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

submitted 2 months ago by ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to c/c_lang@programming.dev

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not assembly? Amateurs.

[–] sag@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not Manually Flipping Bits? Amateurs

[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

I use butterflies

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 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.

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

More likely c++

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