Why I use Odin for Game and Engine Development | Solar Storm Devlog 0

A short video essay about why I enjoy using Odin and custom game engines.

Check out my upcoming game Solar Storm, there is a free demo on Steam. The game is written from scratch in Odin and uses Sokol.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/27...

Discord Server:
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You can also follow me on twitter, that's where I'm the most active
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My Rendering Article:
https://jakubtomsu.github.io/posts/so...

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:23 Solar Storm
1:32 Custom Engines
2:09 Libraries can help
2:52 Shipping vs Learning
3:31 What is Odin?
4:47 Simplicity
5:41 Odin in Gamedev
6:29 Math
7:14 Datatypes
9:09 Data-oriented features
10:09 Potential Drawbacks
10:29 Odin Resources
10:50 Outro

Odin Resources:
Odin overview page: https://odin-lang.org/docs/overview/

Karl Zylinski has many interesting videos about Odin and Gamedev
Raylib + Odin tutorial series:    • Make games using Odin + Raylib #1: Se...  
5 reasons why Odinlang is great for gamedev:    • 5 reasons why Odinlang is great for g...  

Rickard Andersson makes videos about Odin and programming:    / @mccgonzooo  

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