First post. Version two.
The first version was written in croatian. I didn't like it. It limited the audience to croatian speakers, which is somewhere around 0.00005% of the worlds population. My targeted audience are technically literate people (as the blog is gonna contain lots of computer/coding terms), and these people most probably know english.
So, the purpose of this blog is gonna be to document my continuous attempt to become a game developer. I'm still calling it an attempt because i haven't actually done anything worthwhile, as far as i'm concerned. I made Pong, Tetris and Snake. I'm trying (fourth year going strong) to make my own engine, which was (WAS) gonna be similair to what this article is describing. However, i ran into a bit of a snag.
There is (as far as i see it) one stopping issue.
The article describes something which is a perfect fit for managed languages. The example which i was able to find from the author is written in C#. Problem? I'm using C++. The memory management is the biggest hurdle to get over, and i'm far too inexperienced to make something that works.
I've spent too much time pursuing something that i can't possibly implement with my current skillset. And there's too much of it to implement without another C++ programmer who could work with me on it, so we can bounce ideas back and forth.
So with great joy i'm giving up on that concept.
I thought i would be devastated, but i'm pretty happy about moving on away from it, because that means i will actually start doing things i want to be doing.
Or will i?
Not quite. Turns out i still have things i want to do before i can do that. I'm certain i could skip it all and just go straight for what i want, but this is part of the experience. Plus, i'm a stubborn idiot.
First, i want to learn Direct3D. I want my framework to use any graphical API implementation under the hood, but first, i want to learn Direct3D. So far i've been using a Direct3D Sprite class which handles sprite drawing for me, but it limited me from using the whole extent of what Direct3D has to offer. Drawing models is still several steps away from my current position, but in learning how to draw primitives using vertex and index buffers, the crossover from 2D to 3D is gonna be much simpler.
Second, i want to learn what Box2D can do for me. I've decided to skip implementing my own physics simulation (which would take me forever), and just use something that's already done. Hence, Box2D. I'm gonna use it for physics simulation and for collision detection.
Third, i want to implement the Entity Component System of my own design (slightly influenced by the previously mentioned article), which would offer me greater flexibility for making games. The implementation will be as much data driven as possible, with Lua behind it for the scripting and data definitions.
So, three things to do. Sounds simple enough. We'll see if the sound properly reflects its source. I have a lot of it already done (i haven't spent 4 years doing nothing), so i'm fairly optimistic.
As i'm currently living in Sweden (here on business), my goal is to have all three things finished by fall. The first of september, to be more exact.
Wish me luck, i guess.
The first version was written in croatian. I didn't like it. It limited the audience to croatian speakers, which is somewhere around 0.00005% of the worlds population. My targeted audience are technically literate people (as the blog is gonna contain lots of computer/coding terms), and these people most probably know english.
So, the purpose of this blog is gonna be to document my continuous attempt to become a game developer. I'm still calling it an attempt because i haven't actually done anything worthwhile, as far as i'm concerned. I made Pong, Tetris and Snake. I'm trying (fourth year going strong) to make my own engine, which was (WAS) gonna be similair to what this article is describing. However, i ran into a bit of a snag.
There is (as far as i see it) one stopping issue.
The article describes something which is a perfect fit for managed languages. The example which i was able to find from the author is written in C#. Problem? I'm using C++. The memory management is the biggest hurdle to get over, and i'm far too inexperienced to make something that works.
I've spent too much time pursuing something that i can't possibly implement with my current skillset. And there's too much of it to implement without another C++ programmer who could work with me on it, so we can bounce ideas back and forth.
So with great joy i'm giving up on that concept.
I thought i would be devastated, but i'm pretty happy about moving on away from it, because that means i will actually start doing things i want to be doing.
Or will i?
Not quite. Turns out i still have things i want to do before i can do that. I'm certain i could skip it all and just go straight for what i want, but this is part of the experience. Plus, i'm a stubborn idiot.
First, i want to learn Direct3D. I want my framework to use any graphical API implementation under the hood, but first, i want to learn Direct3D. So far i've been using a Direct3D Sprite class which handles sprite drawing for me, but it limited me from using the whole extent of what Direct3D has to offer. Drawing models is still several steps away from my current position, but in learning how to draw primitives using vertex and index buffers, the crossover from 2D to 3D is gonna be much simpler.
Second, i want to learn what Box2D can do for me. I've decided to skip implementing my own physics simulation (which would take me forever), and just use something that's already done. Hence, Box2D. I'm gonna use it for physics simulation and for collision detection.
Third, i want to implement the Entity Component System of my own design (slightly influenced by the previously mentioned article), which would offer me greater flexibility for making games. The implementation will be as much data driven as possible, with Lua behind it for the scripting and data definitions.
So, three things to do. Sounds simple enough. We'll see if the sound properly reflects its source. I have a lot of it already done (i haven't spent 4 years doing nothing), so i'm fairly optimistic.
As i'm currently living in Sweden (here on business), my goal is to have all three things finished by fall. The first of september, to be more exact.
Wish me luck, i guess.
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