From: Joe Wiltrout Date: 2007-07-13T12:38:23+09:00 Subject: Re: I need serious help! unknown wrote: > In message , Joe > Wiltrout writes: >>And would this 'Inform 6' be harder than Ruby? > > Maybe. > >>Because I don't even get Ruby very well. > > Ruby is not necessarily easier, or necessarily harder, than other > languages; > different people find different languages easier. I found C easier to > learn > than Ruby. > >>And what's this 'Text Adventure' type thing? > > Like Zork. If you don't know what that is, find a search engine. > > Actually, in general, you might want to work on your research skills; > before > asking a question, make at least one attempt to find the answer > yourself. > That skill will matter more than anything else; it's what makes the > difference between theings being easy or hard to learn. > >>If you mean >>text-based game, then I'll check it out. And say I was going to make >>some sort of 2-d but still good graphic game, would it be possible in >>Ruby, or would I have to use C++ or Java or something else? And could >>you post a link to this Pines Learning to program? Because if it is as >>helpful as you imply it to be, I would very much like to see it. > > Well, if you were to search for "learn to program ruby" on Google, you'd > find it. First hit, even. > > That's what's killing you here; not how easy or hard Ruby is, but how > quickly you give up without even making a couple of tries to find > something. Be more willing to make a couple of tries. It's okay if > sometimes they don't work out. Take some chances! Five minutes of > browsing the internet is not too high a price to pay for a good shot > at answering a question for yourself, and even the things you find > that aren't the answer you're looking for might be USEFUL to you. > >>And define Quirky. I need to know what you mean before I go and confuse >>myself on another coding language. > > Quirky languages are those with characteristics that don't make much > sense; > for instance, it might be hard to tell when, or whether, you need commas > to separate items in lists. Inform6 is fairly quirky. Ruby's > relatively > predictable. > > -s I hate to break it to you, but asking people is, and always will be, my last resort. I prefer the feeling of independance rather than feeling guilty because I didnt have anything to offer my advisor in return for his/her information. I have searched every engine I know for free online info about Ruby Game Programming and every other related term I could think of. Hours upon hours. I went like 20 pages into google for one term, until it got so irrelavant it became pure gibberish. Five minutes? try 5 days. And as for my problem being whether something is easier or harder, I have never coded before, and I am always just the ideas guy when my friend codes things into his game. I have some kick ass ideas, and I want to implement them into my own awesome game. Then me and his game could be like partner companies or w/e. Orc Studios (my friends gaming company, so to speak. Not really a company.) and Iceblaze Entertainment. If you think that's anything close to Blizzard Entertainment, sue me. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.