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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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Preface 1. Welcome to Beginning C++ Game Programming Third Edition! FREE CHAPTER 2. Variables, Operators, and Decisions: Animating Sprites 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

Code the Game logic

To control the game logic, we will encapsulate it in a game object right in the thick of the game and provide the necessary communication connections out to other game objects and inward from other game objects. This communication will be in the form of pointers to key values. For example, all objects will have a pointer to the logic-related game object to know such things as when the game is paused, among other things.

The idea of putting the game logic in a separate class is interesting. Consider a scenario if your game should have three different game modes. Imagine the confusing mess of if, else, and else if statements that would be required if we incorporated all that logic into the main function. This way, the factory can simply pick a game object based on the game mode the player chooses. While this game will only have a single game mode, once you see the code, creating a different set of logic in a different class will be trivial.

Note that there...

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