What stuff I need to know to start game programming?

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I am begginer programmer, i am learning OOP C++ now and i dont know what stuff i need to learn in order to start game programming.

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Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry and Vector Math.

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Although you can somewhat “wing it” if you don’t mind spending quite a bit longer coming to roughly the same end result.

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thanks and is object oriented programing c++ enough to start basic game programming?

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Yup. With patience just knowing how to read and write is enough.

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Programming concepts carry between languages. Don’t worry about which language you’ve started with.

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But since you’re here in the Unity forum, I assume you’re planning to do your game programming in Unity. That’s a good plan, but C++ won’t help you all that much; you’ll want to use C# instead.

As Ryiah said, the concepts carry, but the particulars can differ enough to seem rather confusing to a beginner. So, if you have any choice about it, I recommend you put away your C++ books and pick up some C# ones instead. Then just jump in and start coding in Unity — and when you get stuck (which will happen, that’s OK), post here and we’ll try to help.

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thanks for advices :slight_smile:

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Which on that note, here’s one of the more popular free ebooks covering C#.

http://www.robmiles.com/c-yellow-book/

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thanks