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[–] ulterno@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

80%+ C# though.
Welp
I can't help

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

C# is super easy though. If you've done C++ it's about 100x easier than C++ game programming, or really any traditional game programming.

Unity3D is even more complicated than Godot from an engine standpoint using C#.

But Godot is truly open source, and I understand why they used it.

edit: to correct Gadot to Godot

[–] neons@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Do you mean "godot" instead of "gadot" or is gadot a C# library?

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 hours ago

I did, sorry, Godot is what I mean. I've been watching too much Wonder Woman it seems...

[–] ulterno@programming.dev -4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

C# is mainly windows though, even though .NET core is not OSS.

And what if they require the whole .NET framework. That makes it a Proton only game. No Linux builds.

Makes the OSS kinda useless to me, unless I want to rewrite it

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
  • C# runs cross platform. Unity3D with C# runs cross platform and Gadot as cross platform.
  • .NET 6+ (and 8.X is current) is fully compatible with Linux.
  • Nobody's depending on .NET framework <4.X anymore. Nobody. That's the version of .NET you're thinking of that's locked into windows. Anything built with .NET Core, or .NET 6 or higher is fully cross platform.

10 years ago you'd have been correct, but a lot changes in a decade, and a lot of your understanding is currently no longer accurate.

Additional reading for the roadmap from the Gadot team.

They're using Mono with a plan to move to .NET 5 (the merger version between .NET Core and .NET Framework) and then on to .NET 6+.

In the meantime, Mono is fully cross platform and has no dependencies on windows components. The Mono team became the .NET Core team at Microsoft.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

ooo

outdated indeed

Guess I should learn some C#

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's a ton of fun. 🙂 I mean that. It makes programming fun vs C++. I think you'll really enjoy it is that's where you're coming from.

It's also, stylistically, much cleaner and slicker than Java

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

IDK man, I do C++ nowadays and sometimes I miss C.

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago

Hah, I understand. I miss the simplicity of C often.

But give C# a try, I was pleasantly surprised.