- basics Help Appreciated
Budding game programmer here, I'm learning the basic C++ cmd basics from various resources. I was wondering, what should I learn after the basics if I want to head for game dev/programming? All feedback appreciated.
Learn to use either Opengl or DirectX with C++. You might might want to consider learning C# as well, seeing as how c# is a much cleaner and easier to use language and will probably become more popular in game development in a few years.
Well, perhaps not. Try using GDI+ to do some graphical applications and get used to classes and the like. Then, if you are still wary of DirectX or OpenGL, you can use another engine, such as Truevision3d, which is very impressive.
www.truevision3d.com
www.truevision3d.com
Googling it or looking it up on Wikipedia would have told you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GDI_Plus
Good luck
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GDI_Plus
Good luck
Quote:Original post by kevtimc
thnx, should I do that RIGHT after the basics?
The slightly more than basics, obviously...
But in all seriousness, you're only going to hinder your progress if you try to go too fast, or poke at APIs before you're ready.
Quote:Original post by TelastynQuote:Original post by kevtimc
thnx, should I do that RIGHT after the basics?
The slightly more than basics, obviously...
But in all seriousness, you're only going to hinder your progress if you try to go too fast, or poke at APIs before you're ready.
So whats your opinion, what do you think I should do after finishing my "basics" book?
I like SDL for simple 2D applications. Its straight forward to use, free, and powerful(if not blazzingly fast). It does 2D graphics, sound, image loading, user input from keyboards and mice(gamepads/joysticks too), and even networking. Check it out here.
And learning more of the language will *always* benefit you. To help us help you, what does your book get up? Does it get into Polymorphism and inheritance? You could also look into a book about proper design of code. Code Complete version 2 is a good book on the topic. Look in the For Beginner's section of Gamedev for more info on it and some other books.
If your book doesn't cover the Standard Library, you'll want to look into its features. The ones that come to mind as most useful include std::list, std::vector, and std::string. Google 'em for tutorials and descriptions.
Good luck and have fun!
And learning more of the language will *always* benefit you. To help us help you, what does your book get up? Does it get into Polymorphism and inheritance? You could also look into a book about proper design of code. Code Complete version 2 is a good book on the topic. Look in the For Beginner's section of Gamedev for more info on it and some other books.
If your book doesn't cover the Standard Library, you'll want to look into its features. The ones that come to mind as most useful include std::list, std::vector, and std::string. Google 'em for tutorials and descriptions.
Good luck and have fun!
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