Creating a simple game in C++ and capabilities
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?
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.
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.
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...
But do you recommend anything else? also what are the capabilities of C++ for making games?
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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