Hey guys,

I'm currently trying to write a simple 2D platformer with C++ & DirectX and it is going pretty well, but until now most of the code is in the WinMain of my program, thus it's getting realy hard to maintain. So I want to write my self a little framework to make the code more readable and maintainable, but I don't realy know how to structure the whole thing. My first Idea was to copy the design of XNA, because I like how easy it's to use. The problem is that I ended up having mostly small wrapper-classes that would require to have a getter-function so I could actually initialize the other classes.

As an example:

class GameWindow {
public:
    GameWindow(int width, int height, const std::wstring& title);
    HWND GetHandle() const; // I need this to initialize the swapchain
};

class Renderer {
public:
    Renderer(HWND window, int backBufferWidth, int backBufferHeight);

    // Need these to create buffers, shaders etc. and draw stuff ...
    ID3D11Device* GetDevice() const;
    ID3D11DeviceContext* GetContext() const;
};

I think these classes are near to useless, as they only initialize stuff and return them via getter-functions so I can actually use them.

So my question is: Do you guys have some useful tips on writing a framework? Or is my approach completely wrong?

I hope somebody knows how to help me

You are probalby right. I spend way too much time thinking about how to do things and if it's the right way instead of just getting something finished.

The only problem is that I don't realy have a framework yet. I just put everything in the WinMain. So I guess my problem is that I get stuck the minute real OOP is involved :D

It becomes easier to maintain the code if you make your reusable engine in C++ and then call it with game specific code in a more safe language with garbage collection. I would not want a common mistake in a game prototype to crash the core of the engine from poor memory protection.