if you are having trouble with the DLL file you could modify your CMakeLists.txt like so: cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.27) project(your_project_name C) set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 11) set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_modules) set(SDL2_PATH "your path to sdl2") find_package(SDL2 REQUIRED) include_directories(${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR}) add_executable(your_project_name main.c) target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SDL2_LIBRARY}) if (WIN32) add_custom_command(TARGET your_project_name POST_BUILD COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different "${SDL2_PATH}/bin/SDL2.dll" "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:your_project_name>" ) endif() that makes CLion check for SDL2.dll instead of SDL2d.dll which is the dll for debug mode (if i understood clearly)

Is there a reason you keep all the logic within a single file, rather than spread it out?

I'm looking for an experienced SQL developer. For a paid job porting DX7 to SDL3 pure API without OpenGL. And who can also do some UI reconstruction to be more mobile friendly and stop being static. @Erik Yuzwa arent this a job for you ?

AMAZING VIDEO !!!!!!!! tysm 🤗

can u do more of this videos pls

Thanks for a great tutorial. This is really heartwarming for an old Ultima fan like me... BTW. If somebody else is using CMake template by raysan, remember to use ASSETS_PATH macro in front of the filename to load the texture correctly.

Thanks!

SDL3 is gonna come with a powerful GPU API. I think a tutorial series on a old-school C++ 3D game engine would be very useful. Especially if it reaches some sort of conclusion and not end after a few episodes. It doesn't have to be very powerful and fully-featured, something for games like quake 1, doom 1, counter-strike 1.6, unreal tournament 1. I hope somebody makes a tutorial on this - maybe you since you've already written a book about it before. There are some game engine series that are good but they span in the hundreds of videos or are unfinished. I think using a few libraries can help speed up things (sdl3 for windowing, graphics and audio; glm for math; imgui for engine UI or whatever else needed) and show a complete project suitable for beginners. There are enough videos in the category of "Make a game with { pygame, SFML, etc } framework", especially for 2D games. I want a proper 3D engine one.

The callback-based program flow is the main reason I'm going with SDL3.

Great tutorial , thank you for the guidance and how can one not mention about the BG music, I felt like coding along in some GOT northern Ireland winters , Amazing !

The callback-based program flow is significant because it enables web-based deployment of your C-based SDL3-based game. That in turn is useful for game jams or sharing with friends.

Hi. I'm a complete beginner learning C, about to learn pointers and memory management. I want to eventually make simple games using sdl2, but now I've learnt of the existence of sdl3. Considering the amount of time each has been in use (SDL2 and SDL3) and the tutorials on these written strictly in C, should I learn sdl2 or sdl3?

Awesome. Just what I needed.

Your algorithm for counting tiles seems to give incorrect numbers around the outer edges because it tries to reach index 12 of the array when we only have 0 to 11. You can see it here: 28:13 and 29:07. We need to do a check with IsTileIndexValid before we count the number of mines. Something simple like: if(IsTileIndexValid(col + colOffset, row + rowOffset)) { if(grid[col + colOffset][row + rowOffset].isMine) { count++; } }

finding the location of a tile by a index is as simple as int spritesheet_col = sprite_index % total_sprites_in_row; int spritesheet_row = (int)sprite_index / total_sprites_in_row; there is tons left but it is a reasonable-ish start for series The only thing I really don't like is how you conceptualize triggers doing it by x,y cripples your game design to hard coded locations. Instead use a trigger struct... something like when you move test if a tile has a trigger and act accordingly struct { trigger_type // ie combat, teleport, interact object_id // whatever object id be it a mob or different level etc } I only bring this up as you said it is a comprehensive guide

thanks a lot!

May I know why we need to put a SDL_Delay(1) in the loop?

Epic

Thank you for all the steps! It finally worked

Thank you!!!!

Dipping your toes into icebergs can't be good for global warming 😔

Thanks a lot. I'm learning Raylib with Go, following along this tutorial was a great way to learn the basics.

I've passed through this tutorial. Nice work, easy to follow. Thank you! (but zooming out would be appreciated).

thanks Erik, I like your presentation style. I hope you got round to skimming your walls! ;-)

Thank you. All the tutorials that I found seem to be outdated, but this finally helped me to link sdl to the project

Complains about not being able to find raylib.lib. Searched for raylib.lib, doesn't exist in github project nor my project. Where is raylib.lib?

Looks too zoomed in. Can only see nine lines of code at a time.

cool

I love finding tutorials like these

Followed this exactly, getting "The code execution cannot proceed because SDL2.dll was not found." I have the SDL2 file in C:/clibs/SDL2-2.30.3/x86_64-w64-mingw32 but no luck. Everything else is 1:1 what you have in your video.

The create renderer function changed and you can use something like the following now. The migration notes showed that the accelerated flag is removed since all renderers are accelerated. SDL_RendererFlags RendererFlags = 0; renderer = SDL_CreateRenderer(window, "Window!", RendererFlags);

Thank you so much for your help XD! That was perfect

bruh i had written while (SDL_PollEvent(&event) == 0) thats why it wasnt closing

Hey would it be the same process for the other libraries that they have? I wanted to add the SDL_Image library next

Varmeste løvebror, thank you for saving me. It has been the most informative video I have watched. <3 You are WAY better than my professor at DTU Denmark Lyngby, course number 02322

Can it be used for 3D games ?

Great video, subscribed!!! Question: Do I have to do the same setup for ALL future project, where I want to use SDL2, then? (except of course for the downloading steps)

This is what I am excited about "SDL3 Introduces A Vulkan Renderer" I was considering going with SFML as I am already familiar with it, but learned SDL3 was coming out and had a look at some of the things they were bringing to the table and was like, hell yeah! I am in. Do you plan on doing a full tutorial series? Most of the SDL tutorials on RU-vid are quite old and are not the best, so could be good to get up some before the influx of new tech videos pop up for SDL3. Anyway, I really enjoyed the vid and just discovered this channel today.

Awesome! Thank you very much :D

does it change if i make it into c++ executable ?

If you don't mind me asking, why should we choose SDL3 over SDL2? What's new in it

Great tutorial, im following along using C++ since I want to use some of its features even if most of the code is actually C. I've done a few changes to your implementation, mostly about some data structures I thought would be more convenient. to use (like I have a Vector2i to store integer vectors). Right now Im working on the zone transitions, my approach was a bti different form yous, because I didnt want to follow your tutorial strictly. I will share my code later when im done.

Wowowow. I bought your book on game programming a long time ago when I was beginning to learn. This was so unexpected; it's like meeting a school teacher after a long time. Happy to see you! Unreal.

I want full release of SDL 3 NOW. 😥

Thank You for your tutorials! Great job.

Love your monotone voice

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What are YOU looking forward to using or learning about in SDL3?

thanks for this

How would you add SDL_ttf and SDL_mixer into this?