ITT Discuss SDL, Techniques, Etc

ITT we shall discuss Techniques for good SDL Games. This INCLUDES PyGame. I'll go first.

1: For different Rooms, have only 1 Global SDL_Surface*, and change it to load a new Screen every time you change Rooms. Then do Room Setup, including Creating Objects, which should be stored in Classes, then do a Loop that runs while you're still in the room.

2: Make sure each Room's Code is stored in seperate Functions.

3: Have a Global Room variable that tells which room you are currently in.

4: Be sure to have a Room Switcher Function that switches between rooms, and run it in a while(true) loop. To exit, use exit(0).

5: Store all Objects in Classes.

6: For Emulated GM Collision Events, use SDL_collide and Vectors.

This post has been edited by OniLink10 on Dec 7 2008, 02:45 PM

Why only C++? This should apply to Pygame too.

If this starts a serious discussion, I'll eat raw eggs. I believe only a select elite group of few practises the sacred art of C++ here in MFGG.

I'm not ready for c++ yet. I think I'll learn Lua first.

Added to first Post.

Lua can only be used as an extension to another Language such as C++. In Games like Roblox, they use a Special type of Lua that is interpreted by the Program, which is WRITTEN in a Language like C++.

C++ is not the appropriate language for every task. That is why many games are written in a composite of languages.

Wait...
Are you saying...
We can write Programs that use C + C++ + Objective-C + more?!

This post has been edited by OniLink10 on Dec 9 2008, 11:08 PM