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[indietom]

Hi!
I'm working on a shmup in C++ and sdl. How would I write a start menu?What would the code look like? Please send me a tutorial if you know one or help me.

Thanks 

[zacaj]

Is your problem how to put the menu in so it interacts with the rest of the game well or to program the actual choices and stuff?

[indietom]

Is your problem how to put the menu in so it interacts with the rest of the game well or to program the actual choices and stuff?

How do I do so when I press start the games startes?

[zacaj]

How you interface your menu and you game code depends a lot on how your game is structured. Could you give a quick summary or how your game is structured (or post your game loop)?

Also could you describe how you want your menu to be? Maybe a mockup?

[ASnogarD]

Your question (OP) is too vague to answer properly...

Do you have a game, and now want to add gamestates ? Are you programming a game and starting with the gamestates ?

There is a few ways to implement gamestates, a basic method would be to use lots of if statements to check which state your game is in.

while(running){

if(gamestate == IN_MENU) {
do menu stuff
}
if(gamestate == IN_GAME) {
do game stuff
}

}

you could read up on http://www.sdltutorials.com/sdl-app-states for a tutorial, and see if that helps some.

[Serapth]

I cover a very simple menu in this tutorial.  It's SFML based, but should apply equally to SDL.  Remember, this is *a* way to do it.

[Evan Balster]

For future reference this sort of thing should go in the Technical forum.