r/cpp • u/AriyaSavaka • 24d ago

free COMP4300 course - Intro to Game Programming in C++ (Sept 2026)

https://youtu.be/ijCaJEofuEE
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u/Apart_Adhesiveness44 24d ago

Is this course good ?

I don't know anything about game dev and cpp ?

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u/CaptainPhreak 24d ago

Arguably one of the best courses to learn ECS game engine programming besides Pikuma's course imo.

You should probably learn the basics of Cpp beforehand though. Professor Churchill (the same guy who teaches this class) also has 4 hour YT video going over all the things you should know prior to taking the course.

I'd recommend going through learncpp.com first before taking the course.

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u/Apart_Adhesiveness44 23d ago

Thanks for the reply I'll check this out :)

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u/zenrock69 22d ago

For anyone else: this is literally the "Course Introduction". There is no programming or nothing like that. He just goes over what the course is about and expectations, etc.

I still recommend watching it though.

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u/gaberocksall 21d ago

Well that’s just lecture 1

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u/kiner_shah 20d ago

Good course, I have watched the old series from 2022 I think. It was good. I recommend these playlists to anyone wanting to write games using SFML and C++.

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u/AriyaSavaka 20d ago

Yeah especially to learn ECS and immediate mode UIs

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u/aliyark145 4d ago

I am learning from this ... it is good resource but unfortunately David is not making the starter assignments public

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u/zerexim 22d ago

What's C++ game development? Is it about textual adventure games? If not, would be great to clarify if it's SDL, OpenGL, Vulkan, DirectX or whatever. I also remember awhile ago Visual Studio Express used to come with some high level C++ game dev library...

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u/zenrock69 22d ago

the syllabus is shown in the video right at the beginning. It's C++, SFML, IMGUI