{"id":376,"date":"2019-07-26T19:17:37","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T09:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ruzzgames.com\/?page_id=376"},"modified":"2020-05-09T13:01:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T03:01:31","slug":"3d-introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ruzzgames.com\/index.php\/3d-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am building a 3D action and adventure game and will show the steps that I take to build it from scratch. The game will be initially\u00a0made for Windows using Visual Studio Community, C++ and Direct X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I chose Microsoft Windows as the books I was reading (see below) were based on Windows. When I first chose to learn how to make games back in the year 2000, there were not many books or online information then for other platforms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I initially used Win32 to make the game for the desktop first so that I can get the game off the ground and I can share it by creating a .exe (executable) file. Windows has gone the way of the “app” – so I have started using UWP which will work on a Windows desktop and Xbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am aiming to make the game available on other systems. Visual Studio can be used to create for other operating systems. I was also planning to play with Unity 3D as well to see how easy or hard it was to do so – Unity can also port to other systems including mobile devices. I also want to use Xcode as well to learn how to create apps for Mac OS\/X. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will add content as I get time. You can follow the progress of the coding of the game on github.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the moment, due to copyright, I built a 3D basic level with the help of the book by Frank D. Luna, but I can’t share the code due to copyright. Initially I will provide links to his code, but eventually I will rebuild the code from scratch using free Microsoft tools (eg: the DirectX Kit).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to create the 3D game, I am reading the following books:<\/p>\n\n\n\n