Sage-Tips

Is SFML easier than SDL?

SDL is not beginner friendly but it’s not unfriendly either. It’s written in C so it can be easily used in other languages that make bindings for it. It is used widely in the industry, has big organisations behind it like Valve and is going to be more robust than SFML.

Is SFML still supported?

The latest version of SFML is currently available and fully functional on Windows (10, 8, 7, Vista, XP), Linux and macOS. If older Windows versions need to be supported, it should be possible to use SFML 2.0 instead (see the commit for removal of Windows 9x and similar).

Is SFML good for games?

Actually SFML is great, but it will be more and more amazing if you worked hard with it, SFML will not give you a lot of advanced options like XNA(C# coded), but that is not a bad thing ever ! that’s a great opportunity to release your creativity, problem solving, and how-to-do skills, for example, i made a menu.

What games are made with SFML?

Chesster, puzzle game. Cosmoscroll, free open-source space-based shoot ’em up game. Crea, moddable 2D sandbox game. Extreme Tux Racer, free open-source arctic racing game featuring Tux (using SFML since version 0.7).

How fast is SFML?

thousand frames per second
SFML is super-fast Your application will most of the time run at several thousand frames per second compared to some graphic APIs which fail to reach even 500fps!

What is GLFW and SDL?

If you only want input and use raw opengl calls, glfw is the smallest option of the 3 (it also handles window/context creation for you if you want to). SDL and sfml are bigger packages that have more features available (sound, fonts, texture imports, some rendering abstractions).

Should I use SDL or OpenGL?

If you want a lot of fancy effects and sprites on the screen at once, use OpenGL because it supports shaders and is hardware accelerated. If your game is simple and doesn’t need a lot of effects or sprites, stick with SDL, especially if it’s your first game. SDL isn’t hardware accelerated, but it’s much easier to use.

Should I use SFML?

What should i do? Use SFML. Easy to use, understand and great documentation. Also has a lot of flexibility, for example if you want to start doing 3D stuff, you can use SFML to set up your environment for OpenGL which is usually a pain in the ass otherwise.

Is SFML the best?

Is SFML better than OpenGL?

Short answer is that OpenGL gives you more control and is more centralized for graphics, SFML can do more stuff without outside libraries. There isn’t a “better” one. SFML gives access to the PC’s audio, graphics, network, system and window modules.