Welcome! rBitrage (aka "Arbitrage" aka "Bit Rage") is a custom C++ 2D/3D game engine built on the Raylib library.

rBitrage is easy to learn, easy to use, and hard to misuse.

Read C++ Gaming — 03 — The rBitrage Game Engine on Medium for more info.

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1. Getting Started
2. Project Overview
3. Project Details
4. Resources
5. Credits

Follow these steps to get started on your computer (e.g. Windows, Mac, Linux).

1. Install Prerequisites, all steps, including ...
   • Install Visual Studio Code & Extension(s)
   • Install C++ Libraries
2. Open the command line
3. Run each of the following command(s).
   • Run gcc --version
   • Run g++ --version
   • Run gdb --version
   • Run mingw32-make --version
4. Optional: Any failures? Ensure each is in your Windows System Path Variables, watch this video, and repeat previous step(s)
5. Done!

1. Setup Environment per above
2. Download this repo (ZIP or GIT). Unzip as needed
3. Open Visual Studio Code & its Terminal Window
4. Run each of the following command(s). Any failures? Repeat previous steps
   • Run mingw32-make setup
5. Enjoy!

1. Setup Project per above
2. Open Visual Studio Code and its Terminal Window
3. Run each of the following command(s). Any failures? Repeat previous steps
   • Run mingw32-make bin/app && mingw32-make execute
4. Optional & Recommended: Add keyboard shortcut
5. Enjoy!

1. Open Visual Studio Code
2. Open Visual Studio Code's Explorer Window
3. Double-click on the Main.cpp file
4. Edit the Main.cpp file
5. Repeat Build Project's previous steps
6. Enjoy!

This repo demonstrates a project template for getting started easily with rBitrage. Use cases for this repo include light-weight prototypes, educational projects, and commercial game development.

The rBitrage game engine can be used in any C++ environment.

This rBitrage template is specifically for use in Visual Studio Code.

Documentation

• ReadMe.md - The primary documentation for this repo
• Raylib/documentation/ - More info specific to the project

Configuration

• Raylib/Makefile - C++ build configuration file

Structure

• Raylib - Main project folder
• Raylib/src/assets/ - User-facing game assets
• Raylib/src/scripts/tests/ - Add unit testing files here
• Raylib/src/scripts/client/ - Add runtime files here
• Raylib/src/scripts/client/Main.cpp - Main file for game logic. Do your work here :)

Dependencies

• Raylib/vendor/ - Lists vendor as dependencies...

Here is the status and roadmap of project template features.

Here are some resources which may be helpful with C++ and game development.

• C++ Gaming — 01 — Overview
• C++ Gaming — 02 — Raylib Project Template
• C++ Gaming — 03 — The rBitrage Game Engine

• Raylib
• Raylib Cheatsheet ← Start here :)
• Raylib Documentation
• Raylib Examples & Raylib Games

Created By

• Samuel Asher Rivello
• Over 25 years XP with game development (2024)
• Over 11 years XP with Unity (2024)

Contact

• Twitter - @srivello
• Git - Github.com/SamuelAsherRivello
• Resume & Portfolio - SamuelAsherRivello.com
• LinkedIn - Linkedin.com/in/SamuelAsherRivello <--- Say Hello! :)

License

Provided as-is under MIT License | Copyright © 2024 Rivello Multimedia Consulting, LLC