Big announcement: I made a secondary channel where I will post longer unedited videos. I will just talk about gamedev and C++ tips, so you can just watch the video and learn from me without the over-editing and stuff! Be among the first to Subscribe if you want to learn more C++!
I will post code reviews and other similar interesting things here!
The more you learn to anticipate potential bugs, the more you can prevent them. Most programmers don't take the extra care to prevent bugs, and that's why their software breaks down.
Let me give you an example: in this game I'm working on, there is this elevator thing, and the player should not be able to trigger the elevator without being inside it. Like, I don't want the elevator to ever leave without the player; that would break the game. Most programmers would just check that the player is inside the elevator and only then allow the elevator to move. That's good, but it's not enough. Bugs can still appear; the player could maybe glitch out of the geometry somehow in a weird interaction with other entities, or who knows. It might seem impossible for the player to somehow get out of the elevator or trigger it while being outside, but it really isn't; that's how most bugs in games appear: a weird interaction that you didn't think of.
Can you guess what I did to prevent that? I literally hardcoded a rule that while the elevator is moving with the player, the player can't get out, no matter what happens. Literally, the player gets instantly teleported back inside the elevator, no matter what happens. Think about this: it's literally impossible for this system to fail, sure like there could be weird bugs that glitch the player out of the elevator, but no matter what happens, the player will be forced back inside. Think about how you can do something similar in your code next time and make a habit of checking for potential errors. Also, in order to learn how to anticipate bugs like this, just make more and more projects 💪
Only a few days remain for the launch sale of my 2D rendering library course! If you know basic OpenGL and want to make games from scratch, or maybe a game engine, this course is for you! www.udemy.com/course/2d-library-opengl/?couponCode…
I teach you how to make a 2D batch renderer with textures, texture atlases, and text rendering! I also teach you good programming practices and how to design a good C++ library! A skill you absolutely need if you plan to make your own game engine. It also has guided challenges for you to do on your own and really evolve!
5 years ago, I made my own 2D rendering library (gl2d). At that time, I had no idea how big a thing that would be!
Literally all projects you see on my YouTube channel used that library! Including my Steam game, my game engine, and my Minecraft-like game!
So I am going to bring this experience to you! I am working on a 2D rendering library in C++ and OpenGL! This can be the base for your own games in C++ or your own game engine!
In this course, I teach you how to make a 2D batch renderer with textures, texture atlases, and text rendering! I also teach you good programming practices and how to design a good C++ library! A skill you absolutely need if you plan to make your own game engine.
The course is aimed at intermediate people who already know basic OpenGL things. I'm super excited for it! It will come out in roughly one week!
I'm working on a super cool video where 4 of my subscribers fight in a coding competition! Each contestant has to code an autonomus mars rover to fight the other contestants. Who will win? The video will take some more days to edit, but stay tuned because it will be epic!
Quiz time, what is wrong with this code? There are 3 things. Write in the comments! And there are also wrong answers, because if you focus on irrelevant things instead of fixing the important things, you still basically haven't fixed the problem. So look at what other people say after you respond to see if your response was actually an important thing, or if you just missed the important things by focusing on irrelevant details.
Low Level Game Dev
Big announcement: I made a secondary channel where I will post longer unedited videos. I will just talk about gamedev and C++ tips, so you can just watch the video and learn from me without the over-editing and stuff! Be among the first to Subscribe if you want to learn more C++!
I will post code reviews and other similar interesting things here!
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Low Level Game Dev
The more you learn to anticipate potential bugs, the more you can prevent them. Most programmers don't take the extra care to prevent bugs, and that's why their software breaks down.
Let me give you an example: in this game I'm working on, there is this elevator thing, and the player should not be able to trigger the elevator without being inside it. Like, I don't want the elevator to ever leave without the player; that would break the game. Most programmers would just check that the player is inside the elevator and only then allow the elevator to move. That's good, but it's not enough. Bugs can still appear; the player could maybe glitch out of the geometry somehow in a weird interaction with other entities, or who knows. It might seem impossible for the player to somehow get out of the elevator or trigger it while being outside, but it really isn't; that's how most bugs in games appear: a weird interaction that you didn't think of.
Can you guess what I did to prevent that? I literally hardcoded a rule that while the elevator is moving with the player, the player can't get out, no matter what happens. Literally, the player gets instantly teleported back inside the elevator, no matter what happens. Think about this: it's literally impossible for this system to fail, sure like there could be weird bugs that glitch the player out of the elevator, but no matter what happens, the player will be forced back inside. Think about how you can do something similar in your code next time and make a habit of checking for potential errors. Also, in order to learn how to anticipate bugs like this, just make more and more projects 💪
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Tomorrow's video will be super cool. I'm so excited for it; I worked a ton to make it. Stay tuned!
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Low Level Game Dev
Only a few days remain for the launch sale of my 2D rendering library course! If you know basic OpenGL and want to make games from scratch, or maybe a game engine, this course is for you!
www.udemy.com/course/2d-library-opengl/?couponCode…
I teach you how to make a 2D batch renderer with textures, texture atlases, and text rendering! I also teach you good programming practices and how to design a good C++ library! A skill you absolutely need if you plan to make your own game engine. It also has guided challenges for you to do on your own and really evolve!
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Last video was about 5 pieces of bad C++ advice. And it had a quiz. How many questions did you get right?
https://youtu.be/hQP_--GLIiA?si=oC-nT...
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Low Level Game Dev
5 years ago, I made my own 2D rendering library (gl2d). At that time, I had no idea how big a thing that would be!
Literally all projects you see on my YouTube channel used that library! Including my Steam game, my game engine, and my Minecraft-like game!
So I am going to bring this experience to you! I am working on a 2D rendering library in C++ and OpenGL! This can be the base for your own games in C++ or your own game engine!
In this course, I teach you how to make a 2D batch renderer with textures, texture atlases, and text rendering! I also teach you good programming practices and how to design a good C++ library! A skill you absolutely need if you plan to make your own game engine.
The course is aimed at intermediate people who already know basic OpenGL things. I'm super excited for it! It will come out in roughly one week!
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I recenI recently posted a physics video with a quiz. How well did you do in the quiz?
https://youtu.be/EtNBtEwo4PI
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Tomorrow's video will be so epic! I worked a ton on it, make sure you share it with others!
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I'm working on a super cool video where 4 of my subscribers fight in a coding competition! Each contestant has to code an autonomus mars rover to fight the other contestants. Who will win? The video will take some more days to edit, but stay tuned because it will be epic!
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Quiz time, what is wrong with this code? There are 3 things. Write in the comments! And there are also wrong answers, because if you focus on irrelevant things instead of fixing the important things, you still basically haven't fixed the problem. So look at what other people say after you respond to see if your response was actually an important thing, or if you just missed the important things by focusing on irrelevant details.
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