[General] Where to start for a 2D game?

[QxY1995]

Hello,
Me and my sister want to make a game for a really long time.
We want to make a 2D game where you walk trough our world. Something like Habbo.
We where wondering what the best way is to begin with this project.
Habbo uses a cobination of PHP and C# (with SQL databases), but is this the best way to do it?
So, What are the best languages to use? And where to start?

-Greetz

 

[Kimxp]

To make a 2D game you can check out the website RDXGames.net
Here you got a video tutorial about making a 2D game.

 

[Daevius]

AFAIK Habbo is a 2D game. Yes, the textures do have depth, but it's drawn in a 2D way (when I saw it at least). 3D games you'll be working with a lot more math.

 

[Superfun]

Hello,
Me and my sister want to make a game for a really long time.
We want to make a 2D game where you walk trough our world. Something like Habbo.
We where wondering what the best way is to begin with this project.
Habbo uses a cobination of PHP and C# (with SQL databases), but is this the best way to do it?
So, What are the best languages to use? And where to start?

-Greetz

The real habbo uses actually java only.
You could try with javascript, html, and xmlhttp

 

[FrostElite]

As a beginner programmer I would recommend DM. It's easy yet complex and is a great
stepping stone for novice programmers.

http://www.byond.com

 

[s-p-n]

As a beginner programmer I would recommend DM. It's easy yet complex and is a great
stepping stone for novice programmers.

http://www.byond.com

That's a pretty cool place, thanks for that link :

 

[QxY1995]

Thank's for help!
Now I have the choice of diferent programs to use:
-Visual C++ with DarkGDK
-Byond (But I think it's kinda weird gameplay)
-Sphere (A progrem where you can make a game with aa enchanced version of JavaScript)
-YoYo GameMaker (There's no programming, and that's less fun)
I think DarkGDK is a good choice, but I think it's kinda old.
What way do you think is the best??

 

[Tman151]

Dark GDK is not old!
I am actually learning it right now, and is very great.
Simple, but can really use the DirectX power.

 

[Nuklear]

Thank's for help!
Now I have the choice of diferent programs to use:
-Visual C++ with DarkGDK
-Byond (But I think it's kinda weird gameplay)
-Sphere (A progrem where you can make a game with aa enchanced version of JavaScript)
-YoYo GameMaker (There's no programming, and that's less fun)
I think DarkGDK is a good choice, but I think it's kinda old.
What way do you think is the best??

Wtf. Game maker has programming. Wtf are you smoking?