“Daj Się Poznać 2016” Competition Summary
Three months later, and the 2016 edition of “Daj się poznać” competition is over. It’s time for some thoughts and a summary.
Wouldn’t it be nice to create a small ray tracer as a weekend project? Well, that’s exactly the idea behind this mini e-book. After implementing all the features described in it, you will be able to create the image from the cover.
Revision 2016 PC Demo Competition
The biggest demoscene party in the world is over, and we have a lot of new, high quality releases. Without all the drama of reversed lists and countdowns, let’s start from the highest ranked prods.
Project Setup in Visual Studio
The directory structure described in the previous article can be used with any IDE and compiler. Here’s how to configure Visual Studio project for it.
Directory Structure for a C++ Project
When you work on some bigger project, it is important to properly organize its directory structure. Most of the time, you have to prepare project directory structure yourself, as an IDE will create only a basic solution for you.
Anatomy of a Demo Framework
It’s time to look inside the main executable file, and plan what we want to put there. The architecture of a demo framework is a bit similar to a game engine one. In fact, there are demos created with tools like Unity 3D.
File Structure of a Demo
Before we begin to sketch the internal structure of our demo, let’s take a look on how to organise files in the final archive. You will also need to decide if you want to protect the data files (textures, the soundtrack and so on) or make them freely accessible to others. Let’s review some real life examples.