SFML Game Development

Game loops and frames

Now talking a little more in-depth about the loop we have placed in the run() function. This loop is most often called the main loop or the game loop because it controls the lifetime of an application. As long as this one continues to iterate, the application will stay alive. In our case, we would like our application to terminate its execution as soon as the window ceases to exist.

Now what do we do during an iteration of this loop? First we process the events from the window, then we update the game, and finally we render the results on the screen. An iteration of the game loop is most often called a frame or a tick. You might have heard of the term frames per second (FPS). This is a measurement of how many loop iterations ...