What is the computer language used in programing video games?
2006-09-19 11:09:41 · 4 answers · asked by Mark B 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
So the language being used today in any gaming work environment would be Java or C
2006-09-19 11:15:30 · update #1
If you are making a full-screen console game where speed is required, C++ is the way to go. If you are making a windows game that does not require extreme speed, such as solitaire or poker, then you will want to go with drag-and-drop languages like Visual Basic or Delphi.
You can use C but nowadays there is little reason to do so, remember the entire C language is inside of C++ so if you use C++ you can do any "C" type of thing you want. Assembler is only used to optimize very small pieces of code, and that is usually done at the end of the project to make the game accessible to lower end systems IF NEEDED.
2006-09-19 18:00:36 · answer #1 · answered by soulblazer28 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean arcade video games? Then that would be like C/C++ as well as Assembly language.
If you're talking about video games for any platform, then you can program games with just about any language. You would usually select the language depending on what the language is typically used for.
You create flash games with the flash compiler. If you want to make a serious full-scale Painkiller or Doom 3-D game, then you would use C++ (and hopefully, Assembly language). If you want to make a web game, you can use Java (see Sun Microsystems' web site for game examples).
2006-09-19 11:48:46 · answer #2 · answered by Balk 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It could be any one of a number of different languages. I believe Java++ is still quite popular and it resembles C++.
2006-09-19 11:13:31 · answer #3 · answered by the_pharaoh109 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C
2006-09-19 11:11:20 · answer #4 · answered by Vazvil V 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋