Category: programming

I wanted to learn how to code video games. Before I got a computer I had read a game about visual basic. And I had a book on c++.

When I got a computer I thought now I can learn how to program. I was not sure where to start. I had no idea that I could get a free compiler to write computer programs with.

It was not long after that I spent all night downloading the cygin c/c++ compiler. It got downloaded and installed on my computer. As I remember it I opened the program at least once but, don’t recall compiling any code with it.

I don’t remember the name of the next c/c++ compiler I installed on my computer. But, it did take a lot less time to download and install. I probably compiled a few programs with that compiler.

Thinking about it now the best thing to do would have been to start writing simple games the day I installed my first c/c++ compiler on my computer. That did not happen. And do this day I have not completed a computer game.

If I don’t complete a computer game how am I going to know if I can code a computer game, how am I going to know if I like making video games, and how will I know if I am good at making video game?