SphaeraeExTriangulis

A basic game/test application for the CryoStar Engine

Getting started

Tools needed

• Visual Studio 2015 (Compatible with Community Edition)
• Git (Using the Git integration for Visual Studio 2015 is recommended)

Libraries needed

• CryoStar Engine

Setup Steps

1. Clone the project as well as the CryoStar engine project

2. Make sure that both projects have the same root directory

   e.g.

   ParentFolder
     -CryoStarEngine
       -Source
       -CyroStarEngine.sln
       -...
    -SphaeraeExTriangulis
       -Source
       -SphaeraeExTriangulis.sln
       -...
   

3. Open the SphaeraeExTriangulis.sln solution file in Visual Studio

4. Compile and run the project

What's with the name?

I wanted to name this after a Brown Dwarf star to tie into the naming of CryoStar, but all the Brown Dwarfs have very scientific names like HD 13189 b

So I took the name of a constellation containing a Brown Dwarf, 'Triangulum' and then thought about how games create objects out of triangles.

A sphere made of triangles could represent a Star and therefore I settled on SphearaeExTriangulis - A Sphere of Triangles.

Lastly, 'triangulum' changed to 'triangulis' as I preferred the sound of it.