Beginner Help: 3D Pacman

[Refrozen]

Hello,

I am an experienced programmer in PHP, VB and a little C, and I want to take on the project of a three dimensional Pacman game. I'd rather do it in one of these easy game creation packages (blitz, etc) than write it in VB or C, however, if you see VB/C a better option, tell me ;). Previously, I've written Blackjack and Tic-Tac-Toe style games, these should help me with game flow (because it's a lot different than application flow), however, they won't help me at all with the graphics stuff.

Now, what I ask of you, is just some general help or resources (articles/tutorials/etc) on going about this, thanks.

Btw, this game will be freeware when it's done, it's going to be used to promote my websites.

[soniCron]

Now, what I ask of you, is just some general help or resources (articles/tutorials/etc) on going about this, thanks.
Well, promoting something for free along with the rest of the 909,000 other people (http://www.google.com/search?q=3d+pacman) is probably not going to get you noticed much.

Some level of originality may help you a bit, however.

[James C. Smith]

No matter which tool/language you use, I suggest you start with a sample of a simple game. You should be able to have a working framework and a running game so you can add a single line of code to do things like play a sound effect, load an image, real "game style" input, or draw a shape. If you have a sample of a game written in C that does all that, then C will be easy. Ditto for C# or any other language. The game creation tools/languages like BlitzBasic all come with great little sample games. But if you are going to use a more general purpose language like C or C# then you will need to search for sample on the internet or get a game library like SDLor ptk which will help with all the basics and give you samples.

[James C. Smith]

As far as the game goes, I don’t thing a 3D packman based game design is a very good idea if you hope to sell the game. But it is a great idea if you want to get you feet wet figuring out how things get implemented. It means you are starting with fewer unknown.

[Refrozen]

As far as the game goes, I don’t thing a 3D packman based game design is a very good idea if you hope to sell the game. But it is a great idea if you want to get you feet wet figuring out how things get implemented. It means you are starting with fewer unknown.
I have no desire to sell the game, I want to begin developing games in an attempt to promote some of my various websites with "Free Games For Your Website"-esque offers.