This is the README for Quick SDL

Current version is 0.9.3

COMPILE

The source code is hosted on GitHub. https://github.com/xhp-creations/quicksdl

The project compiles and creates an example game, to add more screens, or change the starting screen, modify the ScreenManager Class, or employ your own classes to manage them.

Wii U

Before compiling, set up your environment for development on Wii U. If you do not have Devkitpro, install it from here: https://www.devkitpro.org Follow instructions for setting it up and setting up the package manager. Once you have the package manager installed, begin by installing each of the WUT packages, as well as all the SDL for Wii U packages. Complete instructions for setup can be found here: https://github.com/yawut/ProgrammingOnTheU

The Wii U version uses CMake to ensure you have your environment setup to compile the project.

To compile:
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$DEVKITPRO/wut/share/wut.toolchain.cmake ..
make

The command -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$DEVKITPRO/wut/share/wut.toolchain.cmake is commented in the CMakeLists.txt file to easily copy and paste, or you may uncomment the 3rd line in the CMakeLists.txt file that reads as follows: #set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE $ENV{DEVKITPRO}/wut/share/wut.toolchain.cmake)

Windows

Make sure you install either the Visual Studio or the Mingw version of the SDL development library. You can use either compiler targeting 32 as well as 64-bit binary builds.

Setup instructions are not covered here, just make sure to include the SDL include directories and link to the SDL library as needed.

FEATURES

Quick SDL features:

• Easy to setup game engine
• Most functions are fully commented and straight-forward
• Designed for use on the Wii U, but can also be used on other SDL platforms
• Fully implemented timer, for timer based movement, that is not frame dependent.
• Textures that support sprite sheets, animations, and TTF fonts for text
• Easy Music and SFX use
• Fully managed resources, so resources are only loaded once
• W3C Color definitions included
• Multi joystick support
• Keeps the state of the joystick, including buttons, axises, and hat.
• Wii U Gamepad / Wii U ProController, Wii Mote, and XINPUT button, axis, and hat defines.
• Uses SDL built-in Keyboard states for use on PC, Wii U support may be added later
• A useful and powerful Math Helper

CREDITS

• Original Quick SDL concept created by Ather Omar
• Initial Wii U Touchscreen support added by vgmoose
• Cmake scripts fixed by QuarkTheAwesome
• Wii U system font support added by NexoDevelopment

LINKS

https://github.com/xhp-creations/quicksdl : source repository for Quick SDL
https://github.com/xhp-creations : XHP Creations homepage
https://github.com/fortheusers : 4TU (For The Users)