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"Anyone any experience with DarkBASIC?"

I've just decided that I want to create a game. Just to see if I can, basically. However, I have exceedingly limited C knowledge, based on a couple of modules done at university a few years back. This has led me to find something called DarkBASIC.

Anyone used it? Anyone give me any tips / hints etc? Anyone suggest a better program?

And, the big one, and I have no idea how this would work, but anyone want to work with me to create a game?

I've just decided that I want to create a game. Just to see if I can, basically. However, I have exceedingly limited C knowledge, based on a couple of modules done at university a few years back. This has led me to find something called DarkBASIC.

Anyone used it? Anyone give me any tips / hints etc? Anyone suggest a better program?

And, the big one, and I have no idea how this would work, but anyone want to work with me to create a game?

How much actual coding do you have to do with DB though? I'm more interested in that, and I'll do some sound effects if you want?

I think you have to do a little coding, but from what I can gather it's reasonably easy to pick up.

I've only just downloaded it and I won't even be able to look at the trial version til the weekend, so I'll have to let everyone know how I get on.

Sound effects would be needed, as would character models, cut scenes, animation etc.

Yeah, I'm well up for that, seeing as that's where my degree was heading and everything. I can also code in C, C++, etc., but the DB language looks incredibly simple from the examples I've seen.

Ok. I have no idea how easy this will be or how well it will go, but I'd be interested in getting a few people from here together and see if we could get something up and running.

I remember ages ago Grix was interested in doing a Wild West game, so I've put a thread in chat for him to see, although it's dropping fast....

I was going to do some music and sound effects for an animation of his once, but that never came into fruition.

A Western, you say? Could be cool. I've actually got a set of pipes and stuff that do that kind of music, but it can be beefed up a bit. Stoked.

Dark Basic is exceedingly limited. I found Blitz 3D to be better, if slightly more complicated.

DB is remarkably easy for setting up a working prototype of your game. I've used in it the past with several placeholders just to see how the general look of a demo works. However, I usually use Cpp afterwards.

Nice one m_m.

I think this could be good. Will take a while to set up though as I'll want to play around with the demo of DB first, and we'll need to get some ideas together.

I know that most people won't be able to put much time in at once, as everyone has other things to do, but I reckon we could sort something out.

Cheers for the tips Nash & Icarus, I'll have a look into Blitz3D.

I've also found a program called GameStudio which I'm looking into as well.