For some time I've been trying to create some rudimentary hack'n'slash game. I didn't want to use ready game engine because I consider it more of an exercise in programming a game than an honest attempt at creating one if that makes sense. So I started with SFML....
My game engine is capable of using actual bitmap fonts for text display. Often the term "bitmap font" gets to misused to mean modern vector fonts in the style of retro pixelart, but I haven't yet included support for that in my engine (will be later on, primarily for accessibility and language reasons)....
I'm thinking on either joining a gamedev team, or forming my own....
I'm in a bit of a pause on game development at the moment while I house hunt and couch surf, so I'd like to scratch that itch by seeing what projects folks are working on. What engines/tools are you using and so on....
If I just have C++ and say SDL or Raylib, how do I structure game code to keep it scalable (ie not a huge mess when I add more levels, items, mechanics, etc)? I have been able to make very simple stuff but the moment I try to add to it, it always gets out of hand and I can't really refactor it without starting fresh.