How and Where to start to build a game using Qt

Dinesh Balu

Thanks Chuck.Gao and ZapB...

I tried to run the 5 in a row game given by Qt and I'm getting this error

bq. Cannot open include file :'QGLWidget' No such file or directory

does the QtOpenGL module libraries come with the Qt SDK or we have to include like a plugin...

I'm using Nokia's Qt Creator 2.0.1 - Based on Qt 4.7.0 (32 bit)

ZapB

You need to add:

@
QT += opengl
@

to your .pro file and re-run qmake if you wish to use OpenGL. This tells qmake to append the necessary include and library search paths to the generated Makefiles.

I've not looked at the example to see if this does so or even needs OpenGL.

Dinesh Balu

Thanks ZapB... It worked.....
but it now shows multiple errors in 'gl.h'...

one that is

bq. syntax error: 'void' should be preceeded by ';'

when I checked this error... it points to this line in gl.h

bq. WINGDIAPI void APIENTRY glAccum (GLenum op, GLfloat value);

ZapB

Can you post the code (or point me to it) that is causing this error please? I am not familiar with the example you are talking about.

Dinesh Balu

I got this project from this link:
"5 in a row":http://quitcoding.com/?page=work#5inarow

get the source code tar.gz file of the title 5 in a row

lexan

is it easy to create a game using QT quick?

xsacha

It depends on the complexity of the game.
For your game, I would recommend QML. Do you need to learn Qt/C++ for your class though?

Here is a QML game that uses 'levels' so you can see how transitions work:
http://qt-apps.org/content/show.php?content=134799

lexan

ah. so it will all depend on the "transitions"?

I might need to learn Qt/c++ I assume

xsacha

By transitions I just mean how they change from one level to the other. Basically, generating each level.
That game I linked to is written in QML/Javascript rather than Qt/C++.

P.S. Did you get the email?

lexan

Yeah I did. Thanks :D It really helped me a lot :)