raygui VS olcPixelGameEngine

About the UI interface, I created raygui a simple immediate-mode UI library, you can also take a look: https://github.com/raysan5/raygui

git submodule add https://github.com/raysan5/raygui.git vendor/raygui

Added splicit type casting in commit: https://github.com/raysan5/raygui/commit/78ad65365ebae6433f60cf03a09e76b43c46cfa2

Yes you can use raygui as a standalone library without raylib. Read for more info: https://github.com/raysan5/raygui/blob/master/src/raygui.h.

Possibly with https://github.com/raysan5/raygui.

For your example of raygui, you can just look. It's a single header file (but does require raylib) to work.

I'm under the impression that Unity builds have a good deal of overhead. Plus, in many cases, something like raygui (C# bindings) will actually be quicker to develop with. Nothing wrong with Unity, though. The best tool is the one you know how to use, in my opinion.

raylib extra libraries cleanup: raylib has been on diet and all the extra libraries included on previous releases have been removed from raylib. Now raylib only includes the original 7 raylib modules: rcore, rlgl, rshapes, rtextures, rtext, rmodels and raudio. But no worries, extra libraries have not been deleted, they have been moved to their own repos for better maintainability and more focus on its functionality. The libraries moved out from raylib repo are: raygui, physac, rmem, reasings and raudio (standalone mode). On that same line, a new amazing GitHub group: raylib-extras has been created by @JeffM2501 to contain raylib extra libraries as well as other raylib add-ons provided by the community. Jeff has done an amazing work on that line, providing multiple libraries and examples for raylib, like custom first-person and third person camera systems, Dear ImGui raylib integration, multiple specific examples and even a complete RPG Game Example! Great work Jeff! :D

You might also want to take a look at raygui

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.