starting game programming
Hello,
After programming some time with a command window, i'd like to start programming games.
However, i'm completely lost: i get all kinds of words and systems thrown at me, allegro, win32, DJGPP, Unix, directX... i have absolutely no clue where to start. Could someone tell me where to start?
After programming some time with a command window, i'd like to start programming games.
However, i'm completely lost: i get all kinds of words and systems thrown at me, allegro, win32, DJGPP, Unix, directX... i have absolutely no clue where to start. Could someone tell me where to start?
Depending on your tastes, you may start with console "guess my number" or something... :)
If you are not content with that level of complexity, you may join a group of game developers (I've been one myself). But just know that some of us consider that game development (the real one that tries to squeeze every bit of the machine's performance) to be the hardest programming task after operation systems development.
If you are not content with that level of complexity, you may join a group of game developers (I've been one myself). But just know that some of us consider that game development (the real one that tries to squeeze every bit of the machine's performance) to be the hardest programming task after operation systems development.
[simple] game development isn't as hard as many make it out to be.
If you already have language basics understood, don't waste time making console games. Get a game lib like SFML and start for reals.
Obligatory link:
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/articles/28558/
If you already have language basics understood, don't waste time making console games. Get a game lib like SFML and start for reals.
Obligatory link:
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/articles/28558/
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