Need to know

[TheFlow450]

I have come to a point in my beginner programming career where I feel comfortable enough to start to program games. I've been trying to learn SDL but I've been having trouble since the SDL official documentation is meant for c and its the only reliable thing I could use. My main question is: is it possible to create a game( like ones you could make with SDL ) in c++ alone, if not is there any tutorials for SDL in c++?

[helios]

SDL is a C library, but everything you read about it in tutorials can be used in C++.

[TheFlow450]

Is it possible to make my own graphics library like SDL using only C++, because I think it would be a great challenge and good experience (Note: I am willing to do it even if it will take a long time).

[helios]

At the interface level, yes. At the implementation level, probably not, since you're bound to need to interface with the system, and said interfaces are usually in C.

SFML is a C++ library with a purpose similar to SDL's, but its design is massively different. You might want to take a look at that.

[Disch]

using only C++

What do you mean by "only C++"? SDL is C (which can be considered part of C++), so in a sense using SDL is using "only C++".

If you mean to ask if you can write a graphic lib without using any other libs, then the answer is no*. There has to be some underlying API. The C++ language itself and standard libs do not offer any way to do anything with graphics or audio.


_{* technically it is possible, but it would be utterly ridiculous to attempt it}

EDIT: doh, ninja'd