Game Hacking: C++, Reverse Engineering & DLL Injection

• Have you ever wondered how game cheats actually work?

Where is a player's health stored in memory? What is a pointer, and why do memory addresses keep changing? How can you find and modify a function? What is the difference between external and internal cheats? How do DLL injection and hooking actually work?

In this course, we'll answer these questions through hands-on projects rather than purely theoretical explanations.

We'll start with Cheat Engine and ReClassNET, learning how to analyze game memory, find static and dynamic addresses, work with pointer structures, and use techniques such as AOB/Signature Scanning.

Then we'll take what we've learned into C++.

You'll use the Windows API to build your own external tools, work with process memory, perform memory reads and writes, manipulate bytes, and build an external game-hacking project from the ground up.

After that, we'll move into DLL injection and internal development. You'll learn how DLL injection works, explore hooking techniques such as Detours and Trampolines, and create a simple in-game interface using ImGui.

We'll then use concepts such as WorldToScreen and ViewMatrix to understand how ESP/Wallhack systems work and build them in practice. We'll also explore the fundamentals behind Aimbot, Triggerbot and No Recoil systems.

• What will you actually gain from this course?

The goal of this course is not to have you simply copy and paste pre-written code.

Instead, you'll learn how to analyze game memory, investigate where values and functions are located, and develop the skills needed to solve problems on your own.

Throughout the course, I'll try to explain not only how something works, but also why we're doing it that way.

• Before you start

This is not a complete beginner programming course.

Basic C++ knowledge is recommended. Having some familiarity with Assembly will also be helpful. However, the reverse-engineering and game-hacking concepts used throughout the course will be explored through practical examples.

If you're not yet comfortable with C++, I recommend strengthening your fundamentals before moving into the external and internal sections.

• By the end of the course

By completing this course, you'll have a practical foundation in game memory analysis, external and internal development, DLL injection, memory manipulation, AOB scanning and basic hooking techniques.

More importantly, you'll have a better understanding of the reverse-engineering process and the tools used to investigate how games work internally.

The goal isn't to make you dependent on a single game's source code or a collection of pre-made cheats. Instead, you'll learn techniques and concepts that you can investigate and apply to different games and projects.

If you're interested in learning how games work under the hood, getting started with reverse engineering, and building your own game-hacking projects, let's get started.