Writing a 2D game engine

Arek Stefanski

I searched in many places for some kind of tutorials, but there are always some things, that I do not understand, so can someone probally explain me step by step how to code a simpliest possible DirectX engine. Please explain how to code it starting from an Empty project, or a Windows forms application, explaining also what references should I add, and maybe submitting a template code, so can someone please help me?

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worldisflat17y ago
Well I use the windows forms DirectX Control: http://gosub.com/OpenSource/DirectXControl/DirectXControl.htm It seems to be nicely set up and lets you focus on defining the drawing loop easily without having to worry about backbuffers and a ton of setup when you are starting out. If you are doing 2D stuff then you should find that the Sprite class is a much better way to go than drawing lots of squares manually and texturing them yourself.
Bechir Bejaoui18y ago
This is from where you can download directX SDK

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/directx/aa937788.aspx

And this is a start up tutorial

http://www.codersource.net/published/view/328/directx_programming_in.aspx
Arek Stefanski18y ago
But I still would like to create the engine, and all the editors myself, that XNA looks promising, but not like something that will suit me... I know something(very little something) about using DirectX, so can someone explain me, how to initialize it, how it works, and whatever else you can, I`ll download XNA, but I want to create game using: MVS 2008 C# express, DirectX, and my skills, so can someone help me?
Bechir Bejaoui18y ago
This is not the right way to deveolp a game since micrsoft dedicates an entire framework nothing but for developing games it is xna