Programming 2D Games

593.9. Fullscreen or Windowed

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// Constants

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// window

const char CLASS_NAME[] = "Spacewar";

const char GAME_TITLE[] = "Game Engine Part 1";

const bool FULLSCREEN = false; // windowed or fullscreen

const UINT GAME_WIDTH = 640; // width of game in pixels

const UINT GAME_HEIGHT = 480; // height of game in pixels

Listing 3.21. Constants

// Initialize Graphics, throws GameError

graphics->initialize(hwnd, GAME_WIDTH, GAME_HEIGHT, FULLSCREEN);

Listing 3.22. Initializing graphics in Winmain.

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