Console game programming?
I read the article called "The console is a terrible medium for games" Or whatever it was called, but is it actually POSSIBLE? Like, I watched a video, it was called something like "Pong in console C++" I wasn't sure if the person was just mistaking SFML or SDL for console though. PLus, it had graphics, sort of. Is it even possible to have any sort of picture in console? Except ASCII characters?
To my knowledge ASCII characters are the only things you can display in the console. My knowledge is very limited though so I'm not sure, anyone with a deeper understanding care to offer some input?
@ziodice could you link me that video? I'd like to see it (:
@ziodice could you link me that video? I'd like to see it (:
I can't quite find the exact video, but this is close enough I think. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AgDZgh0tmc
Why would anyone want to even make a console game? yeah I think that's in articles -- someone here wrote it, quite active too. Try a graphics sdk or api... SDL, SFML, ALLEGRO and opengl are all nice.
Popular from left to right except the last one is popular than all of them and is actually used by them as well to draw primitives.
Popular from left to right except the last one is popular than all of them and is actually used by them as well to draw primitives.
It is entirely possible to make games in the console, using fancy graphics even. Back when I was programming for DOS, I actually made a utility to design and load arbitrary "characters" into the video memory so that they images could be used (via what is nowdays the "intensity" text attribute bit).
These days, though, it really isn't worth the grief. Use one of the aforementioned libraries.
These days, though, it really isn't worth the grief. Use one of the aforementioned libraries.
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