You’ll be introduced to the fundamentals of C++, the standard language of the game industry. You’ll learn to display output in a console window, perform arithmetic computations, use variables, and get player input from the keyboard.
Game programming is demanding. It pushes both programmer and hardware to their limits. But it can also be extremely satisfying. In this chapter, you’ll be introduced to the fundamentals of C++, the standard language for AAA game titles. Specifically, you’ll learn to: