This is a starter boilerplate app for DirectX 2D games.

You'll need to have DirectX 9 and Visual Studio installed in order to run the demo. Also, as this is a Windows app, it'll only work on Windows.

1. Clone the repo - git clone https://github.com/chesterhow/directx-boilerplate.git
2. Open and run in Visual Studio

I highly recommend creating a new project of your own instead of renaming the files in this repo.

Lets get started.

1. Create a new project in Visual Studio
2. Navigate to Project > Properties

1. Switch Configuration to All Configurations

2. On the left, navigate to Configuration Properties > VC++ Directories

3. On the right, select Include Directories, open the dropdown and click Edit

4. Enter $(DXSDK_DIR)\Include and click OK

5. Still on the right, select Library Directories, open the dropdown and click Edit

6. Enter $(DXSDK_DIR)\Lib\x86 and click OK

7. On the left, navigate to Configuration Properties > Linker > Input

8. On the right, select Additional Dependencies, open the dropdown and click Edit

9. Enter the following, each on a new line and click OK

d3d9.lib
d3dx9.lib
winmm.lib
xinput.lib

1. Click Apply

1. Switch Configuration to Release
2. On the left, navigate to Configuration Properties > C/C++ > Code Generation
3. On the right, select Runtime Library, open the dropdown and select Multi-threaded (/MT)
4. Click OK

1. Copy the sprites and src directories from this repo into your project directory
2. Navigate to Project > Add Existing Item
3. Add all files from the src directory

Make the following changes in the respective files

1. Replace CLASS_NAME and GAME_TITLE with your desired names

1. Rename the file to the name of your game
2. Replace all occurances of samplegame with the name of your game

1. Replace all occurances of samplegame with the name of your game

And with that, you now have a working DirectX 2D app. The rest is on you :)

Feel free to submit an issue if you encounter any bugs, or create a pull request if you would like to contribute.

See LICENSE