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[CommittedC0der]

Hello,I have been learning some basic C++ and was wondering would C++ be good to make internet flash games or should I try to learn Java instead? :confused:

[Orjan]

flash is as far as I know written in "ActionScript"

[CommittedC0der]

OK let me rephrase it is C++ good for making 2d games to put on the internet?

[WingedPanther]

Eh.. You'll need to write a plugin that your customers will have to install in their browser first. Java and Flash are the defacto languages for web games because they're generally already installed.

[CommittedC0der]

If I have to wright my own plugin and stuff it will probably be easyer to just learn Java then learn C++ some other time.Thanks for your help.

[CommittedC0der]

OK I'm not a big fan of Java how hard will it be to make a plugin?

[James.H]

What about actionscript ? Adobe Flash CS4 makes it very friendly to start learning to create flash games.

[CommittedC0der]

Thanks I'll look into it.

[JCoder]

thegamemaker said:

OK I'm not a big fan of Java how hard will it be to make a plugin?

Extremely hard if it need to be portable, safe and fast. Well, just as hard as writing a fully-blown JVM. Java is the only technology now that has all these 3 features: Flash is slow and memory hog, Silverlight is not portable. Take JavaFX. Writing RIAs in it is a real fun.

[CommittedC0der]

OK I'll keep trying to learn Java.:(

[Davide]

Dude, just make the game in flash, why are you making things complicated by creating a whole new plug-in? Let me remind you that some people won't install it, and that it will take you a lot of time to make.

[chili5]

You can still go with Flash. It's a bit slow but you can still do a lot of really good things with it. Try out ActionScript.