Create Games for Windows, Linux and Web with Raylib C/C++

🔊 Raylib is a library used for game development, however, there are other areas of application. Despite having native support for C/C++, it is possible to use it in other programming languages such as: Lua, Golang, C#, Python, PHP , Java and among others.

Some features of Raylib are:

It does not have a clickable interface, it is a library for programmers who like to write code;
Multiplatform available for: Windows, GNU/Linux, macOS, Android, HTML5 and among others;
Written in C99 ;
Supports 2D and 3D graphics;
It’s easy, simple and differentiated!

Installation

Windows

Open your browser
Access the address: https://github.com/raysan5/raylib
Select and click on Releases on the right side of the screen
Scroll down the course and download the version: raylib_installer_v4.2.mingw.exe
After the download is finished, double-click on the file, click on Allow
Install and Finish
Open the shortcut: [Notepad++ for Raylib]
As the example will already be opened, press F6 and then press [OK] to compile

GNU/Linux

Dependencies:

# ubuntu
sudo apt install libasound2-dev mesa-common-dev libx11-dev libxrandr-dev libxi-dev xorg-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev

# fedora
sudo dnf install alsa-lib-devel mesa-libGL-devel libX11-devel libXrandr-devel libXi-devel libXcursor-devel libXinerama-devel libatomic

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -S alsa-lib mesa libx11 libxrandr libxi libxcursor libxinerama

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Installing Raylib:

git clone https://github.com/raysan5/raylib
cd raylib
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON ..
make up
sudo make install
sudo cp /usr/local/lib/libraylib.so.420 /usr/lib/

Now you can remove the cloned directory: cd ../.. && rm -rf raylib

Copy this example:

main.cpp

#include "raylib.h"

int main(){
  InitWindow(800, 450, "raylib [core] example - basic window");

  while (!WindowShouldClose()){
    BeginDrawing();
    ClearBackground(RAYWHITE);
    DrawText("Congrats! You created your first window!", 190, 200, 20, LIGHTGRAY);
    EndDrawing();
  }

  CloseWindow();
  return 0;
}

Compile:

g++ main.cpp -lraylib -lGL -lm -lpthread -ldl -lrt -lX11

Code example 2

main.cpp

namespace ray {
  #include <raylib.h>
}

int main(){
  ray::InitWindow(1280, 720, "Getting started with Raylib");

  ray::Texture sprite, bg;
  sprite = ray::LoadTexture("./sprite.png");
  bg = ray::LoadTexture("./bg.png");

  float posx = -sprite.width;

  while( !ray::WindowShouldClose() ){

    posx += 0.9f;
    if( posx > 1280 ){
     posx = -sprite.width;
    }

    ray::BeginDrawing();
    ray::ClearBackground(ray::WHITE);
     ray::DrawText("First steps with Raylib", 50, 100, 50, ray::BLACK);
     ray::DrawTexture(bg, 0, 0, ray::WHITE);
     ray::DrawTexture(sprite, posx, 630 - sprite.height, ray::WHITE);
    ray::EndDrawing();
  }

  ray::CloseWindow();

  return 0;
}

Images used in the code example 2

`sprite.png`

`bg.png`

Watch the video

Note: The video is in Portuguese, but it is possible to follow the steps described in this article and the development from scratch of the code used as an example.