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Beginning C++ Game Programming - Second Edition

By : John Horton
Book Image

Beginning C++ Game Programming - Second Edition

By: John Horton

Overview of this book

The second edition of Beginning C++ Game Programming is updated and improved to include the latest features of Visual Studio 2019, SFML, and modern C++ programming techniques. With this book, you’ll get a fun introduction to game programming by building five fully playable games of increasing complexity. You’ll learn to build clones of popular games such as Timberman, Pong, a Zombie survival shooter, a coop puzzle platformer and Space Invaders. The book starts by covering the basics of programming. You’ll study key C++ topics, such as object-oriented programming (OOP) and C++ pointers, and get acquainted with the Standard Template Library (STL). The book helps you learn about collision detection techniques and game physics by building a Pong game. As you build games, you’ll also learn exciting game programming concepts such as particle effects, directional sound (spatialization), OpenGL programmable shaders, spawning objects, and much more. Finally, you’ll explore game design patterns to enhance your C++ game programming skills. By the end of the book, you’ll have gained the knowledge you need to build your own games with exciting features from scratch
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
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Chapter 23: Before You Go...

Coding the LevelManager class

The LevelManager class is the connection between what we coded in Chapter 19, Game Programming Design Patterns – Starting the Space Invaders ++ Game, and everything we coded in this chapter. The ScreenManager class will have an instance of the LevelManager class, and the LevelManager class will instigate loading levels (using all the classes we have just coded) and share GameObject instances with any classes that need them.

Create a new header file in the Header Files/Engine filter called LevelManager.h and add the following code:

#pragma once
#include "GameObject.h"
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include "GameObjectSharer.h"
using namespace std;
class LevelManager : public GameObjectSharer {
private:
    vector<GameObject> m_GameObjects;
    const std::string WORLD_FOLDER = "world";
    const std::string SLASH = "/"...