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I still write games using OpenGL for the reasons described in the comments here. I've had very good results with it despite it being "old". It works on my MacBook, PC, and SteamDec…

I've had to wrestle with float precision issues writing physics code for games. Single precision floats do not behave well when you are doing calculations far from the origin (espe…

Yes, same experience. I recently played a "Wolfenstein" clone that frequently dipped into the the 30-60 fps range on my 3080. The original Wolfenstein used to run on a 386 if I'm n…

Game devs, how do you ensure your game performs well across your player base? By perform well, I mean achieving consistent frame rates and reasonable load times (and free of other …

Thank you for sharing this. I linked it from my list of resources for C-based game development: https://github.com/aaron9000/c-game-resources

Yep, familiar with this one - one of the best out there!

I hope this catches on. For whatever reason, I haven't come across many gamedev-focused sites with good content. The gamedev subreddit is particularly disappointing. Feebdack: agre…

Agreed. Even with a top-end GPU I almost always turn off RT features. I expect we will continue to see hybrid RT approaches for the foreseeable future.

Great post. There are lots of nostalgic game references here. I still remember being blown away by the shadows in the N64 Zelda many years ago. I expect area lights and soft shadow…

This looks great! I am a big fan of the single header format. I've linked Clay from my list of game resources for C developers. Cheers! https://github.com/aaron9000/c-game-resource…

Thank you, I will check these out - love what you are doing. Please keep it up.

This is great! I added the link to my list of free game dev resources: https://github.com/aaron9000/c-game-resources Is there a tool you used to create these materials that you wou…

Yep! No issues with the Steam Overlay.

I use Nuklear for a Steam game I made in C. It worked well for my needs but there are a few things I still haven't figured out yet - like rendering centered multi-line text. Locali…

I'm not suggesting C is better or that I made the correct choice here. My takeaway is that C is "doable" but not the most practical.

I updated the post - really appreciate the attention to detail.

That makes a lot of sense. Any resources you would recommend? I am getting tired of making C "wrappers" to work with C++ SDKs. Will probably need to bite the bullet on this.

You are correct in the case of nested pointers. I am using primitive types nearly exclusively. Good observation!

Reflections on building and publishing a game using a 50 year old language.

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I really like this. This would've been handy as a student. I definitely prefer this to a textbook.

Amen

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