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When starfighter pilot Simon Dodds is enrolled in a top secret military project, he and his wingmates begin to suspect that there is a lot more to the theft of a legendary battleship and the Mitikas Empire's civil war than the Helios Confederation is willing to let on. Somewhere out there the Pandoran army is gathering, preparing to bring ruin to all the galaxy...

Click here to learn more and read an extract!

Welcome!

Welcome to Parallel Realities. Here you'll find a number of games that we've worked on over the years, as well as code snippets and other bits and pieces. There are also some post mortems of projects in the form of Making Of ... which some might find interesting to read. SDL2 tutorials can also be found in the tutorial section, to help those who are interested in learning how to create their own games.

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SDL2 Adventure tutorial
Wed, 9th June 2021

A new tutorial has been added today - a 2D adventure game, set in a dungeon, created in SDL2.

The tutorial consists of 14 parts, and walks the reader through setting up the dungeon, the player character, controls, loading the map, interacting with entities, completing objectives, and finishing the game (phew, that's a lot!). You can find it on the tutorials page, or by following the link below:

SDL2 Adventure Tutorial

Binary downloads for the finished game are available to download from itch.io:

SDL2 Adventure on itch.io

The source code for all parts of the tutorial itself is also available to purchase from itch.io:

SDL2 Adventure tutorial on itch.io

This tutorial is also included in the complete set of tutorials from itch.io. Those that have already purchased the bundle can find it included in the update:

SDL2 Tutorials on itch.io

tutorials

New tutorials
Wed, 12th May 2021

Two new tutorials have recently been added to the site. Both use SDL2. The first teaches how to create a sprite / texture atlas, and the second how to use SDL2 TTF. Both can be found on the tutorials page. Direct links can found below:

Sprite atlas tutorial

SDL2 TTF tutorial

The source code for the tutorials is available to buy from itch.io.

tutorials

Orb source code
Mon, 26th April 2021

Sadly, Orb joins Lasagne Monsters and 3 Guys Apocalypse as having been cancelled. There is no longer time to work on games this large any more, so the source code and assets are being made available to the public. Orb is available to download from itch.io for a small fee. You can find out more be visiting the game's page:

Source code

orb games code

Lasagne Monsters source code
Tue, 20th April 2021

As with 3 Guys Apocalypse before it, Lasagne Monsters is no longer being worked on and should now be considered cancelled. The game was being created as a sort-of sequel to Water Closet. This would have been a Metroidvania style game, where the player could explore a huge map, gain new abilities to access new areas, and tackle bosses. It was about 50% complete before it was cancelled.

For anyone interested, the source code, along with the assets, is available to download from itch.io for a small fee. You can find out more be visiting the game's page:

Source code

lasagne-monsters games code

3 Guys Apocalypse source code
Sun, 11th April 2021

3 Guys Apocalypse is no longer being worked on and should now be considered cancelled. For anyone interested, the source code, along with the assets, is available to download from itch.io for a small fee. You can find out more be visiting the game's page:

Source code

three-guys-apocalypse games code

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