Version 0.1.0 released

This release focuses on supporting Android as a target platform as well as making the process of creating a game much simpler. Previously, game templates were created using the CreateGame.py script, which has now been replaced by a ready-to-run game template located in the MyGame folder.

MyGame additionally comes with a CMakePresets.json file which uses CMake Presets to simplify the build process substantially. Lastly, shell scripts are included in the package that generate ready-to-use projects for Visual Studio and Xcode.

What’s new

• Support for targeting Android
  • Folder MyGame/AndroidProject contains a preconfigured project that can be directly opened in Android Studio.
  • Requires OpenGL ES 3.0 support, which is supported by more than 95% of all Android devices.
• Improve event handling by exposing events as virtual methods in the Game class
  • This replaces the std::variant-based Event type that required a visitor pattern.
  • Now, simply override a method in your Game class for the event you want to handle.
• Add tweening
  • New class: cer::Tween
  • New functions in namespace cer::tween to be used in conjunction with the Tween class
• Change static colors from variables to methods
  • Example: Color::CornflowerBlue now becomes Color::CornflowerBlue()
• Change Matrix::Zero variable to a function, i.e. Matrix::Zero()
• Remove ASSETS_DIR parameter in the cerlib_add_executable function. The game asset folder is now called "Assets" and is unchangeable.
• The game template now specifies its source files in a separate file called files.cmake
• Add GenerateVisualStudioProject.bat to the game template
  • Convenience script that creates a Visual Studio 2022 project for the game
• Add GenerateXcodeProject.command to the game template
  • Convenience script that creates an Xcode project for the game
• Add ImageFormat::Unknown
• Default-initialize DisplayMode members
• Add Image::GetSizeInBytes()
• Add an Image constructor that loads an image from a file on disk. This function is only supported on desktop platforms. Calling it on non-desktop platforms will raise an error.
• Add cer::GetCurrentCanvas()
  • Gets the current canvas that was set by cer::SetCanvas()
• Add cer::GetCanvasDataInto() and cer::GetCanvasData()
  • Gets the pixel data that is currently stored in a Canvas
• Add cer::SaveCanvasToFile() and cer::SaveCanvasToMemory()
  • Saves the pixel data of a canvas as converted image data, such as PNG or JPEG
  • New enum: ImageFileFormat
• Remove Game::FirstUpdateOfFrame()
• Improved documentation of various types