This has been a project that I knew I wanted to undertake for years now.
I'm slowly reading books, improving my general programming skills in the process (I'm a CS & Math student also working as a developer of educational games in JavaScript using a proprietary engine), but it feels like when I exhaust the general-purpose books aimed at turning me into an all-round better developer (Clean Code, Pragmatic Programmer and Effective C++ are ones that currently have my attention) - I'm left with a giant body of information relevant to the task at hand and no knowledge of where to start.
I want to mess with all the nitty-gritty details, and learn how to write neat, performant and extensible code. Do the math. Do it all.
But I have no focus. All I know is that I want to delve into OpenGL and C++, but I don't really have a clear picture of what should be done with them. What are the basics of engine development that I should start with?
I only have tidbits of information gathered from here and there, but nothing is formed in my brain and it's a bit frustrating.
I'm scared that if I just start with no clear direction, I'm going to end up throwing away lots of code and become discouraged.
Would love to hear your thoughts. Thank you.
I'm slowly reading books, improving my general programming skills in the process (I'm a CS & Math student also working as a developer of educational games in JavaScript using a proprietary engine), but it feels like when I exhaust the general-purpose books aimed at turning me into an all-round better developer (Clean Code, Pragmatic Programmer and Effective C++ are ones that currently have my attention) - I'm left with a giant body of information relevant to the task at hand and no knowledge of where to start.
I want to mess with all the nitty-gritty details, and learn how to write neat, performant and extensible code. Do the math. Do it all.
But I have no focus. All I know is that I want to delve into OpenGL and C++, but I don't really have a clear picture of what should be done with them. What are the basics of engine development that I should start with?
I only have tidbits of information gathered from here and there, but nothing is formed in my brain and it's a bit frustrating.
I'm scared that if I just start with no clear direction, I'm going to end up throwing away lots of code and become discouraged.
Would love to hear your thoughts. Thank you.