| Description |
1 online resource (256 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Getting Started with SDL; Why use SDL?; What is new in SDL 2.0?; Migrating SDL 1.2 extensions; Setting up SDL in Visual C++ Express 2010; Using Mercurial to get SDL 2.0 on Windows; Cloning and building the latest SDL 2.0 repository; I have the library; now what?; Hello SDL; An overview of Hello SDL; SDL initialization flags; SDL renderer flags; What makes up a game; Breaking up the Hello SDL code; What does this code do?; The Game class; Fullscreen SDL; Summary |
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Chapter 2: Drawing in SDLBasic SDL drawing; Getting some images; Creating an SDL texture; Source and destination rectangles; Animating a sprite sheet; Flipping images; Installing SDL_image; Using SDL_image; Tying it into the framework; Creating the texture manager; Using texture manager as a singleton; Summary; Chapter 3: Working with Game Objects; Using inheritance; Implementing polymorphism; Using abstract base classes; Should we always use inheritance?; Could the same thing be achieved with a simpler solution?; Derived classes should model the ""is a"" relationship |
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Possible performance penaltiesPutting it all together; Summary; Chapter 4: Exploring Movement and Input Handling; Setting up game objects for movement; What is a vector?; Some common operations; Addition of two vectors; Multiply by a scalar number; Subtraction of two vectors; Divide by a scalar number; Normalizing a vector; Adding the Vector2D class; Adding velocity; Adding acceleration; Creating fixed frames per second; Input handling; Creating our input handler class; Handling joystick/gamepad input; SDL joystick events; Initializing joysticks; Listening for and handling axis movement |
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Dealing with joystick button inputHandling mouse events; Using mouse button events; Handling mouse motion events; Implementing keyboard input; Wrapping things up; Summary; Chapter 5: Handling Game States; A simple way for switching states; Implementing finite state machines; A base class for game states; Implementing FSM; Implementing menu states; Function pointers and callback functions; Implementing the temporary play state; Pausing the game; Creating the game over state; Summary; Chapter 6: Data-driven Design; Loading XML files; Basic XML structure; Implementing Object Factories |
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Using Distributed FactoriesFitting the factory into the framework; Parsing states from an XML file; Loading the menu state from an XML file; Loading other states from an XML file; Loading the play state; Loading the pause state; Loading the game over state; Summary; Chapter 7: Creating and Displaying Tile Maps; What is a tile map?; Getting familiar with the Tiled application; Parsing and drawing a tile map; Creating the TileLayer class; Creating the LevelParser class; Parsing tilesets; Parsing a tile layer; Drawing the map; Scrolling a tile map; Parsing object layers |
| Summary |
Written as a practical and engaging tutorial, SDL Game Development guides you through developing your own framework and the creation of two engaging games. If you know C++ and you're looking to make great games from the ground up, then this book is perfect for you |
| Notes |
Developing the ObjectLayer class |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
SDL (electronic resource) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003002313
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SDL (electronic resource) fast |
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Multimedia systems.
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Video games -- Programming.
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Video games -- Programming
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Multimedia systems
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781849696838 |
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1849696837 |
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