olcPixelGameEngine VS blah

I'm using SFML to develop my game engine (Though I might switch to olcPixelGameEngine at some point in the future).

If you want something simple (single file to drop in a project) with a nice easy C++ API for 2D graphics there is OneLoneCoder's Pixel Game Engine.

The PixelGameEngine from OneLoneCoder would probably fit here.

As always, I recommend https://github.com/OneLoneCoder/olcPixelGameEngine :) It's just one header, so you just include it in your project and you're good to go.

And if you want to try making a small game with rudamentary graphics, but not go full OpenGL/DirectX, take a look at OLC pixel game engine. It's a one header graphics library that will allow you to draw simple shapes, text, etc. perfect for prototyping or making very simple games. Eventually you'll want to try making Pong to take your training to the next level, so this will be perfect for that.

For a beginner I’d recommend the One Lone Coder Pixel Game Engine olcPixelGameEngine It is a single header library, works in Windows, Mac and Linux. The author also has some great game programming videos on his YouTube channel OLC YouTube

The source code is public and under the license of the olcPixelGameEngine found at: https://github.com/OneLoneCoder/olcPixelGameEngine

All you need is here. Just put the .h file in your project and you're done.

Then, take a look at this GitHub repo for a tiny (but very complete) 2D game engine: https://github.com/noelfb/blah

back to the question blah is a small game framework by the person who made Celeste, that lacks in some features but is a great starting point.

For 2d there’s blah by noelfb who made Celeste: https://github.com/NoelFB/blah

As an example, see Noel Berry's small engine: https://github.com/NoelFB/blah He's an experienced indie game dev and he has a small framework (engine if you dare calling it) with not that many features, but is a great learning tool if you're starting, and shows that you don't need a big game engine to make good games.