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Introductory Tutorial to Using MINX

Setting Up Your Development Enviornment

For Windows ( Visual Studio )

  1. Launch Visual Studio

  2. Install NuGet Package Manager

For GNU/Linux

  1. Download the source for the release of MINX that you wish to use Source Listing

  2. Check that the proper dependencies are installed ./configure.sh

  3. Compile and Install MINX make sudo make install sudo make headers

Basic Overview of The MINX::Game Class

Everything in MINX is centered around the MINX::Game class When your program is launched these MINX::Game functions will be called in the following order.

  1. MINX::Game::Game();

  2. MINX::Game::Initialize();

  3. MINX::Game::LoadContent();

  4. MINX::Game::Update();

  5. MINX::Game::Draw(); // Go back to #4 unless the game is told to exit

  6. MINX::Game::UnloadContent();

Your First MINX Project

On GNU/Linux

The following instructions will be created at a later time

On Windows

  1. Download the latest version of MINX Project Builder.
  2. Run MINXProjectBuilder and create a project at your desired location.
  3. Open the Visual Studio Solution that was generated, and start working on your first MINX game!