What Language Do You Use For Game Development?

davidthefat · Post by **davidthefat** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:21 pm

What Language Do You Use For Game Development?

I personally think that alot of people use C++ for the main program, but is it possible to just code in like Perl or Python? I know Lua for sure you can...

Post by **dandymcgee** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:23 pm

What if we use C++ and Lua at the same time?

You should also have an Other option and ask them to specify below.

Post by **Falco Girgis** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:16 am

C/++ and Lua.

BlitzPlus and Perl for tools.

avansc · Post by **avansc** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:47 am

there is only C in the world of development. almost all OS, Unix, Linux, and Windows is written in straight C.
games are no exeptions, maybe some C++ but mostly C.

cypher1554R · Post by **cypher1554R** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:06 pm

avansc wrote:there is only C in the world of development. almost all OS, Unix, Linux, and Windows is written in straight C.
games are no exeptions, maybe some C++ but mostly C.

Hm.. That's new to me. I thought that games were majorly written in C++. Cause it's, like.. horsepower.

M_D_K · Post by **M_D_K** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:43 pm

I use C++ and Lua.
My engine is written in C++ and game scripting is done though Lua.

Slacker · Post by **Slacker** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:54 pm

avansc wrote:there is only C in the world of development. almost all OS, Unix, Linux, and Windows is written in straight C.
games are no exeptions, maybe some C++ but mostly C.

Yeah, I grew up on C, and still find myself making a lot of C like stylings and what not. Though the nice thing with C imho is that it's a good stepping stone to whatever other language you want to learn.

Post by **trufun202** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:36 pm

avansc wrote:there is only C in the world of development. almost all OS, Unix, Linux, and Windows is written in straight C.
games are no exeptions, maybe some C++ but mostly C.

I dunno, I say make a game in the language you know and love.

I mean let's face it, indie game development is often a learning experience - platform compatability and performance are not always critical.

I'm currently making my game in C++, but I've written games in several different languages - ranging from BASIC to C#. :P

I even wrote a puzzle game in Javascript - I was proud of that shit!

avansc · Post by **avansc** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:13 pm

cypher1554R wrote:
avansc wrote:there is only C in the world of development. almost all OS, Unix, Linux, and Windows is written in straight C.
games are no exeptions, maybe some C++ but mostly C.
Hm.. That's new to me. I thought that games were majorly written in C++. Cause it's, like.. horsepower.

it depends what you equate horsepower to. yeah C++ is definitely a powerful language, and in many respects more powerful that C, but C++ is a superset of C, building on it, making it more versatile. C programming styles ie, structs, unions, good pointer use is generally much faster, and efficient than C++.
unix to this day is still written in pure C. just for all those reasons.

ismetteren · Post by **ismetteren** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:34 am

avansc wrote:there is only C in the world of development. almost all OS, Unix, Linux, and Windows is written in straight C.
games are no exeptions, maybe some C++ but mostly C.

But i like to have classes :D

RyanPridgeon · Post by **RyanPridgeon** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 2:20 pm

Yes, C is more efficient, but nobody can deny how much easier game development is with OOP.

Slacker · Post by **Slacker** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:17 pm

RyanPridgeon wrote:Yes, C is more efficient, but nobody can deny how much easier game development is with OOP.

With the console game code I've seen, most are done in C. Like all the Gameboy and DS games. Even a bunch of the 360 stuff is done mainly using a C syntax with OOP designs.

Post by **MarauderIIC** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 6:45 pm

Right. C is generally faster with less overhead than C++. But this might just be because it's (C++ is) harder to parse and make an efficient compiler for.

Post by **eatcomics** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 1:45 pm

And c++ pulls ahead by... a lot!

avansc · Post by **avansc** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 9:43 pm

OO is a programming concept, it does not mean that C cant do a object oriented program.

in C you can make structures with data and pointers to functions, which is esentially exactly what classes in C++ are. in C you just cant do polumorphism and inheritace. which really is overrated, no game uses either.

90 percent of games that are made with a C varient is made with straight C.

"And c++ pulls ahead but... a lot!"
Oh really? more like C++ gives C head.

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