Vnc can be installed portable style just by double clicking the client exe. Luckily...

But yeah not having access to a compiler is very backwards.

Not sure how you can have a C++ class when you are forced to use a computer that won't let you install a compiler. You could install a Visual Studio on a home computer then VNC in to that from the chromebook whilst at school.

If he could install a VNC he could just install Visual Studio :-p

There's probably an admin lock.

No he couldn't.
Visual Studio won't install on his Chrome Book as it is the wrong operating system. VNC viewer however can be run from a chrome extension.

Well, it's not like having VS but the compiler should be more or less the same: http://webcompiler.cloudapp.net/

Hi Green_Fox,

Sites like Codecademy are great for learning and I like that style of learning myself.

Essentially, you want small progressive steps with examples to try out and build on. I couldn't find anything online specifically like that.

I understand you are limited by the curriculum your school has and what software you can use.

The closest solution I could find was this: http://www.tutorialspoint.com/cplusplus/index.htm

It has some try it code sections but nothing as interactive as codecademy unfortunately.

"Servant of the Lord" above has some great advice. I now code with a PDF open in one half of my screen and a programming application open in the other half. This would only be an option for you if you had a PC of your own at home where you could install software and download PDFs etc of your own.

Best of luck!

G.J.

Everything above is good advice, but if you just want to make games in unreal engine 4, you don't need to know any c++. Your entire game can be made in blueprint and will be just as advanced and quicker to write, you will need less technical knowledge and just an understanding of the maths. Check out the ue4 documentation on blueprint and have fun :)

Will I hypothetically be able to make games like ark survival evolved without knowing any coding languages?

Will I hypothetically be able to make games like ark survival evolved without knowing any coding languages?

Not just hypothetically, you can create any game in blueprint in UE4 that you can create in C++, with very few small limitations. You'll find that blueprint is programming still but it's easier to learn as it's visual. You drag and drop elements to build a flowchart, so if you can understand a flowchart you can build blueprints for ue4.

For example look at my signature, this game is about 75% blueprint. It was 100% blueprint but for some things I prefer c++, but it isn't at all necessary...

Will I hypothetically be able to make games like ark survival evolved without knowing any coding languages?

Not just hypothetically, you can create any game in blueprint in UE4 that you can create in C++, with very few small limitations. You'll find that blueprint is programming still but it's easier to learn as it's visual. You drag and drop elements to build a flowchart, so if you can understand a flowchart you can build blueprints for ue4.

For example look at my signature, this game is about 75% blueprint. It was 100% blueprint but for some things I prefer c++, but it isn't at all necessary...

So can you give me some way I can learn to use unreal engine 4 to create games like that?

So can you give me some way I can learn to use unreal engine 4 to create games like that?

First off do you have a PC so you can install/use the unreal engine and potentially visual studio?

Also if you have one, what are the PC specs?

The best way to learn is by example. Install unreal engine 4, and download the free content samples. Read their docs and wiki and just play with it. If you have an aptitude for making games, within an hour you'll have an animated 3d model running around a map, less if you use the default examples.

To make a game like ark, you'll need artists, but you can get a good headstart by downloading free models and art from opengameart.org. I paid for very little of my art... The total budget for my game so far is 60 UK pounds.

Buy a book read it and practice. I did it at your age (starting from 13, ~2007) took me 2 years to learn and practice almost every feature of the language (and you don't need this) Those features are currently much more.

In parallel, when you start feeling comfortable with the language(aka you know how a specific language feature behave) you can start learning about algorithms.
At this point you will know what to do next.