Caged Wave

A short update today. I managed to set up the interaction between the player and that huge-ass green button.

This post is all about taking control. Both of the player character, and of the way the game window is presented to the player. You’ll also see a basic game screen setup I’ll be using for upcoming tests.

The past few days I’ve been running some tests to get to grips with basic SDL2 concepts like windows, renderers and textures. And I’ve tried to answer the age-old question: will it blend?

Trying to set up a good development toolchain can always be a little daunting. Thankfully setting up SDL2 and C++ development is relatively easy, even though some operating systems still make things way harder than they should be.

A good base plan will probably save me a lot of headaches in the future. So this post is all about what to do, and perhaps more importantly, what NOT to do.