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[CaptainZap]

What language are Mac games written in? I know lots of Windows games are written in C#, so I thought I'd ask =]

 

[robbieduncan]

I don't think many Windows games are written in C#. I think most are written in C++. Which is probably also the choice on the Mac.

 

[bronxbomber92]

Most with C or C++ using OpenGL and/or SDL most likely.

Some have been made with Cocoa (and Quartz 2D) also.

 

[Eric5h5]

Nobody uses C# for game programming, unless you're using Unity.

--Eric

 

[bronxbomber92]

Nobody uses C# for game programming, unless you're using Unity.

--Eric

Umm, not true 😛
On Windows, there is XNA which uses C#

 

[Eric5h5]

Oops, yeah, forgot about that...I was thinking about computer games though.

--Eric

 

[CaptainZap]

What are console games written in then?

 

[robbieduncan]

What are console games written in then?

C++

Apart from a tiny number of very simple ones for the 360 that might have been written in C# and XNA. And even then all of the ones that might get ported to another console or use a cross platform engine are written in C++.

 

[bronxbomber92]

Also, major AAA commercial games have their own (in-house) managed code/scripting language (e.g. UnReal engine has UnRealScript, Quake has QuakeScript)

 

[CaptainZap]

C++

Apart from a tiny number of very simple ones for the 360 that might have been written in C# and XNA. And even then all of the ones that might get ported to another console or use a cross platform engine are written in C++.

Alright, well maybe when I heard about C# I got console games and computer games switched around 😛

 

[robbieduncan]

Alright, well maybe when I heard about C# I got console games and computer games switched around 😛

Perhaps. Anything commercial is probably C++ not C# though.