Preface
Today, video games are some of the most popular forms of entertainment. Newzoo’s “Global Games Market Report” estimates over $100 billion in revenue for games in 2017. This staggering amount shows how popular this field truly is. Because of the size of this market, game programmers are in low supply and high demand.
Alongside this explosion of games, game technology has become increasingly democratized. A single developer can make award-winning and hit games by using one of many popular game engines and tools. For game designers, these tools are fantastic. So what value is there in learning how to program games in C++?
If you take a step back, you can see that many game engines and tools are, at their core, written in C++. This means ...
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