Tutorials and Guides

SplashKit SDK

SplashKit provides a versatile set of categories, encompassing graphics, audio, input, and more, offering developers a comprehensive toolkit for game and multimedia development.

Getting Started

Get started coding with different areas of SplashKit:

Using SplashKit (end of this page)

Drawing using Procedures

Double Buffering

User Inputs in Graphical Applications

Loading Resources with Bundles

Get Started with SplashKit Audio

Using Animations in SplashKit

SplashKit Camera

Useful Utilities

Using JSON in SplashKit

SplashKit Colors

Raspberry Pi GPIO

Discover how to use SplashKit on a Raspberry Pi to work with LEDs and buttons:

Get Started with SplashKit GPIO

Reading Button Presses

Using PWM to control LED brightness

Modify PWM through button presses

Physics

Learn more about using vectors and related functionality in SplashKit:

Introduction to Vectors

Vector Magnitudes

Vector Arithmetic

Vector Angles

Resolving Collisions Using Vectors

Collisions and Gravity

Raycasting Basics

Raycasting and Illumination

2D to 3D Projection

Interface

See how you can create user interface panels with different layouts and styling:

Getting Started Creating User Interfaces

Layouts in User Interfaces

Styling User Interfaces

Networking

Find out more about using SplashKit’s web server functionality:

Getting Started With Servers

Routing With Servers

How to make a RESTful API call using SplashKit

Using SplashKit

Compile and Run SplashKit Code

Here is a basic overview of how to compile and run SplashKit programs in C++, C# and python.

C++

To compile C++ SplashKit code, you will use the following command (assuming the code file is named program.cpp):

clang++ program.cpp -l SplashKit -o test_program

Or:

g++ program.cpp -l SplashKit -o test_program

Then you can run the program with:

./test_program

Or, if using MSYS2 (MINGW64):

./test_program.exe

With ‘skm’

You can also compile your C++ code using the following command:

skm clang++ program.cpp -o test_program

Or:

skm g++ program.cpp -o test_program

C#

To run C# SplashKit code with dotnet, you will need to first run the command below:

dotnet add package SplashKit

This will add the SplashKit NuGet package, to link the SplashKit SDK to your project.

Then you can run the program using:

dotnet run

With ‘skm’

You can also build and run your C# code using the following command:

skm dotnet run

Python

To run SplashKit python code, you will use the following command (assuming the code file is named program.py):

python3 program.py

With ‘skm’

You can also run your Python code using the following command:

skm python3 program.py

More Information

More detailed guides on getting started with SplashKit coming soon…

For now, you can look at these guides in the programmers.guide online textbook:

Language	Overview	Link
C#	Setting up a basic SplashKit C# project.	Your First Program
C#	Building a graphical (GUI) SplashKit program.	Build Graphical Hello World
C++	Setting up a basic SplashKit C++ program.	Hello from C/C++
C++	More in-depth C++ guide.	Building a C/C++ Program