Tilemap tutorial (part 5)Welcome to the fifth and final part of the Tilemap tutorial.
As promised in the previous article I will finally explain how to render the tilemap using a special shader that allows you to draw the whole tilemap with only two triangles.
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Tilemap tutorial (part 4)Sun 2nd December 2012
Welcome to the fourth part of the Tilemap tutorial.
The previous article explained the concept of batching and using texture atlases to draw a tilemap more efficiently.
This new article will finally attack the final topic: How to write a Tilemap optimized shader.
The previous article explained the concept of batching and using texture atlases to draw a tilemap more efficiently.
This new article will finally attack the final topic: How to write a Tilemap optimized shader.
Tilemap tutorial (part 3)Thu 22nd November 2012
Welcome to the third part of the Tilemap tutorial.
The previous article left us at the point where we could display tiles without wasting time drawing any of these out of the screen.
I will now explain the next step, which is to be more efficient at drawing the tiles.
The previous article left us at the point where we could display tiles without wasting time drawing any of these out of the screen.
I will now explain the next step, which is to be more efficient at drawing the tiles.
Tilemap tutorial (part 2)Mon 19th November 2012
Welcome to the second part of the Tilemap tutorial.
Hopefully at this point you should have a reasonably clear idea of what tiles and tilemaps are. Now is the time to see how this all translates in programming terms.
Hopefully at this point you should have a reasonably clear idea of what tiles and tilemaps are. Now is the time to see how this all translates in programming terms.
Tilemap tutorial (part 1)Sat 17th November 2012
This is the first real article with technical content.
The reason I am writing it, is that apparently there are many people out there who are writing games using 2D tilemaps for the background, but unfortunately are using totally inefficient methods.
When I explained what I did on the #sfml support channel there was apparently a number of light bulbs appearing over people's head. So I thought it would be worth sharing what I did.
The reason I am writing it, is that apparently there are many people out there who are writing games using 2D tilemaps for the background, but unfortunately are using totally inefficient methods.
When I explained what I did on the #sfml support channel there was apparently a number of light bulbs appearing over people's head. So I thought it would be worth sharing what I did.