So I was thinking of making a text adventure, but all I got is Qbasic right now, so that simply will no fly. Are any of the major programs free? Well, I don't even really need a major, current gen, tool, just something better then Qbasic.
Hrm... on the one hand, if you have to ask this question my best advice to you would be to pick up a college textbook on java or c++. A decent introductory textbook will include information on where to get everything you need to write a program.
On the other hand... I can just link you to
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and answer your question properly. Eclipse is a java IDE that is among the best you'll see for any language. Also free/open source.
The C++ textbook is for Fall Semester, though not looking forward to it, the teacher's a bit of a dick.
I'll take Eclipse, free is what I was going for. I've already got some coding skill, though way out of practice. I've written a text adventure in QBasic before, so it's not exactly a new experience.