Ask HN: What are the languages used in gaming?

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Post by ejASIM » Fri, Apr 29, 2022, 9:39 PM UTC

i started learning gaming because l play a lot of games but im cusios about anything in gamindìg , anyone can guide me thx :)

Re: Ask HN: What are the languages used in gaming?

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Post by ejASIM » Fri, Apr 29, 2022, 9:40 PM UTC

hi everyone

Re: Ask HN: What are the languages used in gaming?

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Post by SalimoS » Fri, Apr 29, 2022, 9:47 PM UTC

ejASIM wrote: post #2

hi everyone

It depends with the game engine you’re using (most popular is unreal engine which use C++, then there is Unity which use C#)

Re: Ask HN: What are the languages used in gaming?

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Post by ejASIM » Fri, Apr 29, 2022, 9:49 PM UTC

SalimoS wrote: post #3

ejASIM wrote: post #2

hi everyone

It depends with the game engine you’re using (most popular is unreal engine which use C++, then there is Unity which use C#)

thanks a lot

Re: Ask HN: What are the languages used in gaming?

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Post by informationist » Fri, Apr 29, 2022, 9:53 PM UTC

Should say "Ask HN: What are the Languages used in gaming?"

It depends what platform you wanna release the game on. Google your favorite game and type programming language along with it.

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Post by version_five » Fri, Apr 29, 2022, 10:01 PM UTC

I'm probably not current but Lua used to be an important one, used as a DSL within games. That is a fun one to spend some time learning anyway.

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Post by Sohcahtoa82 » Fri, Apr 29, 2022, 10:14 PM UTC

If you know nothing about programming, you should probably start by learning Python and the PyGame engine.

If you already know programming, then a lot of games are written with either the Unreal engine (using C++) or Unity (using C#).

There are certainly exceptions. Minecraft was originally written in Java, but I don't know of any other major games using Java. Undertale was made in GameMaker Studio. Any game with a custom engine is likely using C or C++, but I wouldn't try writing your own engine unless you really know what you're doing. It is not a task for the inexperienced.

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Post by Comevius » Fri, Apr 29, 2022, 11:01 PM UTC

Most game engines are probably written in C++, with scripting done in C#, Python, Lua or a custom language.

But all languages are used. Minecraft was written in Java. A guy called Michal Ziulek is working on game development ecosystem for Zig, which I think is really neat.

https://github.com/michal-z/zig-gamedev

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Post by BMc2020 » Sat, Apr 30, 2022, 12:51 AM UTC

Autohokey and Rust seem to be very popular for cheating (auto mouse clicking, things like that)

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Post by mbrodersen » Sat, Apr 30, 2022, 4:35 AM UTC

C++ is the #1 language used for commercial games. Followed by C# (because Unity). Those languages would be my #1 recommendation if you want to do commercial games. If you just want to have fun and get something done quick then Python might be a good choice.