SFML Starter

A very simple starter setup for an SFML game with a minimal finite state machine (FSM).

Use

Clone the repo git clone https://github.com/kiswa/SFML_Starter, enter the directory you cloned into, and run cmake . (note the . after the command). This should generate the necessary project files to build on your system.

For Linux, follow this with make and you will have an executable named sfml which you can run to see the demo.

What's Included

All source files are in the src directory.

• main.cpp The main entry point that starts everything going.
• game.*pp The Game class contains a GameData struct that holds the FSM, Asset Manager, and SFML Window.
• asset_manager.*pp The AssetManager class provides long-lived access to sf::Textures and sf::Fonts.
• state_machine.*pp The StateMachine class is just a simple wrapper around a std::stack which handles transitioning between states.
• state.hpp The State class is an abstract class that each state inherits.
• game_state.*pp The GameState class is a simple implementation of a game state to show how it might be used.
• pause_state.*pp The PauseState class is just to demonstrate changing states without replacing the current state.

Credits

The "alien" image is courtesy of Kenney.

The font used is Fira Mono from Mozilla (specifically, FiraMono-Regular.otf).