This is a template project for the C++ for Games course. It contains a simple 2D game framework.
- 2D software rasterizer in the Image class.
- Support for gamepads (currently using XInput on Windows)
- Spatialized audio library with support for wav, mp3, ogg, flac audio file sources.
- Create your own waveforms for your game using the Waveform class.
- A few math helpers in the math library (AABB, Camera2D, Transform2D, etc...)
Make sure you have the latest version of Visual Studio 2022 installed. Make sure you have the "Desktop Development with C++" workload checked in the Visual Studio Installer.
To get started with your own project, click the big green "Use this template" button in GitHub to create a copy of this repo in your own GitHub workspace.
Optional: The game-vsix/bin folder contains a Visual Studio extension installer that adds a new C++ project template to the
Add New Projectdialog box in Visual Studio. This extension contains a project template for creating new games that use the C++ for Games game framework. Run the.vsixfile in that folder to install the extension.
Open CppForGames.sln in Visual Studio 2022 and run the sample project. You should see a bouncing ball on the screen. You should also hear a sound when the ball bounces off the edges of the screen:
You can use the sample project as a basis for your own games:
- Copy the sample folder and rename new folder to the name of your game.
- Rename
sample.vcxproj,sample.vcxproj.filters, andsample.vcxproj.userto the name of your game. For example, if the name of your game is MyGame, then rename these files toMyGame.vcxproj,MyGame.vcxproj.filters, andMyGame.vcxproj.userrespectively. - Add the new project to the existing
CppForGamessolution in Visual Studio. - Rename the new project in Visual Studio to the name of your game.
Optional: If you installed the Visual Studio extension in the game-vsix/bin folder, then you can use the "Add new project" command to create a new game project that uses the C++ for Games framework.