The path you've chosen will certainly work -- although as Josh has said, you should put more emphasis on writing code and less on reading.

C++ isn't the language most people around here would recommend, but given you've already started and are apparently making progress you may as well stick with it unless you're experiencing an undue amount of difficulty; while we would normally suggest C# or Python instead, there's no reason you can't learn with C++, and continuing on through difficulties is an important skill to develop.


To be honest, it doesn't really matter if you've picked "the right path" (and there is no definitive "best" way of going about learning to program games!) or even a particularly good path as long as you stick with it and keep learning new things. I'd say keep going -- as long as you're making sure to practice, practice, practice along the way amongst all that reading!


I also agree with Josh that I would probably skip the Dark GDK personally, but by all means give it a go if it's something that interests you; if you're looking for an alternative you could perhaps try a basic 2d library such as SFML or SDL.

Hope that helps!

Um, that problem sample is unsolvable. They could have a boy straight away short circuiting everything. They could have 75 female children before their first boy. There is no set ratio.

EDIT: Why is it, btw, that people always seem to list their age? It isn't like you must by X years old to ride this ride. As the minimum age to be on an online forum is 13, which is well old enough to start programming and there is no ceiling age, there is absolutely no point in telling us your age. Not upset, or calling out the OP, just noticed it happens all the time and is for the most part, a completely redundant piece of information. Often it seems to be used as a bit of a crutch.

This is why I love it here in Virginia Tech's CS department. After your standard intro to "Blank" language courses, you get hit by "Problem Solving in CS" Example problem: A family wants more males than females, so they keep having children until they have a boy in which case they stop having children. (A) Will males outnumber females? (B) What is the ratio is male to females? I love this class. Shows what CS really is about! There's many different ways at solving this, just as there is different ways to program.

That's not a CS problem, it's a statistics problem (or a combinatorics problem for the second one, although the answer could be infinite).

As for the OP, I'd suggest looking into a good 2D API set, like SFML. It will provide you with 2D graphics (with great features), audio, input, windows, and network.

rup123: Sounds like what you're doing is working well for you -- keep going, you should do just fine!

This is why I love it here in Virginia Tech's CS department. After your standard intro to "Blank" language courses, you get hit by "Problem Solving in CS"

If you want to try more practice problems at home (and I would recommend it for anyone getting started or simply needing some practice, including the OP) you could take a look at Project Euler.