Wave's~ BlitzMax Tutorial for NG | ~ November, 2015 ~ Version 11
Beginners guide to BlitzMax |
Make your first BlitzMax game
To get you started I have laid up a simple game-plan: 1. Start small.. Think up a small and simple game. 2. Draw and write down your game on paper. 3. Plan functions, type structures. If this is your first game make it a simple one! 4. Go to the forums and ask around if you have any questions, ask what others think about your game plan. 5. Now start coding, set up a small model and test run. Then add more as you go. Comment on every type, function and method that you write! 6. If a part of your game can be done separate (like explosions, map creation). Do a small *.bmx which tests these types/functions. In this way your have a bigger chance of catching evil bugs. 7. Don't start on your second project until your finish your first. The plan you make for your "first game project" will most likely come out as "to big" so try to cut down on it. Make it a complete but small game.
Get Debug Help
When you encounter problems try to get help at the Blitz Commumity Forums. For people to be able to help you it's important that you know what your problem actually is, so think about it, try to narrow it down. Is it a compile error? Is something not showing up as expected? Check your variables, are they what they are supposed to be? Use Debugstop() or Waitkey on a line to see if that line is read, if it is your game will stop there. Don't forget a most important command Debuglog which allows you to write text to the runtimelog.
Example:
If Not Car Then DebugLog "Car type not found!" Return End If
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Original written by Wave~ at Truplo co. mail: Truplos@msn.com. NG changes and tidy-up by Brucey Check the forums first because there are a lot of people there with much better programming skills and knowledge than me. Any comments about this tutorial should go into the BlitzMax Tutorial Forum. Questions about the guide can be sent to the above mail. If you have questions about BlitzMax don't hesitate to post them in the forums or Mail Support@BlitzBasic.com. I hope that this tutorial can be considered to be done now ; ) Now have fun and good luck coding!
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