C Programming Language

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Writing a game the hard way - from scratch using C. (www.youtube.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not assembly? Amateurs.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not Manually Flipping Bits? Amateurs

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

I use butterflies

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I wholeheartedly recommend everyone try doing a Game Boy game from scratch. The ROM will run on anything. GBDK is accommodating and forgiving. If all you want is some sprites atop a scrolling background, the only obstacle will be remembering to put data into CHR-RAM, so your sprites and background aren't invisible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh they're still using C under the hood whether rustaceans like it or not - games need performance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

More likely c++

Also rust would give you similar performance and there are game frameworks for it.