About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges and innovations in teaching C++ to game development students, particularly in the context of LLMs and retro hardware.

Jason and Mathieu are joined by Tom Tesch to discuss teaching C++ to game development students, how LLMs and chatbots are reshaping programming education and assessment, and the lessons that come from teaching on retro hardware like the NES.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jason, Mathieu

Guest: Tom Tesch

Topics covered

• C++ education
• game development
• LLMs
• programming assessment
• retro hardware

Keywords

• C++
• game development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NES

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