SDL Tutorials

There are a number of SDL tutorials available from different sources.

SDL 1.3

• OpenGL 3 Samples Pack

  • Using SDL 1.3 beta with OpenGL 3

• The SDL 1.3 Haptic Interface

  • Covers the basics of how to create and playback simple force feedback effects with SDL.

• OpenGL 3.2 and SDL

  • Creating a Cross Platform OpenGL 3.2 Context in SDL

• Text Input

  • Using SDL for text inputs with specific consideration for international users.

SDL 1.2

• SDLTutorials.com

  • Wow! A whole website about SDL tutorials, including SDL basics, events, animation, entities, maps and other topics

• Matthew Casperson's SDL Tutorials

  • SDL tutorials on a variety of topics for shoot 'em up games

• The Game Programming Wiki: SDL Tutorials

  • A large number of SDL tutorials covering a variety of different topics

• Beginning Game Programming

  • A series of tutorials on game concepts geared for SDL developers. Tutorials (currently 36!) are written using C++ as the programming language and SDL as the API.

• Using GLSL with SDL

  • A tutorial on enabling and using GLSL extensions with SDL.

• Direct3D 9.0 with SDL

  • Using SDL with Direct3D for graphics

• SDL and OpenGL

  • Using SDL and OpenGL on Mac OS X

• SDL Corner - Audio with SDL

  • Lots of advanced information on using SDL's audio support

• SDL Corner - Using OpenGL with SDL

  • Lots of advanced information on using SDL with OpenGL

• Sol's Graphics for Beginners

  • Setting up SDL with Visual C++ 6.0, basic graphics programming

• SDL Setup Guide 1.1

  • Setting up an SDL project with Visual Studio .NET

• Tutorial / Einsteigerkurs in das Programmieren mit der SDL in C

  • The basics of using various features of SDL, in German

• Help! How Do I Move An Image?

  • Using Pygame to move images around in a simple game

• SDL - Grundlagen und Grafik

  • A German tutorial on SDL basics and graphics

• How I Rendered the Dungeons on SDL

  • Exploring the code used to render 2D mazes in DungeonMaker

• OpenGL Tutorials (by Marius)

  • Setting up SDL and OpenGL, Quake 2 models, OpenGL graphics topics

• GFX with SDL (by Marius)

  • A very nice set of tutorials covering using SDL with Dev-C++, 2D graphics and sound

• Roger's SDL Tutorials

  • SDL_mixer, SDL_RWops

• Condition variables in SDL

  • A good discussion of condition variables, in computer science rather than gaming context. Some mention of mutex and semaphore use.

• SDL in Visual Studio 2008

  • A very basic guide for setting up SDL for OpenGL development in Visual Studio 2008