Programming knowledge

[zasgard]

Hello

Out of left field question here.

But, in order to make a game such as TotH, what programming knowledge is required? Is there one better than the other?

Thank you

[Paullus]

Peter is on a well deserved vacation at the moment but I'M certain he will answer your question when he is back next week [:)]

[Gerry4321]

Vacation!? Who approved that!

[kylania]

C# ("C Sharp") or Java might be a good place to start. Both are somewhat easier to get into and have incredible amounts of tutorials available online. For gaming Unity might be a good start as well, since it's free and fully featured.

Here's a tutorial walkthrough about making a 2D sprite based game using C# and Unity to give you an idea of what's involved.

http://designagame.eu/2014/01/game-deve ... rg-forest/

Here's a tutorial about making a "Matching Game" in C# with the free Community Edition of Visual Studio 2015.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd553235.aspx

[zasgard]

Thank you kylania

What would you suggest one to use for creating a Heroclix based game?

Something that looks like this...

http://crowsnest.amelieschoice.com/

Again, thank you

[kylania]

That's a game programmed in Java, so Java might be a good place to start. The Java link in my previous post is the first in a series of for-absolute-beginners Java game programming, so might be the perfect place to start.