--- title: "Everything You Need To Start Making Games in C++!" url: https://daily.dev/posts/everything-you-need-to-start-making-games-in-c--b584d1eir source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=448x1LwKNjo type: video:youtube source: "Low Level Game Dev" published: 2026-05-15T18:22:07.021Z updated: 2026-05-15T18:22:23.583Z tags: ["game-development", "c", "c++", "graphics-programming"] reading_time: 13 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Everything You Need To Start Making Games in C++! **[Low Level Game Dev](https://daily.dev/sources/lowlevelgamedev)** · 13 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A roadmap for beginners who want to make games in C++ without using a game engine. Covers learning C++ basics, building console projects, using a pre-configured graphics library setup to avoid linking headaches, memory management for gamedev, CMake for library linking, game art and assets, game design fundamentals, publishing on Steam, and advanced topics like 3D programming with OpenGL. The author advocates for keeping code simple, avoiding OOP and design patterns early on, and learning by building projects rather than reading books. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#game-development](https://daily.dev/tags/game-development), [#c](https://daily.dev/tags/c), [#c++](https://daily.dev/tags/c++), [#graphics-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/graphics-programming) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/everything-you-need-to-start-making-games-in-c--b584d1eir)