This repo uses the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) to be able to run the apps on every Windows 10 device that is on version 1803 or higher. Thus at least version 10.0.17134.0 of the Windows 10 SDK is needed to build this projects in the repo. C++ 17 is also required as everything except AngleHelper is written in C++/WinRT which is a Windows Runtime projection that uses standard C++ 17 instead of C++/CX to write apps and libraries.
To find the solution that corresponds to an assignment, navigate to a
directory at the top level namend Assignment followed by the assignment
number.
In each solution there are four projects:
- AngleHelper
- Does C++/CX interop that is currently needed as the main project uses C++/WinRT.
- Assignment
- This is the actual UWP app that runs and references the
OpenGLGameEngineWinRT project. Set this as the startup project to
launch the app. It also contains the shaders, images and other assets in
the
Assetsdirectory.
- This is the actual UWP app that runs and references the
OpenGLGameEngineWinRT project. Set this as the startup project to
launch the app. It also contains the shaders, images and other assets in
the
- OpenGLGameEngine
- This is a shared project that holds the majority of the OpenGL code. The aim with this is to wrap the C-style OpenGL calls into classes and almost every OpenGL related class derives from GLObject.
- OpenGLGameEngineWinRT
- This is as Windows Runtime component that refernces OpenGLGameEngine and implements the main game loop. It initializes EGL as this project uses Microsoft's ANGLE to translate OpenGL ES calls to Direct3D 11 ones as neither OpenGL nor Vulkan are supported on UWP. This library can also be called natively from C#, VB and even JavaScript.