I have started working on version 2.0.0, which will be made public in soon. When it does, this project will become deprecated
This is a single file, object oriented library to more easily create fast graphical C++ applications that abstracts the creation of windows and makes using opengl much easier. It currently only supports windows, as it uses the Win32 API, but linux support may come in the future.
It is intended to help newer programmers more easily make their first graphical application to learn the basics of 2d graphics, and later 3d graphics.
The pixel library is hosted on github and released under the MIT license.
This repository contains the pixel.hpp header file, which should be the only thing needed, as it is a single file solution. 'opengl32.lib', 'gdiplus.lib', 'User32.lib' and 'Gdi32.lib' must be added to your linker's input for it to link properly.
Additionally, a Visual Studio solution is provided with some demos to test the library's functionality, to use them simply open the solution on Visual Studio and select the proper demo file by editing it's properties and making it a 'C/C++ source file".
This library provides easy creation of windows with the use of
the Window class. When creating a window, the user must specify
a cavas size and scale, window position and tittle, drawing mode
and whether the user wants a fullscreen window and vsync enabled.
Serveral drawing routines are included, including lines, circles, rectangles, and triangles. The user may specify a color and aplha values to draw them with. Several color codes are provided already.
The window must be updated in a loop for this library to work properly,
however, this is the only function that must be called periodically
for the window to work. This update is triggered by the Window::Update()
function, which updates the user input, polls system events and
pushes the buffer into view.
The user may interogate the mouse position and keyboard state
with the provided Window::MousePos() and Window::KeyboardKey() functions.
The current implementation includes a sprite class, which can load data from several types of files. This sprite data is loaded in the GPU for faster rendering and advanced transform capabilities.
A more complete roadmap can be seen in the trelloo board: https://trello.com/b/aDYGp0Vu/pixel