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Visual Basic Game Tutorials

The Visual Basic 6 language can be used to create fun small and advanced games. Start by learning how to create some simple card games and move on in creating more advanced third person shooter games. If you want to be the next huge game maker or if you simply want to steal some ideas from game programming for your own app check out these VB6 tutorials.

  • Make a Club Penguin Trainer Level2
    Club Penguin is a sweet site where you can make your own fun trainers. This tutorial shows you how to do so in Visual Basic.
  • Using standard controls to write a Fractional Math Game Level2
    This tutorial creates a complete program that uses forms, timers, check boxes, radio options, and other basic controls to make a fractional math game.
  • Building a highscore manager for your game Level2
    Every good game allows you to input your name in a high score board. Learn how we can do that using the GetSettings and SaveSettings VB6 functions.
  • Create your own custom Resource Files Level3
    Windows resource files are sometimes a pain to use. Instead we can store resources in binary format in our own custom resource file using only Visual Basic 6. Than to read the resources you do the same in reverse.
  • Handling Bitmaps Level3
    This tutorial explains how to manipulate Bitmaps in VB6. Once you know this you can manipulate pictures, do screen captures, etc.
  • How to utilize binary flags in your program Level2
    Binary is sometimes a confusing thing, but if you use binary operators you can store a lot more data in a simple integer. See how this can be used to store properties for game characters.
  • Using the mouse to click in 3D space with DirectX 8 Level4
    This Visual Basic 6 tutorial shows how to select objects in a 3D space using Microsoft DirectX 8 - Very useful for any 3D game development.
  • Time based modeling algorithm for games Level3
    If you are creating a game that has cutting edge graphics you want to take advantage of every CPU cycle you can. By learning Time Based Modeling you can take full advantage of your computer's FPS.
  • Seeking and Fleeing AI Algorithms Level3
    In a good game we need our enemies to seek after the main character (like pacman and the ghosts) or we need them to flee (like the ghosts when pacman eats a pill).
  • Rectangular and Circular Collision Detection Level3
    Games aren't much fun without collisions. Ships collide into astroids little mushrooms collide into mario. We must know how to detect these collisions - and it turns out to be pretty easy.
  • Simulate a flock of objects Level3
    Many times in a game you want a bunch of objects to move as if they are a flock. It is not too complicated with a little math to make this happen.