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I have no delusions of having enough time to ever follow through all of these videos, but it's still an idea that appeals to me. Something I'm curious about tho

by dchuk 9y ago

I have no delusions of having enough time to ever follow through all of these videos, but it's still an idea that appeals to me. Something I'm curious about though: If I wanted to follow along on a Mac instead of Windows, how different of a process am I looking at?

sourthyme 9y ago
Not too bad, Casey does a good job of separating the platform code from his game code. Also he's using emacs.
- gnuvince 9y ago
  > Also he's using emacs. Not anymore.
  - edanm 9y ago
    What is he using now?
    - nbm 9y ago
      He's using 4coder - https://4coder.handmade.network/ https://4coder.handmade.network/ He likes that its configuration language is C, so he doesn't have to learn a configuration language to get things done.
      - xfer 9y ago
        But if you are already using emacs, you already have learnt the configuration language. What's the benefit?
        dangerbird2 9y ago
        From what I remember, he switched to 4coder because it supports modal editing that's better for his rsi problems. I guess he didn't care for vim or emacs with vi emulation. Casey also likes to support his "Handmade" network promoting simple C/C++ applications.
        nbm 9y ago
        Most people don’t spend nearly enough time in a editor-specific language to keep it fresh and loaded at all time. So having to switch from a language/environment you’re fluent in to one you can merely get by in is a frustrating experience. Watching Casey add some fairly powerful features in the editor in an hour or two, including using Windows APIs directly, was quite illuminating.
skadamat 9y ago
Seems like it was ported over (the code anyway): https://github.com/itfrombit/osx_handmade https://github.com/itfrombit/osx_handmade
jackmott 9y ago
You can start with handmade penguin, which uses SDL2 instead of the windows API, this should be relatively easy to get working on a mac https://davidgow.net/handmadepenguin/ https://davidgow.net/handmadepenguin/
memco 9y ago
There are a few ports to other systems, but there's a small part of the process that will be opaque because someone other than Casey has done the legwork. By which I mean that you won't get any insight into how windows are built on OSX, how input is handled etc. because it's not part of the stream. As I understand it most of the code is platform agnostic, but the development process is windows biased and won't get to be cross platform until the engine is finished. I would love for someone to go over the unique pieces for mac in a supplemental video series the same way Casey does.

by dchuk 9y ago

sourthyme 9y ago

Not too bad, Casey does a good job of separating the platform code from his game code. Also he's using emacs.

gnuvince 9y ago
> Also he's using emacs. Not anymore.
- edanm 9y ago
  What is he using now?
  - nbm 9y ago
    He's using 4coder - https://4coder.handmade.network/ https://4coder.handmade.network/ He likes that its configuration language is C, so he doesn't have to learn a configuration language to get things done.
    - xfer 9y ago
      But if you are already using emacs, you already have learnt the configuration language. What's the benefit?
      - dangerbird2 9y ago
        From what I remember, he switched to 4coder because it supports modal editing that's better for his rsi problems. I guess he didn't care for vim or emacs with vi emulation. Casey also likes to support his "Handmade" network promoting simple C/C++ applications.
      - nbm 9y ago
        Most people don’t spend nearly enough time in a editor-specific language to keep it fresh and loaded at all time. So having to switch from a language/environment you’re fluent in to one you can merely get by in is a frustrating experience. Watching Casey add some fairly powerful features in the editor in an hour or two, including using Windows APIs directly, was quite illuminating.

skadamat 9y ago

Seems like it was ported over (the code anyway): https://github.com/itfrombit/osx_handmade https://github.com/itfrombit/osx_handmade

jackmott 9y ago

You can start with handmade penguin, which uses SDL2 instead of the windows API, this should be relatively easy to get working on a mac https://davidgow.net/handmadepenguin/ https://davidgow.net/handmadepenguin/

memco 9y ago

There are a few ports to other systems, but there's a small part of the process that will be opaque because someone other than Casey has done the legwork. By which I mean that you won't get any insight into how windows are built on OSX, how input is handled etc. because it's not part of the stream. As I understand it most of the code is platform agnostic, but the development process is windows biased and won't get to be cross platform until the engine is finished. I would love for someone to go over the unique pieces for mac in a supplemental video series the same way Casey does.