WIN API FOR GAME DEVELOPERS

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A YouTube tutorial series meant to introduce you to the Windows API and get you to the point where you can write an entire game using no libraries!

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If you have never used CMake before:

Opening the Solution:

Or

Running the code:

Go to CMakeLists.txt, CTRL + S

Than Ctrl + F5 to compile and run.

Refreshing your changes:
Close Visual Studio (if needed), delete the out folder, reopen VS, CTRL + S on CMakeLists.txt

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Table of content

• PART 1 - Introduction

• day 0 - Getting used to WIN API

• day 1 - Input + Key logger + winmain

• day 2 - Manipulating the console

• day 3 - Errors

• day 4 - Opening a file dialogue

• day 5 - Reading writing files

• day 6 - Mem mapping

• day 7 - Allocating memory + pages

• day 8 - Read Process Memory

• day 9 - Loading a DLL

• day 10 - Manipulating windows

• PART 2 - Making our own Window!

• day 11 - Opening a window

• day 12 - Window input part 1

• day 13 - Window input part 2

• day 14 - Separating the window code from the gameplay code (project structure).

• day 15 - Drawing with pixels

• DeltaTime

• Various improvements and fixes

• Drawing with OpenGL

• Creating a modern OpenGL context

• Vsynk (Propperly implemented)

• Finishing the window code

• Add imgui to the window

• Making a screen melter

• Xinput

• DLL injection