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Use Visual Basic (VB)

what about making it in flash? lol

its possible to do what you are suggesting with it.... its got something similar in one of the 'test' templates (macromedia Flash)

That would be extremely easy using VB.

But since you know absolutely nothing about it at all...It could be a hard. But beleive me, go with VB.

I am downloading VB now... it's taking hours. Does it also have something to make graphics? I will try and use Photoshop at school because I don't have it anymore

- VB isn't a free tool.
- VB is programming language, not a graphics editor
- You will need a lot of learning! And I suggest you start with some much easier very small projects before attempting to pull this "game" off (eg: make some form where pressing a button shows some text on the form, etc...).

Although this "game" is extremely easy to make (for people who know programming), you still need knowledge of several programming concepts and other stuff. Stuff which many people take for granted, but is actually knowledge and stuff you need to learn too, making this project not so easy for a 'first timer'.

eg: arrays(!), random numbers, windows forms and dialogs, fonts, etc... and since this will be a foreign language specific application you also need to know a bit about Unicode and how it is implemented in VB (or whatever programming language you choose) if you choose to use fonts to represent the characters. If you choose to use graphics to represent the characters, you need to learn also a bit about graphic handling and use of resources.

"VB isn't a free tool" - I realised this once I had downloaded it
"VB is programming language, not a graphics editor" - I thought the basic part meant that it would be a basic programme that I didn't need to code.

I think that I might try with javascript or flash. Can someone tell me really how hard this will be? Where can I learn how to code the javascript?

It would be much easier and much quicker in VB then in javascript and/or flash though (from newbie in programming point of view)...

BASIC is actually an abbrivation and stands for: Beginners All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. (although the initial meaning of "beginners symbolic code" from back in the 80's is long gone and Basic has evolved into a mature professional wide spread and much used language)

Well, if you decide to code in VB then I am happy to assist.

I havent coded in forever.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
initial meaning of "beginners symbolic code" from back in the 80's is long gone

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Which is probably why some dialects of BASIC don't capitalise the word, instead focussing on the fact the language is 'Basic' in it's structure, exotic datatypes, and general syntax.

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Originally posted by raceprouk

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
initial meaning of "beginners symbolic code" from back in the 80's is long gone

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Which is probably why some dialects of BASIC don't capitalise the word, instead focussing on the fact the language is 'Basic' in it's structure, exotic datatypes, and general syntax.

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Capitalising has nothing to do with this in almost all cases though.My point was also that the Basic language has gone far beyond the "'Basic' in it's structure, exotic datatypes, and general syntax" and has matured into a proper professional complex language.

Btw, it never used "exotic" datatypes. The datatypes used in almost all dialects are normal datatypes you can find in any other language. It wouldn't make much sense to use "exotic" datatypes anyways...



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