Game Programming in C++: Creating 3D Games, First Edition

Chapter 5

Opengl

This chapter provides an in-depth introduction on how to use OpenGL for graphics in games. It covers many topics, including initializing OpenGL, using triangles, writing shader programs, using matrices for transforms, and adding support for textures. The game project for this chapter converts the game project from Chapter 3, “Vectors and Basic Physics,” to use OpenGL for all its graphics rendering.

Initializing OpenGL

Although the SDL renderer supports 2D graphics, it does not support 3D. Thus, to switch to 3D, which is used in every subsequent chapter in this book, you need to switch from SDL 2D graphics to a different library that supports both 2D and 3D graphics.

This book uses the OpenGL library. OpenGL is an industry-standard ...