these replies. I appreciate the examples, encouragement, and a link for Python. I was feeling stuck with BGT so put it down for a couple of days. I have some time this evening so I will spend some more

Re: Learning Programming, Where Shall I Begin?

Re: Learning Programming, Where Shall I Begin? I think the examples that really helped me get going when I started out didn't try too hard to explain how they worked.Simple things like these (feel free to ignore if this just confuses things further):Example 1:// Let the user enter

Re: Learning Programming, Where Shall I Begin?

Re: Learning Programming, Where Shall I Begin? Hi, Tiffany,Well, bgt manual provides a short compilation of all concepts you will use in any programing language (specially oriented object programing languages). Set your screen reader to anounce all punctuation marks and be patient!If you

Re: Learning Programming, Where Shall I Begin?

Re: Learning Programming, Where Shall I Begin? string variables contain words. like the name of a player in a game. but it could also be a number. but you'd not be able to do math with that number. you'd then have to convert that to some numerical variable such as an integer or a float. i

Re: Learning Programming, Where Shall I Begin?

Re: Learning Programming, Where Shall I Begin? Hello, Well, I downloaded BGT last night and read through a few sections of the language tutorial. I was definitely feeling my cerebral cortex strain as it attempted to wrap around the concepts. I understood printing text on the screen (I

Re: Learning Programming, Where Shall I Begin?

Re: Learning Programming, Where Shall I Begin? Hi there,I presume you are looking to build text games? if so, you might check out inform7, (http://inform7.com). It's an easy scripting language that aids you in the creation of text adventures.Also, of course, there is BGT. That's definitely

Re: Learning Programming, Where Shall I Begin?

Re: Learning Programming, Where Shall I Begin? Hi there,I presume you are looking to build text games? if so, you might check out inform7, (http://inform7.com). It's an easy scripting language that aids you in the creation of text adventures.Also, of course, there is BGT. That's definitely

Re: Learning Programming, Where Shall I Begin?

Re: Learning Programming, Where Shall I Begin? Hi Steve, Thank you for the suggestions and encouragement. I have played some text adventures by Emily Short, Andrew Plotkin, and Howard Malinche (if I'm spelling it correctly). I have also played many of the Choice of Games titles on IOS

Re: Learning Programming, Where Shall I Begin?

Re: Learning Programming, Where Shall I Begin? I recommend not trying to digest a whole language at once.I personally have done best by looking at small examples, then trying to work out how to make something bigger out of them. Repeat with higher level elements, until you understand

Re: Learning Programming, Where Shall I Begin?

Re: Learning Programming, Where Shall I Begin? BGT would definitely be capable of producing all of the above listed games. But as CAE Jones said you might want to learn some of the concepts first, and have a look at some examples and create some small games of your own, I.E. Pig as you

Re: Learning Programming, Where Shall I Begin?

Re: Learning Programming, Where Shall I Begin? @Cae: That's a good way of putting it. I tend to try to tackle way too much, so by starting with just a few elements e.g. paintbrush and tin foil, I won't get so overwhelmed and will hopefully be able to stay the course. [ a-t ] Steve: Thanks