pixel
Simple 2D Graphics based on standard and portable OpenGL
Current status
Basic implementation of graphics is available, including a range of named colors.
Goal
The intent of the library is to allow absolute C++ newbies to start writing functional and working C++ code within half an hour. The skillset so built should stretch until at least medium-quality 2D graphical games or other visualisation. The library should be set up such that you can take the things you made in the past and seamlessly transition into advanced 3D graphics and development by piecewise unwrapping the library contents to their underlying implementations.
This means that many choices in the library are taken with the express purpose of being able to write smaller, more readable and more beginner-friendly choices. Many more advanced concepts are hidden entirely and exposed in a very limited form, so that the users can get a start in more advanced effects, but without needing the full mental model or complexity that would come along with the full detail. When two strategies are either making it simple or making it efficient, choices were made to make it simpler.