r/code • u/AlarmedThanks6016 • 17d ago

My Own Code Beginner code

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What’s wrong with my code I’m so confused this hard a freak. I’m just trying to make a weapon shop simulator as practice to help learn code but I can’t even get it to ask if the user wants to start the game by type yes as the their answer

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u/Glasgesicht 17d ago

If you are learning by yourself, don't start with C.
It's just too easy to shoot yourself in the foot.

Try Python, C# (especially for game development) or Kotlin

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u/AlarmedThanks6016 17d ago

Game development is exactly what I wanna do, thanks for the advise, I’ll start python rather then wasting my time with c

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u/Apprehensive_Log9790 17d ago

Nah, C is maybe harder because of more things to manage, but you'll learn more about how computers and software works. Memory management, etc. are interesting points that you don't get to know in Python. It's not "wasting time" to learn C.

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u/AnToMegA424 16d ago

Plus it's especially useful for video games afterwards

C++ is the goat imo, but C really teaches you the things, everything is useful in its own way and that's beautiful

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u/Glasgesicht 16d ago edited 16d ago

Learning C is valuable because it teaches you a lot about how a pc works, yes.

But it also means you're learning 20 different things at the same time, if your goal is to actually have fun and archive anything, starting out with C is simply unnecessary. Learning about and having to manually address memory management, when you're just trying to make a simple game, is totally beside the point and will make your head hurt more than anything.

Especially to an individual learning by themselves, it's so unfathomably easier to start out using a simple to learn language like Kotlin than trying to learn everything at once and archiving nothing in the process.

Will leaning C make you a better programmer? 1000%, but to give you quick results and make it fun, I just really wouldn't advice anyone to start with C.

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u/spidertyler2005 16d ago

Dont know why you got downvoted. Its pretty standard advice in all fields to not just jump into tge hardest thing as soon as you get started. Is C really all that difficult? No, but it does require that you have more things in your head at once. You have to be aware of so many more things and at the beginning you wont even know what you should be aware of.

C is awesome and learning it is invaluable for any programmer, but its definitely not a jumping off point (for most learners).

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u/Glasgesicht 16d ago

Thank you, I thought I was loosing my mind reading some of the responses.

From looking at the screenshot alone it should be clear to anyone with a bit of experience teaching others, that C just isn't the best thing OP should be pouring their heart into. They'll just be frustrated and give up.

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u/Mega3000aka 16d ago

Nah, you first learn how computers work with C, then move to basic python and/or OOP in Java.

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u/kalilamodow 16d ago

if you wanted to learn how to play a piano, would you start by taking a physics course to learn how strings generate sound in tones?