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Creating a simple game in C++ and capabilities
Mar 22, 2012 at 11:27pm
I am new to programming in C++ and want to start using it for making games. Is their any tutorials out there for creating platforming games? I have been searching around and it is a little hard good ones. Also im not really sure of the capabilities of C++ and was wondering if a big game be created such as over 200mb?
Mar 22, 2012 at 11:52pm
Why does size matter? It really isn't an accurate indication of the complexity of the game...
That being said, what library are you using? Allegro, SDL, SFML, Other? I don't know of any (good) tutorials for making entire games, but I could point you to one to learn a media library, which is used to make games.
That being said, what library are you using? Allegro, SDL, SFML, Other? I don't know of any (good) tutorials for making entire games, but I could point you to one to learn a media library, which is used to make games.
Mar 23, 2012 at 12:16am
could you point me to one i was thinking of using haaf game engine or sfml but no decision yet.
well i used this program called gamemaker and it crapped out on me around this size and i want something better and more reliable.
well i used this program called gamemaker and it crapped out on me around this size and i want something better and more reliable.
Mar 23, 2012 at 2:00am
Unfortunately, the most recent version of SFML doesn't have any official tutorials yet, only the documentation. You could easily use the older tutorials ( http://www.sfml-dev.org/tutorials/1.6/ ) and just have the updated docs ( http://www.sfml-dev.org/documentation/2.0/ ) on hand to switch out the older class names and such with the new ones.
On the unofficial note, these ( http://sfmlcoder.wordpress.com/tutorials/sfml/ ), which are written by a member of this forum (Xander225), are up to date (I think???). I haven't really gone through them though...
On the unofficial note, these ( http://sfmlcoder.wordpress.com/tutorials/sfml/ ), which are written by a member of this forum (Xander225), are up to date (I think???). I haven't really gone through them though...
Mar 25, 2012 at 3:30am
But do you recommend anything else? also what are the capabilities of C++ for making games?
Mar 25, 2012 at 5:50am
As in what else? If you want different library options, just Google "C++ multimedia library". Also, C++ is more than capable of being used to create games, the limits are caused by the programmer in this case, not the language.
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