Game Development Update
I just spent the last few nights working on the user-interface code of this SDL 2D strategy game that I’m working on. It’s finally come together nicely now. I had been under the philosophy much earlier...
View ArticleSDL in Games: Introduction
Since I spent the last 6 months or so getting geeked about web development, SVG, JavaScript, Ajax and XML. I think it’s about time I shift my focus back for a little while on some standard C++ game...
View ArticleSDL in Games: Old School
Read Part One if you haven’t. So with a little SDL graphics knowledge under my belt, I decided that I would set out to actually implement the old BGI library using SDL. That is, I wanted to use the...
View ArticlePlaying With Other Operating Systems
Though I’ve had my share of Linux and Solaris boxes, my main system has been a Microsoft Windows box for well over a decade. Nonetheless, I’ve lately been wanting to play with other operating systems...
View ArticleHow To Create Binary Downloads For Linux Users
Ok, so I’ve got a little game I’ve been coding in my spare time. It uses SDL and Boost so that it’s pretty cross-platform compatible. In fact, I’ve built, ran and tested the game in OpenSuse Linux....
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