Learn C++ by Making Games

PART I: Fundamentals of C++ Programming Ch 1. Introduction to Programming Ch 2. The Mandatory Hello World Program and Its Structure: Blocks, Comments, The Standard Namespace, etc. Ch 3. Variables, Constants and Volatile Variables Ch 4. Basic Data Types, Enums, Typedefs Ch 5. Console input/output Ch 6. Strings Ch 7. Game #1: Funny Headlines PART II C++ Statements and Constructs Ch 8. Assignment and Typecasting, Operators: Arithmetic, Bitwise, Shortcut Assignments, Blocks Ch 9. Conditional Statements: If, Switch, the "?" Operator, Loops: While, Do, For; Break and Continue Statements Ch 10. Game #2: The Last Straw PART III Functions: Including Libraries and Using Predefined Functions: Ch 11. Random Numbers Ch 12. Defining Your Own Functions Ch 13. Function Parameters: Call by Value, Call by Reference, Default Parameters, Returning Values from Functions Ch 14. Variable Scope Rules Ch 15. Inline Functions vs Macros Ch 16. Game #3: Blackjack PART IV Elementary Data Structures Ch 17. One-Dimensional Arrays, Searches and Sorts, Multi-Dimensional Arrays, Array Parameters Ch 18. Recursion Ch 19. Structures Ch 20. Unions Ch 21. Game #4: Mastermind PART V Pointers Ch 22. Introduction to Pointers: What They Are, How to Initialize Them, etc. Ch 23. Pointer Arithmetic, Pointer Parameters Ch 24. Comparisons Between Pointers and Arrays, Function Pointers, Pointers vs References, Ch 25. Game #5: Variable-sized Minesweeper PART VI Object-Oriented Programming: Concepts of OOP Ch 26. Classes, Objects, Composition, Inheritance, Abstraction, Polymorphism, Encapsulation, Data and Function Members Ch 27. Accessing Data and Function Members from Inside and from Outside the Objects, Access Qualifiers: Private, Public, Protected, Friend, Class Declarations and Definitions, Ch 28. Object Construction and Destruction, Overloading Functions, Overloading Operators Ch 29. Classes vs Structs, Object Equality, Dynamic Objects (new and delete) Ch 30. OO Analysis, Inheritance and Class Hierarchies Ch