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Beginning C++ Game Programming

You're reading from   Beginning C++ Game Programming Learn C++ from scratch by building fun games

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835081747
Length 648 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Table of Contents (24) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Welcome to Beginning C++ Game Programming Third Edition! 2. Variables, Operators, and Decisions: Animating Sprites FREE CHAPTER 3. C++ Strings, SFML Time: Player Input and HUD 4. Loops, Arrays, Switch, Enumerations, and Functions: Implementing Game Mechanics 5. Collisions, Sound, and End Conditions: Making the Game Playable 6. Object-Oriented Programming – Starting the Pong Game 7. AABB Collision Detection and Physics – Finishing the Pong Game 8. SFML Views – Starting the Zombie Shooter Game 9. C++ References, Sprite Sheets, and Vertex Arrays 10. Pointers, the Standard Template Library, and Texture Management 11. Coding the TextureHolder Class and Building a Horde of Zombies 12. Collision Detection, Pickups, and Bullets 13. Layering Views and Implementing the HUD 14. Sound Effects, File I/O, and Finishing the Game 15. Run! 16. Sound, Game Logic, Inter-Object Communication, and the Player 17. Graphics, Cameras, Action 18. Coding the Platforms, Player Animations, and Controls 19. Building the Menu and Making It Rain 20. Fireballs and Spatialization 21. Parallax Backgrounds and Shaders 22. Other Books You May Enjoy
23. Index

Fireballs

Now let’s use our new function by coding the fireballs. To get started with creating our fireballs, we need some new classes. Create two new classes, FireballUpdate and FireballGraphics, and derive them from Update and Graphics respectively.

Coding the FireballUpdate class

To begin the process of coding the FireballUpdate class, in FireballUpdate.h add the following code:

#pragma once
#include "Update.h"
#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
using namespace sf;
class FireballUpdate :
    public Update
{
private:
    FloatRect m_Position;
    FloatRect* m_PlayerPosition;
    bool* m_GameIsPaused = nullptr;
    float m_Speed = 250;
    float m_Range = 900;
    int m_MaxSpawnDistanceFromPlayer = 250;
    bool m_MovementPaused = true;
    Clock m_PauseClock;
    float m_PauseDurationTarget = 0;
    float m_MaxPause = 6;
    float m_MinPause = 1;
    //float mTimePaused = 0;
    bool m_LeftToRight = true;
public:
    FireballUpdate(bool* pausedPointer...
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