[gameprogrammer] Re: can C++ make it alone?
- From: "Casey O'Donnell" <caseyodonnell@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 10:37:46 -0400
On 9/5/07, Azeem Zaheer <azeem_841@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Can I make a simple 2D Side-scrolling game with only C++ and no other
> graphics or game engine?
>
At some point you're going to bump into the OS for one reason or
another. SDL does a nice job of abstracting much of what you're likely
hoping to avoid. It doesn't hurt to learn the skills necessary for
creating a window and rendering context too though.
Seems to me that without graphics or an engine your game would be as
Chris points out, text only. I've not seen a side scroller of that
sort, though it could be interesting. I think you could use something
like:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curses_(programming_library)
And get some interesting results...
Casey
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