Chapter 2. Drawing in SDL
Graphics are very important to games and they can also be one of the main performance bottlenecks if not handled correctly. With SDL 2.0 we can really take advantage of the GPU when rendering, which gives us a real boost in terms of the speed of rendering.
In this chapter we will cover:
The basics of drawing with SDL
Source and destination rectangles
Loading and displaying textures
Using the
SDL_image
extension