I already know that I can use VC++ to create games, and I'm fairly sure that I'm not allowed to actuall SELL the games that I make with it, but If I were to just make a game and release it on a site like GameJolt for free, would that break any rules with VC++?
I've only started thinking about this recently, and I'm probably going to switch to something like CodeBlocks soon, but I want to make sure if I need to switch for a small indie game.
Thanks in advance for your input
No profiler in the express edition is the only minor complaint but you can download free profilers anyway.
You aren't allowed to distribute the debug libraries either IIRC, so make sure it runs in release mode.
You should, if possible use the latest version of Visual Studio Express, which is the newly released VS 2013, also free and supports more c++11 features. Yes you can sell software you made with it.
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/downloads
That said, I would recommend using an open source IDE, such as Eclipse or Qt Creator, that's just my opinion though.
No profiler in the express edition is the only minor complaint but you can download free profilers anyway.
You aren't allowed to distribute the debug libraries either IIRC, so make sure it runs in release mode.
There are big problems as well, no support for plugins is a pretty major shortcoming.
Especially since third-party plugins like Visual Assist and Visual Lint are what makes Visual Studio better than the competitors, without any plugins at all VS is almost as bad as Eclipse.
Just to confirm what has already been said above, you can sell programs made with the Visual Studio Express Editions, and of course you can also distribute them for free if you wish.
