Programming

[Snausage]

I have little programming knowledge right now but I would like to learn more so I can help with this.
How could I learn to program for this game?

[hhyyrylainen]

If you already are familiar with one programming language (and programming in general) you should then learn: C++ and AngelScript. If you don’t know a programming language properly, yet, then you should focus first on learning to program in something like Python or JavaScript before moving to learning C++.

There are some documents describing some aspects of the thrive code here: Thrive/doc at master · Revolutionary-Games/Thrive · GitHub (there are compiling instructions here)

Other than that the only thing you can do is to jump into the thrive code and see how it works: GitHub - Revolutionary-Games/Thrive: The main repository for the development of the evolution game Thrive.

I posted some advice here as well:

Dev team requirements

I’m not the best person to explain this, but I’ll give it a shot… Many people who want to learn programming or are beginners ask questions like “which language should I use?”, “what is the BEST framework?” or “what are the most important algorithms / control structures / patterns I should learn?” And the answer to all those questions is that, it doesn’t matter. You can start with anything and later learn new things as you go on. There are some languages that are easier to work with, which I rec…

[hhyyrylainen]

There’s more programming related help in this thread:

Programming help/tips

Tips/help for people who are trying to learn programming for Thrive. Angelscript: Angel Script Documentation Link: https://www.angelcode.com/angelscript/documentation.html Price: Free Platform: Web Suggested By: @blackjacksike (Insert Description Here) C++ Tutorialspoint Link: http://www.tutorialspoint.com/ Price: Free Platform: Web Other Languages: C, C++. C#, Python, HTML, CSS, Lua, JavaScript, Brainfuck, etc Suggested By: @blackjacksike (Insert Description Here) General …