Write your First Game in C++

By: Abhilekh Gautam

Are you tired of writing console based programs in C++ and want to use C++ for more fun, then this book is for you. At the end of this book you will have a fully fledged working 2D game for you.To write this game we will use olc::PixelGameEngine and some Modern C++.

For more about olc::PixelGameEngine visit here.

The entire source code of the game is available here.

Prerequisites

• A Simple Understanding of C++ would work. You should be aware of Inheritance in C++. We will try to use as much modern C++ as Possible.

Setup

Since we will be using olc::PixelGameEngine for this purpose we will need to set it up. This won't be covered in this book as everything about that is available in its official docs.

For Linux

To get things done on Linux, Visit: Compiling on Linux

For Windows

To get things done on Windows, Visit: Compiling on Windows