2D Game Starter

2D Game Starter is a Initial Game Code created in C++ from scratch, with some basic LIBs - often presents in game engines: GLFW, GLAD, GLM, OpenAL, LibZIP, OGG and Vorbis.

Main Concepts:

Class	Description	Files	Status	TODO
ResourcesManager	Read and manage any asset of the game and create the struct fileResource with attributes fileName, fileSize and content (void *)	Resources.h Resources.cpp	Read files from filesystem by name	Read files from zip files
GraphicsManager	Manager of the Images as Sprites, Debug Squares and UI objects	Graphics.h Graphics.cpp	OpenGL renderer	DirectX renderer
InputSystem	Manager of the Input for Desktop	InpusSystem.h InpusSystem.cpp	Done
OS	Manager of the Operating System Window, Events, Gamepads integration, Touch detection...	Desktop OS_GLFW.h OS_GLFW.cpp Android OS_Android.h OS_Android.cpp iOS OS_iOS.h OS_iOS.cpp	Working for Linux64, Win32, MacOS, Android and iOS
Definitions	Global definitions, structures and some static functions	Definitions.h
FontFile Parser	LibGDX Hiero Font Parser (Bitmap)	Font.h Font.cpp	Done
TextureAtlas Parser	LibGDX TextureAtlas File parser	TextureAtlas.h TextureAtlas.cpp	Done. Just limited to unrotated images

Building

Linux & MacOS
Requires CMake 2.6+

$ git clone https://github.com/gestaltdevstudio/2DGameStarter.git 
$ cd 2DGameStarter/desktop
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ..
$ make

Windows
Requires CMake 2.6+ and Visual Studio

1. Clone the project from git and create the "build" directory

   ...\> git clone https://github.com/gestaltdevstudio/2DGameStarter.git 
   ...\> cd 2DGameStarter\desktop
   ...\desktop> mkdir build
   

2. Open CMake GUI

3. Select the Source Code folder: "... \2DGameStarter\desktop"

4. Select the Build folder: "... \2DGameStarter\desktop\build"

5. Click on Configure button

6. Select the Visual Studio version installed and click on Finish button

7. Click on Generate Button

8. When finished click on Open Project

9. Right click on Starter project and select Set as Startup Project.

10. Now you can run the project.

Android
Just import the Git project from Android Studio

iOS
Requires the Xcode 9.4.1 (9F2000) +

$ git clone https://github.com/gestaltdevstudio/2DGameStarter.git 

Just open the project: .../2DGameStarter/iOS/Starter/Starter.xcodeproj

Motivation and Manifest

This project was created to consolidate some ideas and concepts used in Gestalt Dev Studio games. You can start your game cloning this .git or just taking some classes, pieces of code, or concepts from here to make your own game engine, which I recommend, because this project represents one way of thinking, not the right way, or the way you'll be more confortable to work with!

Why so simple or why "to reinvent the wheel"? The main objective here is to generate conscience of what you are doing, or extending from other devs. Every little step you do results in a layer that you can enjoy and go up to the next level and so on.

Special Thanks

• Luiz Pestana and www.gamedev.com.br community
• Edgard Damiani - writer of Programação de Jogos Android
• Anima team: Robson dos Santos, Regis Claus and Gregório Benatti
• Luis Daher from Cavylabs
• Arnaud Masserann from www.opengl-tutorial.org
• Joey De Vries from www.learnopengl.com

Also thank you for being here!

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