#13774 - capdexe - Mon Dec 22, 2003 5:54 pm
Hi all, I'm relatively newbie in gba programming and I'd like to know your opinion on what's the best tutorial for learning gba programming. I've already read the FAQ, but i wan't to know general opinion. I would like to start with devkitadv running under wxp or linux, the OS doesn't mind. Thanks people
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#13789 - poslundc - Mon Dec 22, 2003 9:33 pm
The Pern Project is my most highly recommended site, if only because the URL is easy to remember. :)
The tutorials are also quite good, though, especially if you're not a stickler for spelling and language. Again :)
Dan.
#13791 - dagamer34 - Mon Dec 22, 2003 11:14 pm
To me, i though gbajunkie's tutorials were very good. All of the tutorials are available for download in .pdf form w/source too. Everything is clear for an absolute newbie to understand.
Site: www.gbajunkie.co.uk/ (also easy to remember)
The Pern Project tutorials aren't as in depth. Don't get me wrong, they are GOOD, however, the online tuts only give you snippets of code and might not use it (Day 4, alpha blending). Good site if you think you have some skill, sometimes its better to learn stuff the hard way, it sticks in your head better.
One last thing, if you ever run into a problem, always search for previous topics before creating a new one (some people get really annoyed when the same question like this is asked 3 times in 3 different ways).
Heck, now that i think about it, maybe I SHOULD write a tutorial!
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#13795 - capdexe - Tue Dec 23, 2003 12:11 am
Thank you very much. I'm in 2nd year of Computer engineering in Barcelona, and I like C/C++ so these tutorials seem nice for me. I'll try to do something useful with them.
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#13798 - yaustar - Tue Dec 23, 2003 1:51 am
Dont forget about the cowbite spec which is really REALLY handy. Cant remember the URL though
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#13800 - NoMis - Tue Dec 23, 2003 2:09 am
#13830 - DDRfreak121 - Tue Dec 23, 2003 4:47 pm
Arghhh
Im so confused
Im trying to set up Devkit and it wont work.....I read the FAQ
what is it supposed to do anyways....open up a compiler screen or what
Do you have to set it to a compiler?
#13832 - tepples - Tue Dec 23, 2003 4:58 pm
| DDRfreak121 wrote: |
Im trying to set up Devkit and it wont work.....I read the FAQ
what is it supposed to do anyways....open up a compiler screen or what
Do you have to set it to a compiler? |
If you're getting a problem that it just opens and closes, then look in "The basics" section of the FAQ.
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#13837 - Xax - Tue Dec 23, 2003 5:45 pm
I just started looking into GBA programming a few days ago myself, and found this:
Programming The Nintendo Game Boy Advance: The Unofficial Guide
by Jonathan S. Harbour
It was supposed to be published, but due to legal problems with Nintendo, he can't. So he made it available for FREE online. He uses HAM, not devkit, however. It's been HUGELY helpful to me. You can download the first 7 chapters (the rest are coming soon), and you can also order the CD-ROM with source, etc. (which I plan to do to thank him for putting the book up for download for free).
http://www.jharbour.com/gameboy/index.html
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#13838 - DDRfreak121 - Tue Dec 23, 2003 5:47 pm
Sweet thanks
I got
Tricks of the GAme programming Gurus but havent really gotten into it yet
#14941 - cootster - Thu Jan 15, 2004 12:54 am
The tutorials at aaronrogers.com are quite nice as well. I'll have to check out the Harbour book . . .
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#14950 - frag - Thu Jan 15, 2004 4:55 am
| Quote: |
| He uses HAM, not devkit |
In fairness it should be noted that while he uses HAM's toolchain and VHAM as his editor all the code outside of the very first 'hello world' program is done without hamLib and the ham includes.
Its just straight C. :)
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#15009 - Dreamer - Fri Jan 16, 2004 2:16 am
I was under the impression that "Tricks of the Gurus" and others such as "Game Programming Gems" are more to fine-tune and enhance your own programming, not to teach it, especially not something specific like the GBA. I could be wrong.