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SFML Blueprints

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SFML Blueprints

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This book is for developers who have knowledge of the basics of the SFML library and its capabilities in 2D game development. Minimal experience with C++ is required.

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SFML Blueprints
May, 2015 | 298 pages
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Table of Contents (10 chapters)
Preface
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
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1. Preparing the Environment
1. Preparing the Environment
C++11
SFML
Installation of a C++11 compiler
Installing CMake
Installing SFML 2.2
Summary
2
2. General Game Architecture, User Inputs, and Resource Management
2. General Game Architecture, User Inputs, and Resource Management
General structure of a game
Managing user inputs
Keeping track of resources
Summary
3
3. Making an Entire 2D Game
3. Making an Entire 2D Game
Turning our application to an Asteroid clone
Modifying our application
Designing our game
Building a Tetris clone
Summary
4
4. Playing with Physics
4. Playing with Physics
A physics engine – késako?
Physics engine comparing game engine
Using Box2D
Pairing Box2D and SFML
Adding physics to a game
Summary
5
5. Playing with User Interfaces
5. Playing with User Interfaces
What is a GUI?
Adding a menu to the game
Using SFGUI
Summary
6
6. Boost Your Code Using Multithreading
6. Boost Your Code Using Multithreading
What is multithreading?
Thread functionality
Adding multithreading to our games
Summary
7
7. Building a Real-time Tower Defense Game from Scratch – Part 1
7. Building a Real-time Tower Defense Game from Scratch – Part 1
The goal of the game
Building animations
Building a generic Tile Map
Building an entity system
Building the game logic
Summary
8
8. Build a Real-time Tower Defense Game from Scratch – Part 2, Networking
8. Build a Real-time Tower Defense Game from Scratch – Part 2, Networking
Network architectures
Network communication using sockets
Creating a communication protocol
Modifying our game
Adding data persistence to the game
Summary
9
Index
Index

Chapter 1. Preparing the Environment

Through this book, I will try to teach you some elements to build video games using the SFML library. Each chapter will cover a different topic, and will require knowledge from the previous one.

In this first chapter, we will cover basics points needed for the future such as:

  • Installing a compiler for C++11
  • Installing CMake
  • Installing SFML 2.2
  • Building a minimal SFML project

Before getting started, let's talk about each technology and why we will use them.

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