Games with Source Code

Saturday, September 20th, 2008 | Resources

Cymon’s Games is cool, but at the moment there may not be many games that are really representative of games that maybe you want to be making. One day soon this site may start to feature that sort of program, but until it does I can’t blame you if you stray. Just make sure you come back.

If you’re looking for code to look at and teach yourself with it can be difficult to find. Personally I find wading through code depositories like SourceForge or Google Code for something interesting distasteful at best or a huge waste of time at worst. So when GeneralValter on the TIGSource forums asked for games with source code I was pleased when someone presented the following link:

C Games with Source Code, far from comprehensive, it is a good start. Of course Hideous mentioning Super Mario War wasn’t such a bad thing either.

If you know of any others, please comment below.

The problem with resources like this is they can be dauntinly vast and leave you feeling more lost than you started. When that happens I hope you’ll remember this little corner of the web and return where the examples are simple.