From "Hello World" to MMORPG's

What exactly does C++ do that could get me to make a game?

Well, C++ will take you human readable instructions and turn them into machine code that the computer can understand. C++ alone will not help you make a very graphical game, that's where you would need to learn languages such as DirectX and OpenGL.

Do i need to learn Graphic's design?

If your going to make a game all by yourself I think this would help if you want a great looking game, if you've got a team of people helping out then your probably going to have other people that can do graphic design.

What types of things do i need to learn or know, before i can start game making?

Patience.

But apart from that I reccomend reading through the OpenGL tutorial's on NeHe and there are a few tutorials around that will walk you through the process of making a semi easy single player game like tetris, these will help alot in understanding the process. To be completely honest I dont fully understand the whole workings of it myself, but I have coded alot of things so I sort of get the jist of how it go's together.

Since i'm now moderating in here if I ever get any of this information wrong please correct me, there's nothing worse than sending someone in the wrong direction.

ah...so, do i need to learn a lot? like.....what do i use to make tha games? object orienting?....seems kinda weird still 0.0

ah gawd...i think i need more of an explination >_<....im feeling dumber by the minute lol

Sounds to me like you should be concentrating on learning the C++ and forget about the games for now ;)

If you need help learning C++, jump into the general programming section and start posting, I'll help you as much as I can.

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Originally Posted by Piggy-Bank

ah...so, do i need to learn a lot? like.....what do i use to make tha games? object orienting?....seems kinda weird still 0.0

ah gawd...i think i need more of an explination >_<....im feeling dumber by the minute lol

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i know exactly how you feel, one minute you're like "i'm getting somewhere!" then all tutorials end and all you have is hello world.. i've just been pointed at http://www.winprog.org/tutorial/ and http://lazyfooproductions.com/SDL_tutorials/index.php, and they seem really helpful for making 2d games - maybe that'd be somewhere to start.

as for hacking, hacking your own network is great practise for learning network security, but not much help for programming >.<

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Originally Posted by freespace2pilot

as for hacking, hacking your own network is great practise for learning network security, but not much help for programming >.<

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Actually hacking is probably the best way to learn programming, you have to learn programming from the inside out to be a good hacker. Hacking is how I learnt to program, and I dont regret one bit of it.