Below is a set of tutorials I wrote covering the basics of SDL2. SDL stands for Simple DirectMedia Layer, a library used in games and other multimedia applications. It provides the means to use graphics, audio, user input, and other things you would normally need in such applications.

Getting Started

• How to set up SDL2 on Linux
• Setting up SDL2 with Visual Studio 2015

Basics

• Showing an Empty Window in SDL2
• Displaying an Image in an SDL2 Window
• Loading Images in SDL2 with SDL_image
• Loading and Saving Images with SDL2
• Saving Screenshots in SDL2
• Handling Keyboard and Mouse Events in SDL2
• Displaying Text in SDL2 with SDL_ttf

Drawing

• SDL2 Pixel Drawing
• Drawing Lines with SDL2

Game Mechanics

• Animations with Sprite Sheets in SDL2
• SDL2 Bounding Box Collision Detection
• SDL2 Drag and Drop

Image Manipulation

• Converting an Image to Grayscale using SDL2
• Converting an Image to Negative using SDL2

Audio

• Playing a WAV File Using SDL2