[gameprogrammer] Re: What to do after C++?

why GBA instead of DS?  Just curious since DS has both 2d and 3d capabilities.

Console programming is pretty rough though, especially handhelds,
that'd be quite a learning curve since you have to make UBER optomized
code just to get a decent frame rate.

My advice if you don't want to go that route is to get a book on
DirectX or OpenGL game programming and go through that.

Any book written or edited by Andre La'Mothe I recomend, he is a good
author/editor (:

On 8/31/07, Matthew Weigel <unique@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Azeem Zaheer wrote:
> > HI
> > I am Azeem Zaheer.I have been learning C++ for almost more than one
> > year.I think I have mastered all the things including object-oriented
> > programming.But I still cant figure out how can I make a game.
> > Do I have to learn Windows or Dos Programming necessarily?
> > What I am really asking is that what does a person with a strong C++ base
> > has to learn to make a game,no matter 2D or 3D.
>
> I'll warn you, I bet you've still a lot to learn (and get tripped up by)
> in C++.
>
> That said, you might want to take a look at homebrew Game Boy Advance
> development.  Between emulators, cross-compilers, and development
> libraries, you can do the entire development cycle (except putting the
> game on a cart to play in a real GBA) for free.  There isn't really any
> ability to do 3D graphics, but the main concepts except graphics are all
> there.
>
> A bunch of information on getting started can be had at
> http://www.gbadev.org, and tutorials to help you get started are
> available at http://theharbourfamily.com/jonathan/?page_id=89 .
>
> Beyond that, PC libraries (SDL or Win32, probably) and OpenGL or DirectX
> is probably the next step.
> --
>  Matthew Weigel
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