Creating Games From Scratch Using SDL 2.0

Creating Games From Scratch Using SDL 2.0, available at Free, has an average rating of 4.2, with 26 lectures, based on 33 reviews, and has 496 subscribers.

You will learn about Program your own 2d games using SDL 2.0 Understand the discrete nature of games and the "game loop" Play sfx & music in your game Do body body collision detection and resolution This course is ideal for individuals who are This course is not about creating robust game engines! or We will see some typical engine code (collision detection code), but our focus is on game assembly using SDL or This game is not about creating game art.. that princess is in another castle! or If you're interested in interfacing with SDL 2.0 directly (with no other layers between!) this course is for you or Our core focus in this course will be creating games using SDL It is particularly useful for This course is not about creating robust game engines! or We will see some typical engine code (collision detection code), but our focus is on game assembly using SDL or This game is not about creating game art.. that princess is in another castle! or If you're interested in interfacing with SDL 2.0 directly (with no other layers between!) this course is for you or Our core focus in this course will be creating games using SDL.

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Summary

Title: Creating Games From Scratch Using SDL 2.0

Price: Free

Average Rating: 4.2

Number of Lectures: 26

Number of Published Lectures: 24

Number of Curriculum Items: 26

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 24

Original Price: Free

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Program your own 2d games using SDL 2.0
Understand the discrete nature of games and the "game loop"
Play sfx & music in your game
Do body body collision detection and resolution

Who Should Attend

This course is not about creating robust game engines!
We will see some typical engine code (collision detection code), but our focus is on game assembly using SDL
This game is not about creating game art.. that princess is in another castle!
If you're interested in interfacing with SDL 2.0 directly (with no other layers between!) this course is for you
Our core focus in this course will be creating games using SDL

Target Audiences

This course is not about creating robust game engines!
We will see some typical engine code (collision detection code), but our focus is on game assembly using SDL
This game is not about creating game art.. that princess is in another castle!
If you're interested in interfacing with SDL 2.0 directly (with no other layers between!) this course is for you
Our core focus in this course will be creating games using SDL

Have you ever wanted to program your own game in C++ from scratch? Do you want to enjoy easy & free multiplatform deployment (Windows, Mac, Linux iOS and Android?). In this course, we will have a basic introduction to programming games in C++ using the SDL 2.0 library. We will use SDL 2.0 to:

Get a window on the screen
Draw line and rectangle primitives
Draw sprites on the screen
Use object-oriented principles to manage Sprites and game character data
Load and play sounds & music from disk
Do collision detection using Rectangles
Manage game state & game state transitions using finite state machines

Overview & Motivation

Why use SDL 2.0? Many people opt to go with complete game engines, such as Unity or Unreal Engine 4, to create their games. Unity and Unreal have licensing costs associated with them. Are you prepared to take on that extra cost? What if you can avoid spending that money on the engine and spend it on licensing assets and other resources instead?

What about using a free and open source sound, graphics and input API to deploy your game to all devices? And the freedom to program in pure C or C++?

LibSDL lets you do all that. Simple C commands will enable you to load sounds & music, load & display hardware accelerated graphics easily. The simple framework I provide in the code examples here will make it easy for you to get started creating your own games from scratch.

Programming from C++ directly (instead of using an engine) will give you much more control over how things get done inside your game. If you like raw programming and always wanted to see how games like Super Mario Brothers, Dragon Warrior, and other classic NES games would get assembled, try this course!

Many professional & indie games use libsdl already, including:

Robin hood – the Legend of Sherwood, Left 4 Dead 2, Steel Storm, Edna & Harvey, Proteus, Psychonauts, Amnesia, FastForward, Syberia, AwesomeNauts and more.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Undefined

Lecture 1: Who uses SDL anyway?

Lecture 2: Indie Development

Chapter 2: Structure of a Game

Lecture 1: Game software is complex!

Lecture 2: Game loop

Lecture 3: The discreteness of the game loop

Chapter 3: Setting up SDL

Lecture 1: SDL sample program

Lecture 2: Installing SDL 2.0 on Windows

Lecture 3: Installing SDL 2.0 on Mac OS X

Lecture 4: [Part 1/2] SDL 2.0 Barebones Bootstrap/Starter Explained (SDL_Init())

Lecture 5: [Part 2/2] SDL 2.0 Barebones Bootstrap/Starter Explained (draw function)

Chapter 4: Basic Sprites

Lecture 1: CONTENT: Spriting

Lecture 2: Installing SDL_Image 2.0

Lecture 3: Sprite class data members overview

Lecture 4: Sprite::Sprite ctor and image load

Lecture 5: Moving the Sprite 1 – Controller class update()

Lecture 6: Moving the Sprite 2 – sprite displacement

Lecture 7: Moving the Sprite 3 – Sprite::update() (bounds)

Lecture 8: Sprite::draw()

Chapter 5: Basic game structure using PING: FSM's & Sounds

Lecture 1: CONTENT: Ping

Lecture 2: Sound & Music: Loading

Lecture 3: Sound and Music: Playback

Lecture 4: FSM – finite state machines for game state

Chapter 6: Side Scroller game using "Adventures of Dario"

Lecture 1: CONTENT: Adventures of Dario

Lecture 2: Collision Detection using Rectangles

Instructors

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Professional programmer

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4 stars: 10 votes
5 stars: 9 votes

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