I've made some progress on my STILL unnamed platform shooter. I'd throw a screenshot on here but i dont even know how. I'm getting kind of fed up with being a noob and using gamemaker. So, i bought a book on java a while back. Then, as soon as I posted about it, someone said it was dreadfully slow for making games, and it was a waste of my time. So I thought for a while, what other languages are there? And the one that came to my mind was c#, because, with the use of xna, c# games can be played on xbox 360. I know i'm getting way ahead of myself now, and I should first learn the language, but like honestly, how awesome would playing your games on your 360 be? And I know it's really unlikely, but if you send it in to microsoftcasualgames.com or whatever, you might even get your game published. So my question for you guys is, how different are java and c#? Can i maybe use java as a stepping stone to c#, or are they too different? And also, how hard would it be for me to learn c#, keep in mind i'm 15 and have no prior programming experience, other than using gamemaker d+d.
Yeah - going from C++ to C#/Java is easy - it is basically like going from riding a bike, to riding a bike with training wheels. C# and Java have all these nice little things like garbage collection and such happening automatically, making it a lot easier to program in. Also, finding errors is a whole lot easier in Java.
So is learning java worth it?
though it pains me to say it, yes. I have a deep and abiding hate for Java, but it is useful to know.
I'm learning Java via Computer Sci AP at our school - definitely worth it if you're new to programming.It's nice to know a plethora of languages too, so you can understand the differences in how things are done.
Thats cool. How old are you kairos?
@trog - same way being older makes complex math easier. Young kids struggle with long division while older kids are doing algebra and even older ones are doing calculus. Your brain isn't fully developed for quite some time, even at age 14 it is still developing.
*Shrug*
I don't think he was thinking of it that way, but your logic does make sense.@the burninator-how can you possibly know how i was thinking about it?
Trog thinks he has psychic powers.