A framework for making games with rust

This framework is made out of three parts:

• sdl_helper - for hiding the implementation details of sdl2 in rust, and some helper functions for game development
• tiled - (in lib dir) for loading Tiled maps
• geometry - (in lib dir) for rectangle and vector maths

See the example folder (run with cargo run --example (name-of-example.rs).

Features

• window creation and keyboard/mouse input
• loading and drawing textures and fonts to the screen
• loading and drawing Tiled maps
• 2D camera for scaling and moving drawn textures and fonts
• loading and playing music and sound effect

Setup

1. Clone this repository
2. Install Rust if you haven't already
3. Install SDL2, SDL2image, SDL2mixer, SDL2_ttf
4. go to the root directory of this project and run $ cargo run --example main

Installing SDL2 on debian-based systems

Run the following command $ sudo apt install libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev

Installing SDL2 on other systems

Follow the instructions for your system given in the repo for rust-sdl2, but remember you also need to get sdl2mixer, sdl2ttf and sdl2_image libraries.

Dependancies

• rust-sdl2 for windowing, rendering, input, resource loading
• quick_xml for loading tiled maps

Projects using this framework

• Bunny Patch - for GGJ2023 - Simulation
• Coupled Explorers - for LD51 - Platformer
• Hex - for a 48hr Jam - Falling Block Puzzle

TODO

• Better resolution controls