Beginning Directx 11 Game Programming Apr 2026

His first goal was simple, yet daunting: create a window and clear it to a solid color. 🏗️ Building the Framework

Leo was not a seasoned veteran. He was a self-taught coder with a dream of building his own 3D world from scratch. No Unity. No Unreal. Just pure, unadulterated code. Beginning DirectX 11 Game Programming

Leo began by writing the Win32 boilerplate code. He registered the window class, created the window, and set up the message loop. It was tedious, but necessary. Next came the real challenge: initializing DirectX 11. His first goal was simple, yet daunting: create

He carefully typed out the code to create the device, the device context, and the swap chain. He felt like an architect laying the foundation for a massive skyscraper. Every line of code had to be precise. One small mistake, and the whole structure would come crashing down. The virtual adapter that allocates resources. No Unity