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C++ Game Development By Example

C++ Game Development By Example

By : Siddharth Shekar
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C++ Game Development By Example

C++ Game Development By Example

3.3 (7)
By: Siddharth Shekar

Overview of this book

Although numerous languages are currently being used to develop games, C++ remains the standard for fabricating expert libraries and tool chains for game development. This book introduces you to the world of game development with C++. C++ Game Development By Example starts by touching upon the basic concepts of math, programming, and computer graphics and creating a simple side-scrolling action 2D game. You'll build a solid foundation by studying basic game concepts such as creating game loops, rendering 2D game scenes using SFML, 2D sprite creation and animation, and collision detection. The book will help you advance to creating a 3D physics puzzle game using modern OpenGL and the Bullet physics engine. You'll understand the graphics pipeline, which entails creating 3D objects using vertex and index buffers and rendering them to the scene using vertex and fragment shaders. Finally, you'll create a basic project using the Vulkan library that'll help you get to grips with creating swap chains, image views, render passes, and frame buffers for building high-performance graphics in your games. By the end of this book, you’ll be ready with 3 compelling projects created with SFML, the Vulkan API, and OpenGL, and you'll be able take your game and graphics programming skills to the next level.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
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Section 1: Basic Concepts
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Section 2: SFML 2D Game Development
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Section 3: Modern OpenGL 3D Game Development
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Section 4: Rendering 3D Objects with Vulkan

Adding a RigidBody name

To identify the different rigid bodies we are going to be adding to the scene, we will add a property to the MeshRenderer class that will specify each object being rendered. Let's look at how to do this:

  1. In the MeshRenderer.h class, which can be found within the MeshRenderer class, change the constructor of the class to take in a string as the name for the object, as follows:
MeshRenderer(MeshType modelType, std::string _name, Camera *  
_camera, btRigidBody* _rigidBody)
  1. Add a new public property called name of the std::string type and initialize it, as follows:
         std::string name = ""; 
  1. Next, in the MeshRenderer.cpp file, modify the constructor implementation, as follows:
MeshRenderer::MeshRenderer(MeshType modelType, std::string _name,  
Camera* _camera, btRigidBody* _rigidBody){ name = _name; ... ... }
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