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I was just wondering why c++ ist that powerful and performant for developing games. I wrote a lot of games in c# and delphi, always using the timer component to make objects "move". Another option for the movement were loops, but they are definitely not performant.
So what technique does c++ use that users can develop performant games?
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The C programming language is very useful for making Game Engines but not very useful for scripting. If you want to make games for many platforms and consoles efficiently, using Unity (C#) or Unreal Engine (C++) is the best approach.
C++ is compatible with low-level C and assembly language, making it easier for game developers to interact with the hardware-level components. C++ is a compiled language that gives better runtime performance than other high-level interpreted languages.
C# is a simple, modern, object-oriented, and type-safe programming language, and it's the most popular programming language in game development.
C++ is an object oriented programming language while C isn't. Making games with object oriented programming is a lot less time consuming. Even games that appear to be simple are complex by software standards. They can easily consist of thousands of lines of code.
C++ give you finer grain of control over the actual hardware and bit pushing. For common business needs, a third generation language such as Java or C# is quicker to program and takes worries like pointers and garbage collection off the hands of the developer. This is at a cost of lack of ability to optimize and fine tune how memory and data structures are used.
You can also take a hybrid approach of breaking the game into a higher level language for scripting etc and then "drop" into C++ land for parts that require the speed and optimizations.
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