When I was coming up with ideas for my Christmas game this year, I ended up thinking of one that would work best with procedurally generated (i.e. generated using a particular algorithm, but using randomly generated numbers etc. for content). This post shows some of my ideas and techniques for creating such a system, and …
Category Archive: C++
Jul 25
PurpleEngine Released!
While at university I used an engine created to help beginners learn game programming, that was designed to be able to make 3D games very easily with little knowledge of how things are working. It was a great engine, but as I have bit of a passion for 2D games, I decided to attempt to …
Apr 19
Make More!
I’ve already written about using make files to compile programs, but only briefly. This little tutorial should expand on enough for you to be able to use make files yourself. If you haven’t already then read this first. As explained in the previous post, a make file is pretty much just a set of instructions …
Mar 08
Pointing at Things That do Stuff!
… that is, pointing at functions. Introduction Pointers in C++ are probably one of the most powerful aspects of programming using the language. They can allow you to easily pass data around with using additional memory and provide a very efficient way to access variables from elsewhere in the program. But, that’s not all they …
Feb 19
Organising Classes
This tutorial explains how classes should be organised in separate files and what the benefits of this are. The Vector class from the previous tutorial is used, if you haven’t read it you should go there first: link. Introduction As discussed in the previous tutorials classes are a very useful part of programming in C++. …
Feb 09
Vector Class
This tutorial shows how to create a basic vector class for vectors in C++. If you haven’t already, read the previous tutorial about the basics of classes here. Introduction Vectors are very important in many computer programs involving graphics, and are especially crucial in games. Having a vector class makes them easier to use and …
Feb 07
Classy Programming
A step-by-step introduction to classes in C++. Introduction Classes are a very useful feature in programming. They allow for an easy and efficient method to use an object-oriented approach to programming, and also help to create more structures and organised code. Not only that, they save a lot of effort by removing the need to …
Feb 04
Making Things
As you have have read in my previous blog post, I’ve been using Linux quite a bit now. So I’ve been experimenting with how to compile my programs on it and so I’ve been learning to use Makefiles. In software development, make is a utility that automatically builds executable programs and libraries from source code …
Jan 09
Operator Ad-Hoc Polymorphism
… More commonly known as Operator Overloading. a specific case of polymorphism in which some or all of operators like +, =, or == have different implementations depending on the types of their arguments. Sometimes the overloadings are defined by the language; sometimes the programmer can implement support for new types. (from Wikipedia) I’ve been …
Dec 28
Double Tap!
I’ve written a simple little program that duplicates certain keypresses. A friend asked for this to use when playing JamLegend (I know, tut, tut, what a cheater ) Basically, every 10 milliseconds it checks if any of these certain keys are pressed, if so, it sends another key event for that key. Strictly, this is …
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