[SFML] I Finished Breakout&#33; It&#39;s So Awesome&#33;

[SFML] I Finished Breakout! It's So Awesome!

Thomas Hobohm · 2012-10-23T02:20:02

Hi everyone, I just thought I'd tell you that after a few weeks (and posts) worth of working on Breakout, I have finished it. Mind you, I'm still working on adding a main menu, a game over screen, and the works, however I hope to get that done by tomorrow . In the game there's four rows of Multicolored Blocks, and you use your paddle to make the ball hit the blocks. The game doesn't end, I'm thinking about adding lives. Powerups are in the works also. Anyway, Have fun knocking down those blocks. (Release Application and a Separate Source Code Download Below!) WHAT I LEARNED IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING BREAKOUT Object Oriented vs. Procedural Programming Coming off of Pong, I tried to everything with classes. In my next iteration, I found a balance between Object-Oriented and Procedural Programming, creating functions to handle common tasks, and knowing what to make a member function and what to not. I'm now using both classes and functions depending on my needs, which makes my code cleaner, and more expansive. When I wanted to add a new row of bricks, all I did was type in 1 lines of code to create the bricks, but since I had a function that automatically updated a row I passed in as a parameter and a function that draws the row, it was ~4 more lines to add the row into my game loop. Vectors and Arrays: Their Limitations and Uses I ran into a predicament about halfway through where I couldn't use a non-default constructor on my array. I Googled Arrays and was pointed to vectors. In the documentation it talked about how to initialize an array of vectors using a non-default constructor. Problem Solved! I also learned array are automatically passed by reference, unlike vectors, and how I can use arrays vs. how I can use vectors. Structure and Organization Commenting. I fully commented my code, and made it a habit through this project. It should help your guys understanding, and mine if I ever want to modify my code. I also used white-space / indentation to structure and organize my code. Having a block of code for creating images, and another for loading those images from files, makes finding where I'm doing things and how I'm doing them easy. DOWNLOAD: Only Application: Here (Extract .rar and double click Breakout.exe to run game.) Only Source Files: Here (Extract .rar)

superman3275

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October 21, 2012 02:28 PM

Link Fixed

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superman3275

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October 22, 2012 01:07 AM

Just updated, spent probably 1 hour and 45 minutes. I had some undefined behavior that made release mode only work half the time (I was using a undefined boolean in an if loop

). So, here's the changelog:
CHANGELOG:
+Added Game Over Screen!
+Made it so the paddle can't go out of the screen!
-Undefined behavior that made the program not work for a lot of people!

Hope you guys enjoy it

APPLICATION:
Here (I switched to DropBox for external reasons)

I'm a game programmer and computer science ninja !

Here's my 2D RPG-Ish Platformer Programmed in Python + Pygame, with a Custom Level Editor and Rendering System!

Here's my Custom IDE / Debugger Programmed in Pure Python and Designed from the Ground Up for Programming Education!

Want to ask about Python, Flask, wxPython, Pygame, C++, HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, jQuery, C++, Vimscript, SFML 1.6 / 2.0, or anything else? Recruiting for a game development team and need a passionate programmer? Just want to talk about programming? Email me here:

hobohm.business@gmail.com

or Personal-Message me on here !

stitchs_login

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October 22, 2012 10:49 PM

Error 404 when clicking the link.. Also, when downloading your second version, the one that adds the title screen, you are missing 3 non-block images.

Test, test and test again before distributing your game(s)! Missing images shouldn't be the issue, otherwise, people may be skeptical the next time you post a link for feedback.

Keep up the positive attitude though, just scale back on the rush to get a link to your project up.

Regards,

Stitchs.

superman3275

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October 23, 2012 02:20 AM

I just updated it:
CHANGELOG:
+Gave JTippets Credit for Images
+Added seperate endings for winning and losing the game.

You can download it at:
Here

I hope you guys enjoy it, Dropbox is taking forever to upload it, but mediafire is super quick (I use both dropbox and mediafire, dropbox is sadly extremely slow however.)

I'm a game programmer and computer science ninja !

Here's my 2D RPG-Ish Platformer Programmed in Python + Pygame, with a Custom Level Editor and Rendering System!

Here's my Custom IDE / Debugger Programmed in Pure Python and Designed from the Ground Up for Programming Education!

Want to ask about Python, Flask, wxPython, Pygame, C++, HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, jQuery, C++, Vimscript, SFML 1.6 / 2.0, or anything else? Recruiting for a game development team and need a passionate programmer? Just want to talk about programming? Email me here:

hobohm.business@gmail.com

or Personal-Message me on here !

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