Intermediate C++ Game Programming Tutorial 1

We've been using ints and floats and bools this whole time, but have you ever wondered about a day in the life of a variable? In this video, we find that shit out, and so much more. We also learn about the cousins of int and float, adding to our arsenal basic data types we can use. What's the endgame you ask? This stuff is gonna help us understand pointers and strings, and it's just interesting shit.

Topics Covered

• The concept of memory (RAM)
• Binary and hexadecimal number systems
• char, short, long long, double
• unsigned integral types
• The ranges and sizes of basic data types
• Layout of variables in memory
• Correspondence between C++ code and CPU operations

Video Timestamp Index

Tutorial 1

Homework

None!

See also

• Next in series (Tutorial 2)
• Intermediate C++ Game Programming Series
• Beginner C++ Game Programming Series