I’ve got the best way for you to level up your C++ gamedev programming journey! By making your first big C++ game! And I will guide you step by step. You’ll also get 50+ challenges to do on your own. We will build a Terraria-like game together! This kind of game is easy to start. But has lots of extra systems you can add later. They go from easy to hard. So you won’t run out of challenges!
Have you ever wondered why some people learn faster than others? It’s not because they are smarter. They just practiced more, with challenges that get harder and harder. This course is built around that kind of practice.
Back when I was in high school and new to C++, I couldn’t wait to make my first big C++ game. But I got stuck on boring stuff like how to draw something on the screen, which library to use, and how to link it. I spent so much time fixing linking errors. Then I had to do it all over again once I realized I had done something wrong. And where should I start? What if the project gets messy and hard to maintain? What if I have to start over?
I did get past all these problems, but I never forgot the struggle. This course is what younger me would have needed. A lot of courses show you how to link libraries step by step. But you only waste time copying their steps, without really understanding what they do. And the same thing can happen with the game. You end up with a working project, but you can’t make it again on your own.
With my course, you get a full CMake tutorial. So you actually understand how to link libraries. Better yet, you can also skip this part and do it later! And instead of wasting time copying my CMakeyou can download a working setup and start coding the game with me.
Then I teach you how to start a project the right way, so you can do these things on your own after the course!
For most courses or tutorials, people just hit record and live-code. But these 6.5 hours of video content were carefully planned ahead and edited.
But most importantly: you don’t learn by copying my code. You learn by doing it yourself. That’s why all lessons come with challenges for you to do on your own. This means you can’t just watch the videos. You have to look at what we did for each lesson, then change the code yourself to finish the challenge!
I have heard so many people say that they watched a gamedev tutorial, but then they still can’t do anything on their own. Maybe this also happened to you in other areas of your life. Well, if you think of something you are good at, you will probably remember that you had to practice it to get good at it! So that’s what we will do!
