This is a basic template for making SFML games in C++. I made this template because I often find myself writing the same, boring CMake files.

⚪ Optional but recommended

🟩 REQUIRED

🟨 NOT recommended

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Or simply download the source code via git clone or press and download zip.

Unzip your files into a folder. The folder structure should look like this:

game-template-2D
├── .gitignore
├── CMakeLists.txt
├── .idea/* (we dont care about this for now)
├── src
│   ├── main.cpp
│   └── Window.cpp
└── include
    └── Window.hpp

Open any shell of your choice.

Navigate to the project folder and create a build folder:

mkdir build
cd build

Generate CMake files:

-DCMAKE_IGNORE_PATH=D:\Path\to\mingw

cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -G Ninja ..

If you have any issues with until now, then go back and retry If you still have issues, open an issue ticket via github

Finally, we get to the exceiting part

run the build command, in the same directory you generated the cmake files

cmake --build . --config Release

If everything goes well 🤞...

You should have an executable in:

bin/Release

(I am assuming you are in the game-template-2D/build directory already.)

Run the executable bin/Release (warning, flashing colors).

It should display a window similar to this:

or (Flashing colors warning)

Happy Developing

Here is a list of compilers that are recommended by me for the respective OS:

DO NOT, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, USE MINGW ON WINDOWS.

IT WILL RUN FINE ON YOUR PC/Laptop, BUT IT WILL INTRODUCE MANY MORE PROBLEMS WHEN YOU DISTRIBUTE YOUR PROGRAM.

Use the Visual Studio compiler from Microsoft instead; you will be doing yourself a favor.