testgame - First pass at making a video game in C++

Goals and Progress

Overall I'm aiming to make a 2D platformer in C++ pretty much from scratch, not including the platform layer. The platform layer (Windows/Mac/Linux specific aspects) is handled with GLFW and OpenAL for window/input management and audio respectively. Random ideas on possible mechanics and features are here: https://docs.google.com/a/illinois.edu/document/d/1B46gzJL1oqGGw4U6O5DGu4mbCINVZZbUMn6RG-K7iq4/edit

The following are current features as of 2/22/15:

• Entity-Component-System
  • http://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/component.html
  • http://www.richardlord.net/blog/what-is-an-entity-framework
  • http://bp.io/post/1617
• Tile-based world
• Point-based collision for entity-tile interaction; no slopes or one-way platforms yet
  • http://games.greggman.com/game/programming_m_c__kids
• Background music and sound effects
  • http://distro.ibiblio.org/rootlinux/rootlinux-ports/more/freealut/freealut-1.1.0/doc/alut.html
• Text

Inspiration

• Iji (http://www.remar.se/daniel/iji.php)
• Moonman (http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=21997.0)
• An Untitled Story (http://www.mattmakesgames.com/)
• Shovel Knight (http://yachtclubgames.com/shovel-knight/)
• La Mulana (http://la-mulana.com/en/)
• Cave Story (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_Story)

Tools

Name	Purpose
Visual Studio 2012	C++ IDE and debugger
Sublime Text 3	General text editor
GLFW	OpenGL-based library for window and input management
ALUT	Convenient library on top of OpenAL for loading/playing audio
GIMP	Basic image editing
Tiled	Tilemap editing
LICEcap	GIF screencapture
Trello	Tasklist and progress tracking
Git Bash	Git CLI
Git Extensions	Git GUI