Tuesday, May 26, 2009

IDE Installation & Configuration

This is a small tutorial for those of you that want to try to install the compiler the and the SDL libraries before our first meeting. Don't worry if something does not make sense, we will go over these steps again on our fist meeting.

Before you see the tutorial click here to download the programs required during the installation.

Now click play to watch the tutorial. There is no sound, but you should be able to follow the steps to compile, link, and execute a simple C++ program using the SDL library. (Hint: You can see the instructions better if you view the video in full screen)



Let me know if there are any questions and/or suggestions. June 2nd is almost here!

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Game Programming Club Flier

Thanks to Clare Briner for helping with the creation of this flier for the USF Game Programming Club.


Also, thanks to all of you that have already shown interest and became followers of this blog and of the game programming club. I am looking forward to meeting all of you on our first meeting!

Monday, May 11, 2009

Become a Follower

The word about the club is out now (thank you Ruth). Let me welcome you to our blog. Please, use the link on the top right of the blog to become a follower. Doing so will help us to get an idea about how many people we should expect.

At the first meeting we will show everyone how to set up the computer environment for development. We will do a step by step installation of all the required applications and libraries and write a small application to demonstrate how to use the tools together.

The goal of the first meeting is to get you ready and able to write code using your own computer. If you want to bring your laptops, go ahead.

Updates will be posted to this blog regularly, so becoming a follower will help you keep in touch with the club even if you miss a few meetings.

Again thanks for visiting the USF Game Programming Club. See you in June!

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Planning our first meeting

The first meeting of the USF Game Programming Club will take place on Tuesday, June 2nd starting at 6:00 pm at the University of St. Francis in Joliet. We are meeting on campus at the Computer Science Lab (A119).

Please direct all your questions to me, Panos kourtidis, at pansa99@gmail.com. If you would like to attend, please become a follower of this blog. This will give us the opportunity to get an idea of how many people to expect. Although this club is created for USF computer science students, high school students of the area are also welcome. Summer is here! Lets have some fun writing code!