SFML (Simple Fast Media Library) is a portable and easy to use multimedia API written in C++. You can see it as a modern, object-oriented alternative to SDL. SFML is composed of several packages to perfectly suit your needs. You can use SFML as a minimal windowing system to interface with OpenGL, or ...

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Snake class for simple Snake clone

NOTE: I'm only including the snake class (only one file) here because the rest of the code doesn't need reviewing. If you need to see the complete code for whatever reason, it is available on GitHub ...
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Tic Tac Toe - NxN

This is a graphical Tic Tac Toe game by using SFML cross-platform library. It seems to work fine. I'm actually new to SFML and making GUIs. If anyone is familiar with SFML, I'd appreciate some ...
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Barnes-Hut N-body simulator

I've written an n-body simulator, implementing the Barnes-Hut algorithm. Please comment on anything you can see wrong with this. Wikipedia Barnes-Hut page This is a screen shot of the simulation ...
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Network programming for an IRC Bot

I'm currently making my first steps into the territory of network programming, using the SFML Network library to simplify things. Later on, my bot shall post new pull requests and changes concerning ...
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SFML Pong Game Performance

I was hoping I could get some feedback on performance of my animations overall. It could just be me but I keep getting a bit of lag despite being at 60FPS constantly. Objects on screen seem to tear a ...
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A Trivia game with SFML

So I've been making a trivia game with SFML and C++ for quite a while now for my school project and I would like to get some constructive criticism, anything helps from best practices to overall ...
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SFML Ping Pong improved (V0.3)

Some of you may have seen my previous post asking if my code was efficient and easy to read. I have made some more improvements to it by adding sounds, visual count down and checking if the window ...
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Ping Pong game in SFML

I am learning C++ and SFML so I want to know if I am laying my code out neatly and if my code is efficient. I know this is not a full game yet but I want to know if I am on the right tracks. ...
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Simple Win32 console library (mimicking almighty SFML)

How can I improve it? ...
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Breakout-Clone built in SFML

After reading the SFML Game Development book, I decided to put what was learned to the test by creating a simple Breakout clone. I have posted the source code to GitHub: ...
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Design of physics with Collision Detection using SFML

I found out that in Visual Studio 2012, it is possible to create project of SFML easily with a template. I am not an experienced C# programmer. Hence I wanted to implement a physics component just for ...
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Is having a master instance that all instances revolve around bad practice?

Question: Is having a master class bad practice? I am making a simple pong game, but I'm writing the code as if I were making for something that might be for something more complicated I want to ...
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Graphical Tic-Tac-Toe game using SFML

First of all, I'm really new to SFML and making GUIs. This is my first real program using this. Right now, when I click outside the window when the program is first run, the first piece is placed in ...
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Sprite cache for SFML sprites

I'm trying to make a sprite cache for SFML sprites. The basic idea I got was to use a map of an enum and a sprite pointer. Then when I would ask for a certain ...
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Cosine function period

I'm using the cosine function in C++ to simulate flashing for a sprite in my game. The method looks like this: (anything in the sf namespace is part of the SFML ...
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Integrating SFML and Box2D lib, and a Mass Production Shape Factory

I've just written two new headers: one that integrates Box2D and SFML by a class called BodyRep which creates/ is a graphic representation of any body, and one that ...
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How is my SFML sprite Move() function?

I'm making a pong game with SFML and in the process made a function that takes a Time, Speed, ...