Continuous integration (CI) as done with GitHub Actions serves multiple purposes. You get to continuously check that newly integrated code still works correctly and when it comes to cross-platform development, it also allows you to ensure that new code doesn’t just “works on my machine”, but also on platforms you might not even have the […]
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SFML News – Week 12 & 13 (2023)
SFML Development Updates SFML 2.6 The release preparation work is in full swing. The code is effectively frozen and the final update is ready. Most of the required website changes are done, but some points that will take a bit more time, like updating existing tutorials, still need to be implemented. Depending how quickly we’ll […]
SQL Server on GitHub Actions
Besides SFML, I’ve also taken on the maintenance of Jobbr, a .NET JobServer developed by some co-workers some time ago. With the help of some more people, we managed to migrate the whole machinery from .NET Framework to .NET 6. At the end of the migration, I went ahead and set up GitHub Actions for […]
SFML Steam Games – Part 7
After platforming and role-playing get ready for some action, relax by mowing some gras or if you hadn’t had enough, do some platforming again. Hyperspace Dogfights This a really cool looking dogfighting game. Use missiles, lasers and other weaponry to fight waves of enemy jets, anti-air missiles and more. It’s quite fun, but I’m really […]
SFML News – Week 10 & 11 (2023)
SFML Development Updates Static Analysis Up until the other week, we had Coverity Scan, a static analysis tool, enabled for SFML, but while this is usually a commercial product, the usability is terrible to the point, where you have to asked, who would spend money to get this?! In addition, we started to get discrepancies […]
SFML Steam Games – Part 6
In Part 6 of the SFML Steam Games Series, we have a lot of platforming and RPG-ing going on, so lets dive right in! Vagante I’ve seen the name quite a few times, but never actually tried the game until now. It’s a nice pixel-art platformer with RPG or more specifically roguelike elements. Select different […]
SFML News – Week 8 & 9 (2023)
SFML Development Updates The last two weeks felt a bit slower than usual in the SFML development space, but this might have been, because I was quite busy. However, this doesn’t mean that nothing happened, on the contrary! We got a cool new feature, allowing you to set a window icon from an sf::Image, which […]
SFML Steam Games – Part 5
I remember the releases of this games quite well, as most of the devs were on IRC / Discord and some I’ve even met in person. Check out Part 4 of this series, if you’ve just joined. Zeran’s Folly Zeran’s Folly is the first installment of the Myroid-Type Comics “universe”. It borrows from a selection […]
SFML News – Week 6 & 7 (2023)
SFML 2.6 Updates There haven’t been large changes or concrete movements for the release itself, but we did fix two minor things: SFML 3.0 Updates Some feature discussions were also opened, feel free to provide your insights – it generally is useful to hear other people’s perspectives. SFML Games & Projects Zitrone First up, we […]
SFML Steam Games – Part 4
To the best of my knowledge, we’re now all caught up on old games and can continue chronologically. As always, if I missed a game that was released earlier, please let me know! Kronos Kronos is a great Action RPG with lots of fighting and spell casting. Unfortunately, there seems to be an issue with […]