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Old 08-28-2007, 11:06 AM   #1
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Game Programming


Hi there!!!
I would like to know which language is more suitable for game programming.

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Old 08-28-2007, 12:10 PM   #2
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C++!!! It's the only way to go if you want to learn *real* game programming, as it is what the industry uses. (Unless you're hardcore and want to learn assembly XD)

Naturally it's possible to program games is most languages, but C++ has the advantage of being a powerful compiled language, so it's way faster than, say, Java.
 
Old 08-29-2007, 02:12 AM   #3
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The language of choice is usually dependent upon what the requirements are (unless of course, you are in the industry, in which case, its C++ :P ). As the word "game" can mean any number of things, its really not helpful to suggest anything about what even the basic requirements could be, so its really a toss up, any language will do until you know what type of game, and what you want it to do, will be.
 
Old 08-29-2007, 07:44 AM   #4
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Aha! I always wondered who it was that used C++
 
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As strange as it may feel when you are fighting-off the ten-bezillionth Gorkzon Raider in level-fourteen of your favorite game ... in most games the computer is actually loafing. The graphics-card might be busy enough, but only in a very-predictable way. All in all, nothing much is going on.

Almost any programming language will therefore be plenty fast enough to do whatever you have in mind. The trick is that you need to use a toolkit .. a construction-set for games similar to the sort of game that you have in mind. The construction-set will actually contain the clever programming that you need.
 
Old 08-30-2007, 06:38 AM   #6
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Yeah, pretty much any programming language is bound to have some kind of nice gaming API. I'm programming a game in Python right now in fact (for some reason XD) and when I googled to find some APIs I was surprised at the large number. Though I'm biased, I think C++ is the best all-around programming language there is
 
  


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