Setting up SDL and Xcode on Mac OSX for Game Development

A requested tutorial. This should get you started with SDL so that you can create a starter project and show an image on the screen. From there you can follow along with Lazyfoo's tutorials and make games like a boss. Enjoy! :)

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• sdl
• xcode
• osx
• c++
• gamedev

[iHopeFIN]

Command /Developer/usr/bin/g++-4.0 failed with exit code 1

Im getting this error, can you help? I did everything in the video, but still getting this...

[retrothomas]

@iHopeFIN I can't say since this is a very generic error. Perhaps you can try using breakpoints to see where the problem lies?

[Renmusxd]

This was so helpful! Please make a follow up! perhaps drawing circles and so forth?

[retrothomas]

@Renmusxd This tutorial shows how to get to the point where you can start using the tutorials at Lazyfoo.net, which are more comprehensive and intelligent than anything I think I would do! I strongly recommend you go there for a quality C++/SDL game dev education! :)

[TheBlitMaster]

@ExhaleMe If you're only interested in games for the iPad then UDK should be of some help. If you're interested in general development then either try and get hackintosh (you shouldn't do this but it is a possibility) or you could try making some programming videos so people will be interested in donating (so you can buy a mac). Either way Programming for Mobile devices is a whole other world and you will find almost everything you want to do is different/impossible with desktop coding.

[retrothomas]

@ExhaleMe I don't think so, but you can use Microsoft Visual Studio which is just as good if not better than XCode :)