Summary

In this chapter, we learned that it is much more efficient to minimize the number of draw calls and that we can achieve this by using a single VertexArray for all the entities in our game, although we did also have a separate SFML Text instance on which we also called draw. Also, in this chapter, we coded our two cameras using our Entity Component pattern of an Update derived class and a Graphics derived class. Furthermore, we saw that these classes share data with each other to work effectively and that they also share data with the player-related classes.

We saw how we can add cameras in the factory, and by passing the required parameters like the appropriate Update and Graphics derived instances of other classes to the assemble functions, we can configure the cameras to behave as we like.

Now that our cameras are up and running, as well as our game logic that we added through the LevelUpdate class in Chapter 16, anything we add to the game now will bring instant...