Here is a side by side comparison of my project, verses the one from the course. Now that I’ve completed the C++ beginner’s game creation course, that means I’ve also […]
Error: ‘class sf::Text’ has no member named ‘setFillColor’
Just finished section 10 of my course. While working through the code, I ran into a snag: alaskalinuxuser@alaskalinuxuser-OptiPlex-7010:~/Documents/c++/Cpp_training/JelloStorm$ ./build.sh JelloStorm.cpp: In function ‘int main()’: JelloStorm.cpp:121:13: error: ‘class sf::Text’ has no […]
Error: extra qualification ‘Pickup::’ on member ‘Picku’ [-fpermissive] Pickup::Pickup(int type);
You can now splatter jello guts all over! An interesting phenomenon occurred while finishing up section 9 of my C++ game development course. Consider this code: // Per class was: […]
C++ portability problems!
Recently, I attempted to show someone the progress of my JelloStorm game on their computer. Of course, they are using a Linux machine (Ubuntu 17.04) and I downloaded the game […]
Error: ‘currentArrow’ was not declared in this scope
As I press on through the C++ beginner’s game making course, things are starting to get a little more complicated. It’s good, because that will hopefully help me grow as […]
Which C++ standard is it, anyways?
One interesting thing about my C++ course is that the instructor never specified which standard he is using for the course. There are many standards in the C++ universe, and […]
Pragma once verses include guards like ifndef
Taking this basic gaming class in C++ is really a neat experience. It allows me to do something fun while learning something tedious or boring. Some say that learning this […]
Game restarts when minimized!
When I originally created JustChess, I had a problem. If you were playing a game, and pressed the new game button, then started another game, you could press back and […]
JelloStorm.cpp:198:58: error: ?createBackground? was not declared in this scope
After the rough time I had completing section 6 of the course, I was not looking forward to section 7. However, it turned out that section 6 was just tough, […]
Can’t play chess in landscape mode!
Another one of the great issues brought up by a user of JustChess, my simple chess playing Android app, was the fact that when the screen was rotated, you can’t […]