https://clemens.ms/tags/game-development/ Recent content in Game Development on Clemens Schotte Hugo en clemens@navatron.com (Clemens Schotte) clemens@navatron.com (Clemens Schotte) Copyright by Clemens Schotte. Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:28:42 +0200 https://clemens.ms/odin/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000clemens@navatron.com (Clemens Schotte) https://clemens.ms/odin/ <p>I recently started rewriting <a href="https://clemens.ms/caverace/" rel="">CaveRace</a>, a game I originally built in C in 1997. The old version was written for MS-DOS using Borland C, VGA Mode 13h graphics, and a little x86 assembly. Rewriting it is a good excuse to revisit the game and experiment with a modern systems programming language.</p> <p>For this version, I chose <a href="https://odin-lang.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreffer ">Odin</a> together with <a href="https://www.raylib.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreffer ">Raylib</a>. Odin feels familiar when coming from C, and its official <code>vendor</code> collection already includes Raylib bindings and native libraries. In theory, getting a window on the screen should be as simple as importing Raylib:</p>