C# vs C++ for mobile games?

Question

Anyone know if C# or C++ would be more performant on iOS devices? I already know C# and it tends to be slow sometimes when handling multiple physics objects and "high" graphical effects. Would C++ be better for these tasks on mobile devices?

Answer 1

I don't know about mobile apps written with C++, but I do know that you can write iOS apps with C# and Xamarin.IOS library.

Answer 2

If you guys keep debating on which language is best suited for games, I don't think you'll ever even get started with anything.

Pick a language, create stuff with it, try the next language, create stuff with as well and choose the Language that fits YOUR needs.
NOTE:: What others prefer in games might not be what you want

Answer 3

C++, for two reasons.

1) a lot of games are programmed in C++. No mainstream game is, as yet, programmed in a managed language.

2) C++ is as hard as it gets. You have to master manual memory management and generally no bounds checking (beyond the excellent Valgrind!). If you master C++, you will find this transferable to managed procedural languages. Less so the other way around.

C++ has a level of complexity close to APL! You'll never get better by playing weaker opponents.
People who understand how the machine works make better programmers, because all abstractions are leaky

Answer 4

C#, a Microsoft made language, on iOS, made by Apple? Thats an oxymoron...

Really though, I don't know awnser. C++ is more performant than C#, but that's not accounting for the possibility of if they can even be developed on iOS. I just don't know. I know Java can though (and obviously Swift).

Answer 5

Lev Vasilyev Let's just say both are great in their own ways

Answer 6

yeah the followings are the steps
for Unreal ->

step1-.learn C++ class and Blueprints...how they are related
step 2-learn Class Viewer
step3-learn OOP ( encapsulation, inheritance)
step4 -learn to use API reference
step5 -learn what is Difference between UClass and object instance
step6 -learn how to make actor reference and setup object variable
step7 -learn how to make function calls from actor references (without interfaces)

Answer 7

I guess c++ is good with game application and consoles

Answer 8

I like c++ for electronic project

Answer 9

yeah..Unity is slow when it comes to performance...unreal is better ..my recommend ation only..try Unreal..you wont regret

Answer 10

Ahri Fox it just uses the mono implementation for c# just like xamarin.
Christopher DeWeese
the benchmarks that i know don‘t really show that much faster performance when using c++ over c#. it might also depend on your usecase. if you are doing mainly 2D+physics a more 2D focused engine might be better
if you want to use unity and have physics problems you could write your own physics code in c++, but unitys physics should be pretty optimized

Answer 11

KyuZee Ahri Fox I have already built and published 4 games to the App Store using Unity. I recently started learning Unreal to make 3D games and so far I am liking the workflow.

My goal is to make 3d mobile games, and I'm debating wether I am better off using one of these game engines or code it natively in Apple SceneKit. I heard SceneKit is very limited and that it's best to use Unity.

Unity seems quite bloated and slow when it comes to certain tasks, and Unreal beats Unity at this.

Do y'all think Unreal is overkill for a 3d mobile game? Or is it fine enough for me to keep learning it?

Answer 12

C++ for better perfomance (HARD LEVEL, TOUGH SKILLS)
C# for beginning, can be used for cross-platform coding (by means of Xamarin)

Answer 13

Prefer C++ as far compatible

Answer 14

I recommend C# with unity, as you said you already know C# and because unity lets you earn 100,000 dollars a year with no royalty or without paying a penny, where unreal has a royalty, so I suggest unity :) then again.. I am a newb so what do I know? lol

Answer 15

HEY MAN!!!! 👉don,t go here and there and only listen to me.
take your start with unity3d without worrying!!!
unity3d +C sharp will take you to the top!!!!,🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

Answer 16

Max True, Unity uses C# to code the game, and it can be usable on iOS. But it may be converting the code to something else so it works on iOS. It doesn't necessarily mean C# works on iOS. Though it does mean it's possible.

But the OP is looking for performance, and Unity is a bit bloated, so I think it's disqualified.

Answer 17

C++ greatest challenge is memory allocation

Answer 18

for me c++
if python one of the choice's
i choose python
for 3d games pandas3d
and for 2d pygame. :)

Answer 19

Ishola Obafemi With C++, you can still write a GUI, it's just harder. But with C#, getting the graphics quality above a certain point is impossible. C++ has this point, too, but you reach it slower.

Answer 20

C# is not as “close to the metal” as C++ , in C++ you can use c as well. Almost every Linux machine you can find GCC and g++, so that’s a big win. I like C# as well though, it’s a nice language. Look at the benchmarks:
https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/faster/csharpcore-gpp.html