Making a Game With C++ and SDL2

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I Made a Speed Running Game With C++ and SDL2
You challenged me to make my first game using the C++ programming language. At first I tried the Raylib graphics library, but then decided to make it a real challenge and use SDL2/SDL. Can I create an epic speed running game or will I fail miserably?
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:32 C++ Setup
0:51 Drawing a Window
1:23 Having to Restart
1:54 Game Design
2:32 Switching to SDL2
3:00 Attempt 2
3:26 Adding Mechanics
3:55 UI & Text
4:49 Audio & Music
5:04 The Results
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Making a game without a game engine is pretty fun but challenging. C++ is notorious for being one of the hardest languages to learn, especially for beginners. That's why I decided to use a framework like Raylib and SDL2 to make it a little bit easier. Originally I going to try to make it in less than 48 hours, but I didn't realize how difficult it would end up being. If you're asking yourself, "How to Make a Game in C++" or "Should I use C++ to Make Games?" then hopefully my experience might help. Either way, this C++ challenge in a way was much harder than SmallAnt's pencil sharp speedrunning world record... Okay, well maybe not.

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@Goodgis Год назад

Subscribe for more EPIC pencil content! ✏

@LeoSquared Год назад

Pencils are epic

@GROMSH_ Год назад

i bet you cant program in italian 🤌🤌🤌🤌

@WohaoG Год назад

Speed Running or Speedrunning Is it about going as fast as possible or 🚶‍♂🏃‍♂🚶‍♂🏃‍♂🚶‍♂🏃‍♂🚶‍♂🏃‍♂🚶‍♂?

@MrDiverXHD Год назад

How about Raylib?

@PengiiiiGameDev Год назад

You need to learn bf next. It is the greatest language in all of programming

@glerg6051 Год назад

Fun fact! Pygame is actually a python wrapper for sdl2, so technically this isn't the first time you've used sdl2.

@darkfllame Год назад

pygame uses a python sdl2 wrapper but it just built on top of it

@amiteshwarsingh6099 Год назад

It is not called wrapper it is called wrangler

@cacto1680 Год назад

@@amiteshwarsingh6099 what's the diffrence

@Vichion Год назад

@@cacto1680 about 3 letters

@WindowsDrawer Год назад

@@cacto1680 wrapper - wrangler = bkgch

@hectormejia499 Год назад

Writing C in C++ is perfectly valid, it's actually preferred by a ton of people. Most C code is valid C++, the latter just has extra powerful features built on top

@swirl6996 6 месяцев назад

"Every C++ programmer knows C"

@TheSpiderGod2099 4 месяца назад

@@swirl6996bro what if they didn't learn about printf() in c++? They mostly use cout. So... Just saying.

@gaffclant 3 месяца назад

@@swirl6996 i think its more "every C programmer knows C++" since while all C code is valid in C++, the other way around is false. In fact, if you only know C++, you may have trouble with a simple hello world in C because C++ does this evil thing called "operator overloads" where now the code we write isn't even doing what we think it is doing.

@iambored1528 18 дней назад

@@gaffclantC programmers don't know all the concepts of C++, but C++ programmers know all the concepts of C

@SheqqySully 14 дней назад

@@gaffclant What you said here is to use C++, you need to understand the fundamentals of C, but to use C, you don't need to fully understand C++, but with glean certain aspects of it. In this case, the individuals who use C++ understand all aspects of C, but not vice versa. Similar to the rectangle and square discussion. Not all rectangles are squares, but all squares are rectangles.

@IXxJordan 10 месяцев назад

Seeing someone else have great pain to create a window in SDL brings me great enjoyment

@sauliusvincevicius8688 Год назад

Goodgis: uses SDL despite it being C instead of C++ Raylib: that has c++ wrapper O_o

@_Enderpuff Год назад

you don't even need a c++ wrapper for c libraries most of the time

@hjrgf Год назад

@@_Enderpuff true c libraries are compatible with c++

@glitchy_weasel Год назад

There a really nice one called SFML, lots of advaced but easy to use graphics+audio utilities.

@hjrgf Год назад

@@glitchy_weasel I personally either use imgui + sfml or imgui + opengl

@v01d_r34l1ty 10 месяцев назад

i know this is 4 months late as a reply, but i just find it funny the dude thought he was a failure for 'coding in C instead of C++' like 99% of C code is perfectly valid C++ code lol

@gabrieldelrosario8357 Год назад

I'm envious but also inspired. As a struggling computer science student, I defo would like to have your confidence in undertaking really difficult projects like this. Often times I doubt myself too much before getting started

@razrastudios Год назад

I think it would be interesting to learn a language like BASIC and try to make a game with that

@Goodgis Год назад

Oh a classic.

@WillMakesGames Год назад

Or maybe Assembly like Roller Coaster Tycoon

@jarPlays11 Год назад

That would be easy

@treudden Год назад

@@WillMakesGames just gonna take a few years to learn

@ego-lay_atman-bay Год назад

Do ti-basic, on a ti-84 + ce python calculator.

@NotPalliot Год назад

I love Devlogs! This looks great! good job goodgis!

@Goodgis Год назад

Thank you!! 😊

@simasharma3040 Год назад

@@Goodgis you are still using c language to code this game

@btarg1 Год назад

Your artstyle reminds me a lot of WarioWare and it's just so pretty to look at. Game dev is so much easier when you can do art - I can't draw so it's way harder to make games, this is inspiring

@plebisMaximus Год назад

The original textures for Minecraft were also kinda poopy. You don't need to be a sublime artist if you can make good, fun gameplay. Besides, you can always teach yourself to draw by forcing yourself to do a lot of textures. You got this, my guy.

@trys10studios65 7 месяцев назад

As an artist myself, you do not need to be an artist to make a great game. It 'draws' people in, but it does not keep them hooked, great gameplay does.

@devforfun5618 4 месяца назад

as a not artist myself, the problem isn't others, if i dont like how my game looks i dont want to finish it@@trys10studios65

@Skeffles Год назад

Fantastic to see you trying C++. It's been years since I've done C++. Videos like this make me want to try again but then I look at some C++ and nope out real quick.

@Gupatik 3 месяца назад

ohh that headach again...

@David-ng9qh Год назад

Make a simple game with Rust + Bevy next, Bevy uses an ECS (Entity Component System) and it's a really different and fun experience!

@SleenpyMan2084 Год назад

This please. I have a Rust obsession and I must be sated.

@SetimoRei Год назад

UP!

@roxferesr Год назад

@joaokoritar2141 Год назад

@Willeexd1337 10 месяцев назад

@HeuzyGameDev Год назад

I’ve started watching your channel recently and you’ve inspired me to try out making some small games. So thank you for making the great content!

@zachgeyer8090 Год назад

6502 assembly nes game! It’s super fun to learn!

@Goodgis Год назад

RIP

@zachgeyer8090 Год назад

I’m serious it’s been such a fun and interesting challenge for me and being able to play an nes game you made is the most satisfying thing!

@OSharraps Год назад

There is an alternative assembly language called wiz which is a mix between asm and C. It makes programming for the NES way easier.

@costelinha1867 Год назад

@@zachgeyer8090 Yeah, but isn't assembly like... super hard to learn? and also there probably won't be as many material covering development for retro consoles as there is for stuff like SDL2.

@realfictiongo8942 Год назад

What language next? Pico-8 with Lua, it will be a quite new experience for you to make a retro game in this simple language

@Goodgis Год назад

Sounds like fun. I've actually made a terrible game in Pico-8 before.

@costelinha1867 Год назад

@@Goodgis If you want an extra challenge, you could limit yourself to just pico-8, maybe even use the browser version, so you cannot use your own text editor and have to rely on pico-8's built-in tools.

@Your_Average_Rabbit 11 месяцев назад

@@costelinha1867 pinnacle of torture:

@gungun974 Год назад

Next could be make a game with Rust. Rust is not really the hardest language of programming but it’s one of those language when after use it for a while. Everything around it look less fun and Rust just being amazing xD

@LocalTrashyt Год назад

Plza Goodgis do it

@Goodgis Год назад

That could be awesome!

@andres3665 Год назад

@@Goodgis Try Bevy!

@Holsp Год назад

@@Goodgis He is lying. Learning rust is a completely different experience to other languages and while it can be satisfying to learn, it will be a drag to get through

@enochsadventures Год назад

Rust is an awful language. The promotion of it is so bizarre and basically has no explanation besides people refusing to use C++, which is the best language.

@noodle-eater 8 месяцев назад

Thanks a lot, I watched a couple of your videos the scratch game also, it's pretty inspiring. Honestly I am kinda stuck to make my own game, my idea mostly end up bigger, but thanks to your video and your games I can use it as reference to make my game smaller dan more achievable

@hannaalejandraamadorsanche6085 6 месяцев назад

I love your videos, they gave me back the desire to program, it's not that I didn't program before, I just did it without desire, keep it up

@bonehelm Год назад

Damn, your graphic design is on POINT!

@will.bailey Год назад

What language should I learn next? - Lua is a really nice language. Love2d and pico8 are great engines that use it! :)

@puddyy7010 Год назад

Have you tried Solar2D and MicroStudio 🤔? They both use lua

@will.bailey Год назад

@@puddyy7010 I haven't but you've piqued my interest so I'm going to have a look! :) 👍

@puddyy7010 Год назад

@@will.bailey cool! Lemme know your reviews upon it 🤓do you know any other good C++ sdk, framework, API or libraries by any chance?

@techtime3125 Год назад

And Boblox is the greatest

@TBT_ZHV Год назад

Well its extremely similar to python tho

@FRI5B33 9 месяцев назад

This would be so cool as a rhythm game, for instance when you would miss a key the point if the pencil would break. I would play that in a heartbeat.

@dwadthechad Год назад

These are honestly my favourite kind of videos

@feivaco5209 Год назад

there is a guy that was making a tetris with raylib, the trick is that he was teaching about how to make raylib useful to the c++ language and how you can it apply it to other c libraries

@carcedopro7285 Год назад

I really like your art style, its so smooth and colorful, maybe you could make a video and explain how you do it or teach a few techniques idk

@bonsaipropaganda Год назад

you are my favorite gamedev youtuber. i have watched all your videos and wish you had more. your videos make me laugh and are entertaining and educational

@Mr_Pringle593 Год назад

i just wanted to say, i just tried out your demo for DewdropDynasty, its really good, i do think that the keyboard controls arent the best, but its just the early demo, i understand, i really think this game could go somewhere, i also would like to say i think i may be switching my game to a more metrovania game than an adventure game, thanks for the inspiration!

@lonelyfloat2582 Год назад

You were so close to the greatness of C and raylib, but so far away.

@kalelsoffspring Год назад

I normally binge a lot of programming/game dev/etc. on here, but I was still curious why your video was showing up for me. Then I saw your joke about Factorio and realized my YT history for the past week is 90% Factorio videos lol Thanks algorithm, you worked for once, gonna sub :)

@ZTimeGamingYT Год назад

SmallAnt would like this, seeing his popular videos on the subject manner. Amazing video, by the way!

@Goodgis Год назад

I hope so haha

@jetseverschuren Год назад

C and C++ are indeed quite different, but all C code is also valid C++ code. C++ just has classes and some more garbage attached. You should be able to just tell the compiler to do C++ (or use g++ instead of gcc), and boom, you've now made a C++ program'

@giantnoah Год назад

Technically not all C code is valid C++ code, theres a million blog posts on the differences but they're so minute that they really don't matter 99% of the time if you just want to write C to use a C++ library.

@RockyMulletGamedev Год назад

Yeah sometimes you make a typo or something and it compiles and you're like "Why ??? this is dumb, this should not compile !" and then you realize it's to be C compatible...

@benhetland576 Год назад

Consider: int* p= malloc(sizeof int);

@jetseverschuren Год назад

@@benhetland576 Fair enough. Though you can use `-fpermissive` in g++ to get it to compile anyways ;)

@berni8k Год назад

Yep you can compile Raylib in C++ just fine. Been using it like that all the time.

@carmygames Год назад

Speed run game made with the fastest programming language. Let's goooo...

@Goodgis Год назад

Gotta go fast!

@Kyleology Год назад

Unless we're ignoring assembly.

@Another45555 Год назад

@@Kyleology and C. and C--.

@patatopeeler3005 Год назад

@@Kyleology not to be the "uhmmm actually" guy, but assembly is much much slower if you are a beginner since you don't know how to write it optimally, just using -o in the compiler with a c/cpp app would make it faster

@Staninna Год назад

Rust is faster then cpp

@gameclipz9890 Год назад

bro thats sick keep it up!

@Goodgis Год назад

Thanks so much!

@Wyrmlayer 3 месяца назад

Nice video goodgis but tbh I think its funny that a video about making a game in c++ and sdl2 from polymars from 2 YEARS ago was in my feed :)

@DevDoge_ Год назад

Lua is a good language since it has some good frameworks (or even engines like defold i think) to make games

@xGOKOPx Год назад

Obviously you can write proper C++ while working with a C library (and that's what you've done because SDL is a C library, which kinda defeats your decision to ditch Raylib because it's C) but if you want a 2D library that by itself gives you nice C++esque interface you can try SFML

@glitchy_weasel Год назад

2nd

@BrunodeSouzaLino 8 месяцев назад

Or Raylib.

@notrickzdumbo Год назад

I just finished rewatching all your videos for the third time yesterday haha

@Goodgis Год назад

Woah! That's some dedication. Thanks so much! :D

@dungeonsfightercoding2020 Год назад

Finally! A new video!! I only had to wait like a billion centuries!

@VictorRodriguez-zp2do Год назад

So many libraries are written in C (including SDL), even libraries you would use in languages like python use C libraries under the hood. That said though if it works what stops you from using it?

@modley_the_m_guy Год назад

Nice game to sharpen you knowledge! ✏

@Goodgis Год назад

Thank you 👍

@robertjag167 Год назад

Love your artstyle! Instant Wii vibes. Maybe a tutorial on art sometime?

@reeceytaylor Год назад

Your UI/concept designs are so nice. Do you have any recommended places for me to learn that kind of stuff?

@j.alexanderdouglas6641 Год назад

I greatly respect you, my friend! You're always showing so much courage to branch out and broaden your horizons. Do I correctly ascertain-from your tone-that you're not switching away from Godot just yet, based on this experience? Merely splashing in the shallow end of some other language pools, for the sake of variety and to keep your skills sharp?

@Goodgis Год назад

You're correct. For making actual commercial video games Godot is the way to go. I like using these frameworks for a learning experience. :D They also force me to make my games small for these types of videos.

@enochsadventures Год назад

Godot is natively written in C++, so even with Godot it's pretty useful. Especially since bindings are fucking stupid.

@LewiLewi52 Год назад

Raylib and SDL2 are both C libraries. If you really wanted to go full C++ u should have went with SFML. Not saying SDL2 isn't valid, just that your reasoning to quit Raylib applies to SDL2 as well.

@Goodgis Год назад

Welp, too late now. Though I will say there was waaayyyy more information on using SDL with C++.

@LewiLewi52 Год назад

@@Goodgis That is true, Raylib is really young compared to SDL2. Just like SDL2 and any C api for that matter Raylib works with C++ without issue. If u ever decide to revisit this challenge, i hope u give Raylib another shot. Nice video btw.

@berni8k Год назад

@@Goodgis C code compiles in a C++ compiler just fine as an supported feature. This means you can use C libraries in a C++ program. So technically you are using C++, just that the library is not using any new features that the ++ part brings. For graphics a lot of libraries are actually in C deep down, so if a library is C++ it is likely just a C++ wrapper around C code. Not that it is a bad thing, C can do everything, the complex code just looks nicer to read with the extra C++ features.

@Mikenaut Год назад

Beautiful video, I love these "challenges" and also as you create graphics, I wanted to ask you if the font you use has a copyright?

@Beanie_peep Год назад

WOW. YOU are so good at this

@vulnoryx Год назад

Now do a game in Assembly.

@Maewfof Год назад

Can you make something in pico-8? It’s a pretty good game engine.

@Goodgis Год назад

That would be sweet!

@TheRealPalliot Год назад

Speedrunning a devlog! :0

@Goodgis Год назад

You know it!

@Galomortalbr Год назад

this is a interesting video, C++ was the first language i ever learned and it is interesting to see nowdays it is considered to be one of the hard ones while most people first learn Python or Javascript, for what language to learn next i recommend to learn assembly 6502, it is one of the most accessible types of assembly out there, at least if compared with modern x86-64.

@killwood Год назад

For your next code challenge you should make a mmo in assembly!

@joedartonthefenderbass Год назад

While blindfolded

@TheCoolIllusion 10 месяцев назад

Learn malbolge and I’ll pay you 15 dollars

@bonkers622 Месяц назад

oh god

@julietbenjamin6755 Месяц назад

y don't u do it and I pay u

@WM48_ Год назад

Since you come from an artist background, you should try the Piet esolang (esoteric language). It is not a language that can make a game, but it can be used to make some kind of art work that can be turned into actual code. And because of the way it's built, there is more than one way to write a "hello world" program.

@float_3.14 11 месяцев назад

"and the best part That it only took 8 hours to do yeah! 8 hours" is the most(est) c++-ing thing I've ever heard in my life

@gauthamdga1603 11 месяцев назад

similar thing had happened to me . when i am in 6th grade, i studied javascript believing its java. i didn't had any mentor though. it was my entry to world of programing

@realmarsastro 3 месяца назад

When I heard you say this was a really hard challenge, I at first thought that was a little weird for someone who's making coding videos. Then you said you come from an artist background, not a programming background, and now I'm just left very impressed. Writing a game in C++ using SDL2 without a programming background is really commendable, well done!

@kayocchiii 6 месяцев назад

i really love this game lol the style is very reminiscent of those little wii games

@sekki2554 Год назад

omg preordering rn

@francis_the_cat9549 Год назад

Nice video, I think rust with bevy would be really interestring too

@mannyw_ Год назад

What’s the font for the game’s logo? Love the vibe

@boogrowl2231 Год назад

What is a good free software for making tile sets?

@cydoentis Год назад

I need to know what theme you are using in your text editor.

@quantum_hg3299 Год назад

I can understand your pain working with SDL, lol

@MathGoOli Год назад

Your game looks good! You cold say your skills are sharper. 😂

@egegl Год назад

great vid :D

@maxrdev703 Год назад

This is super cool, I should really try engineless as some point. But I challenge you to use my language, C#!

@Funifire Год назад

This looks very good mr goodguy

@sonorousgaming7202 Год назад

i would like to ask you something. Do you use a mouse or touch pad or iPad for digital art? Just curious...

@nickst2797 Год назад

What keyboard do you use at 2:23?

@flamespeng48 Год назад

When is dewdrop dynasty coming .your videos are so good❤❤ keep finishing it

@comeplague 10 месяцев назад

which font did you base the logo on?

@tiangob Год назад

Thats crazy

@navirobayo 9 месяцев назад

Amazing

@Charmunk3d Год назад

Great Vid!

@Goodgis Год назад

Thanks!

@AsasinoManik Год назад

I like how he literally made this game from complete scratch using a C++ based framework instead of using any game engine.

@pessoaaleatoria6802 Год назад

This is sharp indeed

@KungFuPanda1223 10 месяцев назад

what font is the title in? it pooks great

@kidredglow2060 Год назад

... how did you get it to run compilers dont work? idk i gave up instantly

@omarquinho Год назад

New vídeo made by my favorite RU-vidr ever

@eddiechung675 10 месяцев назад

SDL is a really great and flexible tool, my go to for c++ graphical applications and much more stable than dx9 or 11

@user-xk7de1jw8g 8 месяцев назад

Bro, I have a question for you. Look, I did implement the minimax algorithm in Python and create an AI Tic Tac Toe player that is invincible. However, in C++ it's a daunting task for me. Can you help me implement the minimax algorithm in C++?

@TechWampus Год назад

How'd you do it without stack over flow.... 🤔

@didodido883 6 месяцев назад

can you convert this to wasm to play in browsers?

@tiaretik_mtg3142 Год назад

Next PL should totally be assembly!

@wellhellotherekyle Год назад

Man I don’t know how you do it! Maybe I just lack determination but coding in ANY language is so hard for me, haha. Maybe I just lack determination.

@Goodgis Год назад

It just takes practice. :D

@mwn02 Год назад

The spaghetti actually looked good!

@RealValkor Год назад

I think you should give C# a go, it's pretty easy to learn and fun!

@marang_quntana7350 Год назад

Good job cool game.

@davidvasquezgarcia9521 Год назад

Now you should try making a game in Rust as another challenge

@nulnul7050 Год назад

amazing video, the art looks amazing! try to make a game in the arduino IDE for an ESP32 Dev board like the lilygo TTGO S3.

@Hermanator1124 Год назад

How did I miss this video! Jeez man. Haven't seen your vids on my feed in a while somehow. weird

@the-floofy-mew Год назад

i got options mostly only 2 i can think of is the mentioned basic with the bonus of it has to be written either in ms-dos or basic-256. other option is pascal though no idea of game or image.

@user-zh5td2jd3w 5 месяцев назад

I was thinking of making a video game. Have you ever watched Hills of Glory 3D? To make an engine and the controller to make games. Can you help me? I don't know how to programming.