On Monday, 16 March 2020 at 16:19:26 UTC, Arine wrote:
There's no need for someone learning 2D games to even bother with SDL2 to begin with. If you use SDL2 you are going to be using something no one else uses, you'll be wasting your by using something that isn't that good and what you learn from it won't be that useful. I don't know anyone that uses SDL2 actual API for rendering. Using OpenGL and similar API, you'll learn how data actually needs to be processed. If you just want to mess around with making a game, using a game engine like Unity is going to be better for that. No one should waste their time with SDL2's rendering API, it is awful and doesn't actually teach you anything about how rendering actually works.
I just disagree completely. You'll find people in the SDL forums using it. I've used it. I've seen open source games using it. It's simple for someone just beginning to get started with. No need to muck about with the details of OpenGL, or with the complexities of a full-scale game engine. For Steve's purposes, it's just fine.
