Creating a C# animated game

[ck388]

I was wondering if anyone could answer a couple of questions regarding
developing games. I would like to create one for fun on my spare time.
I want to know what type of technologies I would have to use.

Basically I want to create a sort of board game (for mutual funds). I
want to animate things like money (like have a pile of money in the
middle of the board, then pay money to each player, where the
chips/money would move to the player), rolling the dice, showing and
hiding lucky game cards, moving the players around the board, etc . I
just need some direction as to how to do all of that. Is it hard?
Would there be some sort of example I can see as to how I would do
this?

I would like to use C# to program the logic for the game. Do you think
I have to use DirectX or just GDI to make the graphics and animations
work for the program? How do I connect the graphics to the code?

Thanks for your time and your help.

Million thanks,

Tim

 

[Lynn Harrison]

Tim,

My suggestion would be to use Manged DirectX. The interface for C# is
fairly straight forward. Help for it is available over in the managed
DirectX forum (microsoft.public.win32.programmer.directx.managed).

 

[Frecklefoot]

I want to know what type of technologies I would have to use [to develop
games].

It depends on what kind of game you want to make.

Basically I want to create a sort of board game (for mutual funds). I
want to animate things like money (like have a pile of money in the
middle of the board, then pay money to each player, where the
chips/money would move to the player), rolling the dice, showing and
hiding lucky game cards, moving the players around the board, etc . I
just need some direction as to how to do all of that.

All of this is possible with various technologies. You could do it all in
3D, but it is probably overkill for your game (I'm guessing here).

Is it hard?

That depends on who you ask. For a beginner, yes, it'll probably be
challenging.

Would there be some sort of example I can see as to how I would do
this?

There's tons of stuff on the Internet. http://www.GameTutorials.com might be
a good place to start, but here are some other sites with more info:
http://www.flipcode.com
http://www.gamedev.net
http://www.gamasutra.com

Also, try these newsgroups if you have a specific question:
alt.games.programming
comp.games.development.programming.algorithms
comp.games.development.programming.misc
comp.games.development.design

I would like to use C# to program the logic for the game. Do you think
I have to use DirectX or just GDI to make the graphics and animations
work for the program?

Once again, it depends on your goal. For modest graphics and animation, GDI
is probably fine. For fullscreen graphics and complex animation, especially
3D graphics, you'll probably want to use DirectX (Direct3D specifically for
graphics). But if you try this from the get-go, you're likely to be
overwhelmed. Instead, try to get your stuff working with the GDI. If it
doesn't meet your requirements, upgrade it to DirectX.

How do I connect the graphics to the code?

How long do you have? ;-) Check out the sites above.

Good luck!