Hello, everyone,I welcome you all to this session in which I'm going to talk about top five programming languages to develop games.
The first and most obvious one is c++. Because it's fast-added compilers and optimizers are solid. Apart from that you also get a lot of control over memory management. c++ is a very old language. It has well written documentation, and extensive libraries which come in handy for designing and powering complex graphics.
Next most popular language is C sharp. This language was initially developed in 2010. And the main advantage of this language is that it makes use of x and a framework. This framework provides a set of tools and runtime environment to develop games for Xbox and Microsoft platforms. C sharp is also used for developing games using Unity game engine, and the domain of game development.
Lua is also widely used as a scripting language by programmers. In 2003, a poll conducted by Game Dev dotnet showed lower to be the most popular scripting language for game programming. The reason for this is because of its fast execution and short learning curve.
Game programmers also use Java because it supports multi threading and sockets. So what happens with this is with multi threading, system memory and CPU compute is used in an efficient way. On top of this, we all know Java runs on a virtual machine and the application developed will be easier to distribute.
The next best choice you see is Python. Like c++ and Java, Python also offers an object oriented approach, but with simple syntax and execution. You see, unlike the previously mentioned programming language, Python is very slow, right? A complex game is never developed solely using Python. Only a certain API or framework of Python will be used. The major strength of Python and game development is rapid prototyping.
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So what is game development?
Game development is basically an art. Here it involves generation and creation of concepts. But it can also say a storyline followed by development and testing of a user interface. The gaming industry is a bit different from others. Here, developers not only have to focus on developing a user-friendly interface, but at the same time, it is important to think about gaming mechanics, reward points, player engagement and level design.
So what I'm trying to say here is what's the use if a game has an amazing user interface, but a poor storyline, this should obviously fail to capture users' attention, right? So it is very important to combine the art and programming part of the game.
Speaking about a programming language, according to Wikipedia, there are over 700 programming languages out there, but only a handful of them can be used to develop games. Moving ahead, let us now discuss a few of the popular programming languages to develop games.
(1) C++
(2)C Sharp
(3) Lua
Now you might be wondering, is Lua faster than c++?Well, Lua is fast but in its own way. What I'm trying to say here is that textual files in Lua are not directly interpreted. Instead, it is compiled into a bytecode, which then runs on a lower virtual machine. The compilation process is typically invisible to the user and is performed during runtime. But it can also be done offline in order to increase loading performance or to reduce memory footprint.
(4) Java
(5) Python
What I'm trying to say here is with just a single command, we can create a gaming package. For example, if you want to develop a game for Android, all you need to do is use builders or API. So here there is a command called bulldozer.nn, which when run creates an APK file.
Can You Develope Your Own Game?
Now that we have discussed a list of programming languages, I'm sure you might be wondering, can I develop my own game?
Well, the answer for this is simply Yes. If you are a beginner to game development, Python is the best programming language to start off with. You see, Python provides various types of frameworks to develop games, for example, pi Qt five Pi game kiwi, etc. And the most popular framework to develop games using Python is pi game.
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