Games Development - only C#?

Sztywny

Yo,
my question regards programming languages used in GD course. Is C# the only one that will be taught or will there be e.g. C++ or Java as well? C++ still seems to be the most popular programming language in gamedev...

AlmightyCushion

I think it may only be c#. You can use c# for developing games for windows phone 7 which is quite nice but yeah most game development would probably be in c++. Saying that, once you have a good grounding in one language you can easily pick up another one. You could even do your third or forth year project in c++ which would probably get you extra marks for using a language that is unfamiliar to you.

Sztywny

On the other hand, it's way easier to learn C# once I'm familiar with C++, but not necessarily in the other way...
Second thing. Is 2+2 hours of maths at the first stage really enough? It seems fairly little to me...
I just need to know if this course is as good as they say it is...

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4

going from c++ to C# or Java is VERY easy, going from C# or Java to C++ is not! have done all 3, C++ is by far the hardest!

Sztywny

Egypt Better Knapsack wrote: »

going from c++ to C# or Java is VERY easy, going from C# or Java to C++ is not! have done all 3, C++ is by far the hardest!

I'm working on C++ now, just waiting for some books to be delivered :P i dont like studying from online courses, classic book is always better. If i get through C++, I'll be just fine

methodinsane

Hi,

It is C# and XNA.. for the moment. But it is the theory surrounding games that you can transfer to other platforms. Learning a language and an API, for example OpenGL or DirectX, is only a small part of learning to program games. Graphics aside there are a large number of areas to game from design to networking to AI to sound.

Of course learning C# has it's benefits seeing as it opens you to the whole .NET Framework which last time I checked (yesterday) has infiltrated many companies based on what jobs are available. It's also a nice enough language.

For desktop you've many choices of language for games as most apis have bindings for graphics apis - e.g. you can use Lua to program games as it is very easy to wrap calls to C/C++ libraries from Lua. On the subject of Lua you can also use to develop games for mobile - see the Corona SDK which you can use to develop iOS games and Android games.

C++ is a good thing to learn if a little annoying when you try other languages. But it has it's benefits and certainly is important in games. But again I stress that learning the Math and other elements of game development is far more beneficial. So just because it's a C# based course we can't just knock it for that.

My 2c

Sztywny

methodinsane wrote: »

Thanks for a very valuable post It never hurts to know two software languages :P
This thread should be renamed to Games Development General Topic to become some kind of support for future generations :P