My Journey

Well that was my final C assignment (more information coming, be patient please!); so now I'm getting ready to move onto C++.

The course officially doesn't start C++ until 3rd of October but I'm getting a few weeks head start to ensure I do well.

The book I'll be using to begin with is a book I bought a few years ago but never attempted very far past chapter two: Beginning C++ Through Game Programming.
Amazon has it listed at $5.91 (US), I recall paying a lot, lot more than that so it's certainly a bargain now.

I'll also be using the last few chapters of Engineering Problem Solving with C and C: How to Program as they include introductory chapters to C++ (the former has C++ for almost half of the book!).

So finally, finally, I should be able to make games as C++ is such an object oriented language. Hopefully you'll see playable games, albeit not great ones, within the next few weeks!

Well that was very easy I'm glad to say, it's restored faith in my abilities as a programmer!

Here's the final code, usually I would separate this into separate functions but since it's only a small exercise I just left it all in main.

Well here it is so far:

Okay so my recent attempts to create this "turtle graphics" program hasn't gone too well. So I given up.

Okay so I haven't given up but I chose to postpone it until I know more about arrays, especially 2D ones. Thus I  have turned to Engineering Problem Solving with C (3rd Edition) and it's chapters on arrays.

I am about to begin work on a fun sounding "Terrain Navigation" exercise, simulating a robot navigating hills: the program will look at a 2D array and evaluate based on height information where peaks and valleys occur.

I'll post my progress later this evening if I do well!

I know I said I'd post my progress today but unfortunately none has been made, I've had a hectic day and barely had a chance to get on the computer let alone programming!

I shall work on it tonight since I was reading up more on two dimensional arrays to prepare, it's not exactly difficult but I like to refine my knowledge by re-reading every chapter of my textbooks to ensure I haven't missed anything.

I'll also be doing some exercises from Engineering Problem Solving with C (3rd Edition) tonight and tomorrow to further cement it in my brain.