How do you make a code for a homemade snowboarding game so the snowboarder goes downhill after you push a button?

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Can anyone help me make a code for a home made snowboarding game? He needs to be able to go downhill after a button is pushed and must be able to increase/decrease the speed as well.

Posted 10-Jan-12 6:08am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 10-Jan-12 12:15pm

This is not a valid or answerable question. We cannot help you in this situation where you give us virtually no information and don't explain any particular problem. You did not even specify platform or language you can work with. You might need a tutor in programming or a project lead, but this is well beyond our possibilities.
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Richard MacCutchan 10-Jan-12 13:08pm

You decide what framework you are going to work on and then start doing some design work followed by coding and testing, repeated until it works.

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Solution 1

I would suggest that you have a lot to research before you ask this question.
how to build a video game[^] returns about 3.96 BILLION... yes BILLION results.

If you want to write your own video game there are many things you will have to do.
1) Learn how to write code.
2) Learn how to create computer artwork (either 2d or 3d)
3) How to architect a programmatic solution.
...

You see. This isn't a trivial task that you can ask the way you have. I get the notion from your question that you are very young and ambitious. That is a good thing.

At the end of the day, it takes years of learning for a developer to get any where near the point of being able to design and write code at any reasonable level that can be used in a real-time application like an interactive game.

Posted 10-Jan-12 8:27am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 10-Jan-12 15:47pm

Reasonable, my 5.
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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 10-Jan-12 16:00pm

You know what? Thank you for your answer which reminded me to reference a very encouraging article! I'm sure you knew that one.
Please see my answer.
--SA

Solution 2

I am taking from your description, that it's not necessary for your snowboarder to avoid obstacles. Sounds like a pretty lame game. First tree and you're a goner.

Ohh, look what I found: All those memories...[^]

:-)

Enjoy the video and come back if you have a real question.

Posted 10-Jan-12 8:54am

Smithers-Jones

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 10-Jan-12 15:46pm

I enjoyed your response and the video show :-) My 5.

Now I can see what do you mean by lame game. I was especially impressed by the fact that a skier was actually slowing down before the flag even following nearly fastest descent path, without a maneuver. From my last recollection of downhill ride I clearly remember that doing so would be pretty difficult. :-)

However, something tells me the even this game could be a big sacred mystery for OP. Of course I would be really get to be mistaken here.

Cheers,
--SA

Smithers-Jones 11-Jan-12 7:45am

Thanks Sergey. :-)

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 10-Jan-12 16:02pm

By the way, I added a very adequate reference; I pretty sure you knew this one; please see my answer.
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Smithers-Jones 11-Jan-12 7:45am

Nope, didn't know it, very good. :-)

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-10T09:50:00

Solution 3

Just by association with the good response by Marcus I remember that in many similar cases I use a reference to a very encouraging article every software developer ought to know:

Peter Norvig, Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years,
http://norvig.com/21-days.html[^].

Cheers,

—SA

Posted 10-Jan-12 9:50am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Updated 10-Jan-12 10:04am

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Espen Harlinn 10-Jan-12 16:06pm

Peter Norvig - a 5

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 10-Jan-12 16:27pm

Ha-ha, thank you, Espen; all credit goes to Peter Norvig -- can we up-vote him? :-)
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Espen Harlinn 10-Jan-12 18:07pm

In a way we have - at least we're pointing out that we think he makes sense :)

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 10-Jan-12 19:41pm

A whole lot of sense, apparently. Ten years appeared as a word constant, at least mentally. I remember old humorous saying by Lev D Landau, Nobel Prize winner in theoretical physics, "A scientist should change the field of activity every ten years, because neural cells are replaced during this time frame". When I started to play tennis, one of experience players told me: "as we say: you need to give ten years to learn tennis". At that time, I was really enchanted by a young girl named Anna Kournikova and wondered: how about here? But realized: wait a minute! when did she start playing tennis? :-) Maybe, some other judgements... and then Peter Norvig -- all matches. :-)
--SA

Smithers-Jones 11-Jan-12 7:46am

Very good, got my 5. :-)

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 11-Jan-12 13:28pm

Thank you very much, I knew you would like it.
All credit goes to Peter Norvig though.
--SA