Module 5 - 2D Renderer

• Readings
• Slides
• Code Samples
• In-Class Activity
• Additional Resources

Readings/Warmup (Do before class)

• Game Engine Architecture Book
  • (Chapter 10)
• Game Programming Patterns - Type Object Pattern
  • (Similar to a 'Factory' Pattern)

[Test your knowledge on the readings] (This is not graded)

Slides (Available to follow along during class)

• [Slides]

Commented Code Samples (if any)

For now I am linking code samples here: Github Code Repository for the course

In-Class Activity or Lab (Enabled toward the end of lecture -- due 1 week from release)

• In-Class Activity link
  • (This is graded, and only your first response is graded)
  • This is an evaluation of what was learned in lecture.
• (lab) Do a "git pull" from the monorepo

Additional Resources

• 2D Graphics Basics Talk
  • (Nice talk on 2D Graphics)
• Sprite Batching and Texture Atlases
  • (Nice slidedeck on topics of texture atlas and sprite batching)

Module Content

Module Overview

In this module we learn about 2D Rendering techniques

Module Outline

• Lecture outline
  • Basic Terminology of 2D Rendering
  • Basics of 2D Rendering in SDL2
  • An Abstraction for creating a 2D Renderer - Factory Pattern
  • Common 2D Graphics Techniques - Tile Maps
  • Common 2D Graphics Techniques - Sprite Batching