COMP4300 - Game Programming - Lecture 01 - Course Introduction

[@DaveChurchill]

A note for people who are curious about different years/versions of this course: The 2023 version of the course was a significant upgrade over the 2022 version due to the inclusion of the ImGUI library. The 2024 version is nearly identical to 2023 with only minor changes. Read here for more details about the course: www.cs.mun.ca/~dchurchill/teaching/youtube.txt

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[@theintellegentman402]

Ohh that's why when I checked the 2024 version while watching the same lecture from 2022, they are both implemented differently.. similar but different

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[@DaveChurchill]

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[@usamabinabid3077]

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This guy had me after saying: “no one exams no quizzes, all that nonsense”. I’m probably older than him (51) and I couldn’t agree more. I’ve hired people in IT who had MSc, PhD degrees or dozens of certificates but couldn’t solve a problem and if they did it took forever. Because they didn’t have a wide range of practical experience. You can hold a PhD in software architecture and have proven the theory in a controlled academic environment but business doesn’t allow you for the optimal controlled environment. And having written several games as a hobby on several systems (C64, Atari ST, DOS, Web, Windows/Mac/Linux) with language ranging from assembly, C, C++ to revelry Zig with RayLib, I can only say that experience and failing a lot is what made able to do it.

[@MrHorizonkid]

Just started now, almost finished watching the very first video (while commenting). Instructor seems very passionate about the subject, wish there was an advance level to this series already because I am certain that I will be completing it in a very little time, but nevertheless, thank you sir!!!

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I am that guy from India :)

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[@orkunkaansimsek]

I see Game Scripting with Lua in the spreadsheet now. Will we add a scripting language to our engine?

[@DaveChurchill]

Unfortunately there was a problem with the recording of that lecture :(

[@orkunkaansimsek]

@@DaveChurchill oh so we can't see it? ( i was hyped for it

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[@RafaelAzriaiev-kv9qm]

Hi love this lectures, I would love to know what type of assignments are you asking for? so I can ask ChatGPT for examples as well.

[@blackcitadel37]

is it better to follow the 2024 COMP4300 instead of the 2023 one or they have the same lectures/topics covered? i'm doing the 2023 and have the assignment 01 almost completed by now. would i be missing anything new in the 2024? thank you

[@DaveChurchill]

There are some updates in 2024 that I would recommend watching for. A1 is identical

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[@DaveChurchill]

www.cs.mun.ca/~dchurchill/teaching/youtube.txt

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[@BrayanRuiz-m3w]

thanks for this professor Dave, do you recommend any c++ book ? have a great day!

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[@inevitable3629]

hey @DaveChurchill if you cant share the assignment maybe have a little segment for people like me who just want to practice and maybe make an assignment for us or recommend some website to practice the lecture related stuff or previous year assignments .I hope you understand

[@tarkyetgin6374]

Hi Dave, I’ve been happily following all your courses, and I just wanted to ask if you could show the assignment code files quickly from top to bottom this year. It can be really challenging to complete the assignments when parts of the code are missing. It would be very helpful if you could display all the files at least once, even if you don’t go into detail. Thanks for the great courses!

[@DaveChurchill]

@@tarkyetgin6374 sorry, but the assignments will never be released to the public. They require too much work to create and would instantly be shared with solutions and the course would be useless

[@tarkyetgin6374]

I understand that you can’t share the assignment files directly. The way I work through your assignments is by pausing the video and copying the code as I see it. However, sometimes certain files or functions aren’t shown, and it feels like I’ve hit a dead end. You already show most of the assignment codes, and I’m just asking if you could also show the rest. I believe it would take no more than 2 minutes to quickly scroll through the .cpp and header files from top to bottom, so we can copy them.

[@DaveChurchill]

@@tarkyetgin6374 There is no difference between releasing the files and showing the code. Once one person has posted the code, it's all over. I appreciate your want to do the assignments, but I am not showing the complete code in any way shape or form unless you are a registered student.

[@deadshot9640]

how can i donate

[@DaveChurchill]

It's free! No need to donate. But if you insist, my email on my website is also my paypal

[@CykPykMyk]

there is no lecture 02 :(

[@no0k911]

I belive this is in place of it? kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYTYk4t4aK2IncU Can you confirm if this is the case? @DaveChurchill

[@DaveChurchill]

Lecture 02 is the C++ Tutorial lecture

[@leovalde7z]

Thank you for making this public. Is there a way I could donate to you?

[@DaveChurchill]

No need, just enjoy!

[@leovalde7z]

​@@DaveChurchillits 1am and im watching your lectures with more excitement than watching tiktoks/youtube. Every single point you spoke of here is excellent! I would like to teach and talk to people the way you do. effortlessly awesome, thank you

[@hunarpg]

All things aside wasn't expecting a 420 Blazit reference here lmfao (It's a reference to a super mario bros speedrunner)

[@DaveChurchill]

A speedrunner.... yess

[@OdysseyHome-Gaming]

I just did a game development course in Australia and we weren't able to do this type of course. Lot of the teachers on my campus wanted to do this and had done it previously; but national management needed to standardise the curriculum for all campuses; some only taught design not programming. I've been trying to find material to self learn so thank you for making these lectures public. 😊

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[@hiphop4eva374]

How is looking at stack overflow considered academic misconduct... this behaviour is outright petty

[@DaveChurchill]

I understand this viewpoint, since most people will end up using stack overflow / chatgpt in their everyday lives. But it is important to first learn the actual material instead of just searching for solutions and copy / pasting the answers without necessarily understanding them. "Looking at stack overflow" is not cheating, but taking solutions from there is.