I just have noticed there is a lot of talent around here. Just from the discussions that I have read, dating back, to the snippets of code, the suggestions made, discussions of hitboxes, et al.
I was just wondering, how did you all learn to code? How many have a formal education therein?
Personally, I picked up BASIC when eleven, played with it, and didn’t touch coding again until I was about nineteen. I said “wow! source code for a game?! I can see how it works!!!” I then proceeded to download the source to Blood II and go “huh?!” So, I picked up a few books on C (mostly the Sam’s Learn C/C++ in arbitrary time period b! I also picked up Game Design: Secrets of the Sages which gave me the introductory version of MSVC++. I started tinkering, and I was hooked. I dabbled in it time from time, but am really taking it seriously now; I’m pursuing it in college (albeit it slowly while working many hours,) and think I may enjoy doing it for a living, should I prove skilled and lucky enough.
What started you out? A story like that? Something different? A coding background?
Also, what resources, tasks, etc., could you reccomend to me trying to learn?
Your thoughts, suggestions, anecdotes are greatly appreciated, and I apologize if this only quasi-fits this forum.
edit: While both ‘and’ as well as ‘but’ are conjunctions, they have different meanings. Past and present are also different tenses.