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You're reading from SDL Game Development If you're good with C++ and object oriented programming, this book utilizes your skills to create 2D games using the Simple DirectMedia Layer API. Practical tutorials include the development of two wickedly good games.

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2013

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781849696821

Length 256 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

SDL

Concepts

2D Game Development

Author (1):

Shaun Mitchell

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

SDL Game Development

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

1. Getting Started with SDL

2. Drawing in SDL FREE CHAPTER

3. Working with Game Objects

4. Exploring Movement and Input Handling

5. Handling Game States

6. Data-driven Design

7. Creating and Displaying Tile Maps

8. Creating Alien Attack

9. Creating Conan the Caveman

Index

Chapter 1. Getting Started with SDL

Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) is a cross-platform multimedia library created by Sam Oscar Latinga. It provides low-level access to input (via mouse, keyboard, and gamepads/joysticks), 3D hardware, and the 2D video frame buffer. SDL is written in the C programming language, yet has native support for C++. The library also has bindings for several other languages such as Pascal, Objective-C, Python, Ruby, and Java; a full list of supported languages is available at http://www.libsdl.org/languages.php.

SDL has been used in many commercial games including World of Goo, Neverwinter Nights, and Second Life. It is also used in emulators such as ZSNES, Mupen64, and VisualBoyAdvance. Some popular games ported to Linux platforms such as Quake 4, Soldier of Fortune, and Civilization: Call to Power utilize SDL in some form.

SDL is not just used for games. It is useful for all manner of applications. If your software needs access to graphics and input, chances are that SDL will be a great help. The SDL official website has a list of applications that have been created using the library (http://www.libsdl.org/applications.php).

In this chapter we will cover the following:

Getting the latest SDL build from the Mercurial repository
Building and setting up SDL in Visual C++ 2010 Express
Creating a window with SDL
Implementing a basic game class

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Chapter 1. Getting Started with SDL

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