Why not Console?

[cppwarrior]

Hi everyone,
While going through some posts I noticed that if someone wants to do a little extra, may be make a game, then that guy is discouraged to do so in console. My question is why not console if everything runs smooth? I am not talking about the graphics at the moment !!

[anonymous23323124]

Well for games, the console is not a great medium. And the main point is usually that making a windowed game with something such as SFML (http://sfml-dev.org ) is not much harder than console programming.

Here is an article about games and the console
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/articles/28558/

Hope this helps.

[Duthomhas]

Correction: it is easier than console programming. ;-)

[Disch]

Correction: it is easier than console programming. ;-)

That's really what it is.

Trying to make a game in the console is like trying to turn a screw with a hammer. You can do it, but it'll be awkward, more difficult, and the final result won't be near as nice.

[cppwarrior]

Thanks for your responses.... What is the best resource if I want to shift from console programming to another for game making.... Plz help

[Athar]

The SFML tutorials:
http://sfml-dev.org/tutorials/1.6/