SDL Game Development

Preface

Creating games in C++ is a complicated process requiring a lot of time and dedication to achieve results. A good foundation of reusable classes can speed up development time and allow focus to be on creating a great game rather than struggling with low-level code. This book aims to show an approach to creating a reusable framework that could be used for any game, whether 2D or 3D.

What this book covers

Chapter 1, Getting started with SDL, covers setting up SDL in Visual C++ 2010 express and then moves onto the basics of SDL including creating a window and listening for quit events.

Chapter 2, Drawing in SDL, covers the development of some core drawing classes to help simplify SDL rendering. The SDL_image extension is also introduced to ...