Making a Game With C++ and SDL2

I Made a Speed Running Game With C++ and SDL2

You challenged me to make my first game using the C++ programming language. At first I tried the Raylib graphics library, but then decided to make it a real challenge and use SDL2/SDL. Can I create an epic speed running game or will I fail miserably?

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Shout out @Smallant for the pencil sharpening inspiration!

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:32 C++ Setup
0:51 Drawing a Window
1:23 Having to Restart
1:54 Game Design
2:32 Switching to SDL2
3:00 Attempt 2
3:26 Adding Mechanics
3:55 UI & Text
4:49 Audio & Music
5:04 The Results

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Making a game without a game engine is pretty fun but challenging. C++ is notorious for being one of the hardest languages to learn, especially for beginners. That's why I decided to use a framework like Raylib and SDL2 to make it a little bit easier. Originally I going to try to make it in less than 48 hours, but I didn't realize how difficult it would end up being. If you're asking yourself, "How to Make a Game in C++" or "Should I use C++ to Make Games?" then hopefully my experience might help. Either way, this C++ challenge in a way was much harder than SmallAnt's pencil sharp speedrunning world record... Okay, well maybe not.

[Goodgis]

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[glerg]

Fun fact! Pygame is actually a python wrapper for sdl2, so technically this isn't the first time you've used sdl2.

[hectormejia]

Writing C in C++ is perfectly valid, it's actually preferred by a ton of people. Most C code is valid C++, the latter just has extra powerful features built on top

[IXxJordan]

Seeing someone else have great pain to create a window in SDL brings me great enjoyment

[sauliusvincevicius]

Goodgis: uses SDL despite it being C instead of C++
Raylib: that has c++ wrapper O_o

[Skeffles]

Fantastic to see you trying C++. It's been years since I've done C++. Videos like this make me want to try again but then I look at some C++ and nope out real quick.

[btarg]

Your artstyle reminds me a lot of WarioWare and it's just so pretty to look at. Game dev is so much easier when you can do art - I can't draw so it's way harder to make games, this is inspiring

[NotPalliot]

I love Devlogs! This looks great! good job goodgis!

[razrastudios]

I think it would be interesting to learn a language like BASIC and try to make a game with that

[bonehelm]

Damn, your graphic design is on POINT!

[will.bailey]

What language should I learn next? - Lua is a really nice language. Love2d and pico8 are great engines that use it! :)

[realmarsastro]

When I heard you say this was a really hard challenge, I at first thought that was a little weird for someone who's making coding videos. Then you said you come from an artist background, not a programming background, and now I'm just left very impressed. Writing a game in C++ using SDL2 without a programming background is really commendable, well done!

[realfictiongo]

What language next? Pico-8 with Lua, it will be a quite new experience for you to make a retro game in this simple language

[FRIB]

This would be so cool as a rhythm game, for instance when you would miss a key the point if the pencil would break. I would play that in a heartbeat.

[StrikerTheHedgefox]

Says a "basic hello world program takes as long as reading Les Miserables", while showing a basic C++ hello world program that's literally 11 only lines long.

[gungun]

Next could be make a game with Rust.
Rust is not really the hardest language of programming but it’s one of those language when after use it for a while.
Everything around it look less fun and Rust just being amazing xD

[David-ngqh]

Make a simple game with Rust + Bevy next, Bevy uses an ECS (Entity Component System) and it's a really different and fun experience!

[carmygames]

Speed run game made with the fastest programming language. Let's goooo...

[feivaco]

there is a guy that was making a tetris with raylib, the trick is that he was teaching about how to make raylib useful to the c++ language and how you can it apply it to other c libraries

[zachgeyer]

6502 assembly nes game! It’s super fun to learn!