WIN API for Game Developers, day 0, introduction

In this tutorial series, I aim to help you learn the Windows API. By the end, you will be able to make a basic game, using no libraries except Windows.h
In this first lecture, we will learn some basic things about Windows.h, and we will use our first Windows function to open a message box.
Note: Functions with extended stuff end with an Ex not X as shown in the video, sorry for the typo.
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[@willemidaho]

You are criminally underrated.

[@RuedigaTheSecond]

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[@lowlevelgamedev9330]

thanks, I hope people will share this video series and hopefully I'll gain more subscribers 💪💪

[@Johnny31323]

A language that overuses the Windows Api including Gdi and some features of Gdi+ is autohotkey.
The language is made with a combination of the C languages, but is entirely reliant on windows to function. It's a very simplistic language, in some cases it can be better than python. But also, it is not available to any OS, like python.

[@averyocean65]

Great video!
I really like that you didn't only explain one of the MessageBox functions, but instead covered what the A, W and X suffixes mean! Also thanks for talking about the NOMINMAX and LEAN_AND_MEAN flags as those seem really useful.
Keep up the awesome work!

[@lowlevelgamedev9330]

thanks for the nice comment 💪 I hope to bring you valuable stuff like this in the entire tutorial series

[@helloitshecker]

Hanging the tux in the thumbnail image is very bad!

[@AdanSendo]

Easy to understand! Thanks.

[@lowlevelgamedev9330]

glad to hear that 💪

[@VaibhavPareek]

🔥🔥

[@dotjarianyever]

The universe is conspiring to help me, i always wanted a series of videos about winapi for game development

[@lowlevelgamedev9330]

yup, now you have to learn it. No excuse!

[@RuedigaTheSecond]

Missed the premiere due to gym ::(
But yes, stephan still likes men

[@lowlevelgamedev9330]

no problem, can't be mad at a gym bro 💪💪 also stephan kinda hot tho

[@__Mr.m__]

This man never disappoint

[@lowlevelgamedev9330]

here to serve 💪💪

[@DashieTM]

What is a WIN API? Did you mean wine?
(Had to write this since you committed the sin of hurting the friendly tux :( )

[@lowlevelgamedev9330]

so windows api is basically the thing that you use to write a c++ windows application. Think of including windows.h as including unistd on linux.
Also I prommise I won't be hurting tux in the next thumbnails 🙏

[@DashieTM]

@@lowlevelgamedev9330 Oops,
the sarcasm wasn't that obvious I guess :P
I mentioned wine to suggest that it should be the only windows to exist.
Either way still nice explanation :D

[@lowlevelgamedev9330]

oh 😆ok I see @@DashieTM

[@happygofishing]

wine is the most stable api on linux

[@valentrix]

ran into your channel by accident
prolly the best accident in life so far, you rock

[@lowlevelgamedev9330]

glad you like it bro 💪💪

[@pebaz]

Bro

[@diegocortesf6369]

This is so awesome!

[@fadul97]

These videos are really helpful! By the way, how did you add the win32 api to Cmake? I tried and failed

[@lowlevelgamedev9330]

winapi is linked by default you don't have to do anything, you can find my cmake in the repo in the description if you still need help

[@fadul97]

@@lowlevelgamedev9330thank you, I managed to add the OpenGL headers in a sample project. I saw that you use glad, I tried to add GL/glext and GL/wglext into my project along with KHR/khrplatform, and oh boy, I got the compiler screaming at me for so many errors. Were you able to setup those headers as well or just added glad to your project?

[@ChaseCarlson]

Awesome!
On an unrelated note, I'd love to see a video about building a reflection system in C++!
Doesn't even have to include fancy stuff like a clang plugin, just manually reflected types, properties, methods, etc. Feels like there's not enough content about that.
Thanks for the video! I've played with the Windows API and it starts to get messy real quick. This series is going to be fun.

[@lowlevelgamedev9330]

hmmn I could make a video on a reflection system in c++ that's not a bad idea thanks 💪

[@ChaseCarlson]

@@lowlevelgamedev9330 Thank you! Can't wait to see it

[@RuslanKhamidoullin]

Faster does not mean better. 🤮

[@会供価]

bro in every beginner tutorial vid theres always 1 dumb comment

[@Alpha_GameDev-wq5cc]

I love you man!

[@acupofkoffi]

Is it possible to do this without using vc or some other ide and compile all stuff in a command line? Are there any sources for that?

[@lowlevelgamedev9330]

yes you can search online. You mostly have to type the cmake command to generate your project. With visual studoo you can actually download the cmake and cpp extension to let vs compile the project.

[@lowlevelgamedev9330]

if you can't figure it out just make your project as you are used to and copy my code there

[@acupofkoffi]

@@lowlevelgamedev9330 okay, I'll try. Thank you for your content

[@krolmuch]

wow am I really a gigachad!?

[@lowlevelgamedev9330]

yess chad++ 💪

[@catatrophicalist]

great vid

[@lowlevelgamedev9330]

thanks 💪💪

[@mr.tm-yt]

Awesome Video!!

[@lowlevelgamedev9330]

thanks 💪

[@xX_NameHere_Xx]

i had to slow the video down to 0.5 to understand him 🥲