Sol's SDL tutorial, 9 new chapters

[Sol_HSA]

I've been writing a graphics/gamedev tutorial using SDL for some time now.

The point of the tutorial is to build a complete (2d) game from scratch to polish. As the student goes through the tutorial, he/she is building the game step by step, with explanations on each change to the project.

Recently, I finished a new block of chapters, around 8000 words, covering moving camera, bigger levels, collisions with walls, game states and more. The whole tutorial .html files weight at about 480k now =)

I also moved to a new, hopefully more stable server.

If you know someone who might be interested in graphics / game programming, but hasn't taken the step yet, this tutorial just might be what it takes..

The current game build: http://iki.fi/sol/gp/ch29.zip
(currently requires vc.net03 crt dlls which much to my surprise are not included in windows distribution)

Tiny screenies:
http://iki.fi/sol/gp/ss_ch16.gif
http://iki.fi/sol/gp/ss_ch22.gif
http://iki.fi/sol/gp/ss_ch23.gif
http://iki.fi/sol/gp/ss_ch24.gif
http://iki.fi/sol/gp/ss_ch25.gif
http://iki.fi/sol/gp/ss_ch26.gif
http://iki.fi/sol/gp/ss_ch27.gif
http://iki.fi/sol/gp/ss_ch29.gif

[sparkyboy]

Sol, kudos Bud. I haven't used SDL extensively, nor really studied it, but for anyone reading this thread, you really can't do much better than to follow his tutorials!!!

Very well done Sol, you have my respect!!


All the best


Mark.

[Ricardo C]

A fantastic sequel to an already great tutorial Thanks!!

[Sol_HSA]

Thanks.

I hope to wrap the tutorial by the end of this year, depending on how busy I am with other things (work, school, wedding, other hobbies, life..)