[helsinkiwinner]

Hi. Does anyone know a really clear tutorial for a tile-based side scroller type game? I'm really stuck - I've had an idea for a game but can't start ork on it until I can do tiles.
Thanks

[Boris]

If you dont know tiles check out www.directx4vb.com /DirectX7/Direct
Draw/Tile based game (or smth like that) Its for dx, but you'll get the
picture. It doesnt however scroll. On the otherhand www.rookscape.com/vbgaming/ should have a "smooth scrolling tiles"
tutorial. One thing about it though.. its EXTREMLY complicated and
hard to understand. Also, it can be a bit hard to do collision detection
with it...

[SystemOfADown]

well, if u need some help, i could try.
basically if u dont want to get into directx you could simply go with a picturebox and either use bitblt or picture1.paintpicture code to display backgrounds and players. If u need more help, u can email me, pm me or im me and i will try. plus i will go into more detail depending on what you specifically need. if u r really a newb tho, dont ask for my help, because i dont want to go over the basics of vb, but i will help with just the main game related code

[garloo]

around one month ago, somebody release his source code for a side scrolling game using tiles for the background. it might be excatly what you are searching for
this the thread url
http://www.xtremevbtalk.com/t94216.html