Which Technologies and Platforms are you familiar with?

[s12705]

Hello everybody,

My name is Imran Hashmi. I am from FAST-NUCES, Karachi. And ofcourse I am a passionate Game Programmer. This is my first post on the Forum.

I have seen many threads which are only on what you have made. Like demo's and all. This I hope is something new. ITS on what you know till now about Game Programming.

Got it. Post on whatever you know regarding Game Development. As an example I will post on what I know. And I know these techs.

I currently know only 2D Game Programming but I know it extensively. I believe in Completeness and Concretness. Therefore I am grasping all the knowledge I can get of 2D before jumping into 3D.

Windows
- Pure Win32 (no MFC crap)
- GDI
- DirectX 7.0 (2D Only)
- Using inline and extrenal Assembly to program the registers directly.
- Multithreading (currently learning)

DOS Game Programming
- VGA - Mode 13h
- Low Level Register Programming
- Multitasking in DOS Games
- Paged scrolling/Parallax Scrolling techniques.
- Some sound programming in DOS
- And many more things in DOS but only 2D.

Assembly Language

Trigonometry
Linear Algebra


And mych more, damn, I can't remember anything. I also know quite a lot of algorithms for the games. Such as the RLE, Bresenham's Algo, and many other. image compression algorithms.

I did choose DOS Game Programming because I wanted to know everything about game programming from the beginning as the Old guys did in 80's. So here I am.

I am going to go 3D soon, may be this Summer 2008 Inshallah. But again for completeness I am going to follow the old school DOS programming before going into Windows and DirectX. And I am going to implement the Ray Caster engine as was did in Wolfenstein, just for my own knowledge on how things were done in the past.

So guys what do you think about my Game Development journey? Yeah, it is time consuming as I am gathering all the old stuff but man it sure helps. DirectX and any other library is just a snap because you know the basics.

Please guys, be honest and write what you guys know.

Ba Bye.

Here you go. My personal Blog. I am going to post regular updates of my Development Diaries and offcourse my personal life as well.

http://imranhoshimi.blogspot.com/

 

[r3aper]

This is all complicated stuff....
But i do know Flash programming...for making game, and have made a few games....

 

[brightside]

You sound like a smart guy, good luck with learning game development. Hopefully you can be one of Pakistan's finest game developers one day. Don't give up on your dream.

Learning everything from the very beggining is always a great idea.

 

[Chukandar]

Great start and hope you continue your journey with the same passion. Good luck to you.

 

[Rapchik Killer]

Nice work.. even though going from dos means learning techniques that are obsolete now.. but i see that you also know a lot of algorithms.. even tho you could copy or paste it from the internet but if you have good concepts its gonna help you a lot later on.. Another good thing is you have good grip on trigonometry and linear algebra.. thats gonna help you in ai and physics if you make your engine later one.. Good to see some more passionate game developers from pak.. I hope you always have that passion and go on to do big things..

 

[s12705]

Thank you guys.

Well, thanks for replying brothers. Motivated yet again. Alhamdullilah.

So, anyone wan'ts to get involved with me. Add me guys. I am really F*****D Up these days not in contact with real game programmers. Feels like I am an Alien here. Not even at my University campus here at FAST-Karachi. Everyone is running after the the so called SCOPE as in Pakistan software market.

Let me tell this world one more thing. Game Programming and Development is a Passion and Art. So it needs to be respected. I don't do game programming for money. Its my hobby and passion. Money comes in the last. And it will come I know.


My emaill adderess is : [email protected]

I would love to talk to real Game Programmers and share things about game development.

Imran Hashmi.
FAST-Karachi, Pakistan.

Note: Sorry if I used offensive style to address this PLANET. Thats because I am really sleepy and tired. I even had a dream in which I was going to Create a DirectX Object. Bad stuff is happening to me these days.

Hope ot never ends. I somehow liked that dream.

 

[fawad]

well nice to see someone is taking interest in game development, here at Pakistan don't give it up!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BeLoShI]

We are not into the game programming thou but we are deep into the games know not everything but do know things which are important so dont worry we are always with you regarding games so dont feel alienated but its good to feel it j/k

Best of luck ! but dont drop this idea and keep on to it.

 

[s12705]

Thankyou for your support brothers.

I really appreciate this. At least I am motivated yet again somehow. I will continue my development nights.

Hey brothers. I have also put up a blog on Blogspot.com. I will put up a link here in the Forum so you guys can see my updates on whats happening around me. My development diaries offcourse.

Thanks for replying anyways.

Ba Bye.

 

[aameeshah]

Hi!
Its nice to see some young Guys like you!

You are really going the Hardcore Route! but I think its about time you move on to Bigger Better Things. But Don't just Move on to 3D. Do a complete 2D project/demo. Dx7 is Fine but you can also use some 2D platforms like Popcap Game SDK, Flash or search here: http://gpwiki.org/index.php/Game_Engines

3D is offcourse all about OpenGL/DX but once you have learnt the basics. Move on to some 3D engine like Ogre3D and Irrlichit.

A bit about Myself. I do game programming as a Hobby. Wanted it to be my profession ...but in Pak!!??

I care for 2D/3D Graphics just enough to show stuff on screen. My real interest is in Gameplay,AI and Physics Programming.

I used to work with OpenGL. But I am only interested in Web Technologies Now (Flash,Director 11,unity3d,WildTangent, etc) because no one likes to download stuff and every one wants Free Stuff! But offcourse their are ways to make money here 2!

So Right now I am trying to master AS3 and prototype few game ideas. Insallah I will have some results in month or 2.

BUT Biggest problem out here in Pak is finding good Artists. There are many good guys but offcourse they want $$$ so they are working with Animation Studios and Advertising Firms.

Thanks!

 

[s12705]

Thanks Mr. Saadat Shah

Yes. You are right. But lets see where I end up. I am optimistic. I can't give up now.

I am also working on XNA GS 2.0. and Flash for some quick cash. But the main thing I am upto is really hardcore. I am taking everything from the basics.

So I will go into using some of the Game Engines later once I have worked on my own small Game Engine.

Thanks for the information and nice to know someone from Flash side. I can call you when I am stuck in Flash. I have a lot of plans. I will put a link of my Blog in this Forum so you and everyone else can be aware of whats happening around my Development Zone.

Cheers.

Ba Bye
Imran Hashmi
Karachi, Pakistan.

 

[s12705]

Blog URL

Here you go guys. My personal blog URL. I am going to update everything related to my Game Programming Journey.

http://imranhoshimi.blogspot.com/