CMakeLists.txt

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ add_subdirectory(extern/SDL_image EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 add_subdirectory(extern/SDL_mixer EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 add_subdirectory(extern/SDL_ttf EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 add_subdirectory(extern/tmxlite/tmxlite EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-include_directories(extern/nlohmann_json/include)
+add_subdirectory(extern/nlohmann_json EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 
 
 file(GLOB_RECURSE SOURCES ${ENGINE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/*.cpp)
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC # should be private when all SDL fu
     SDL3_mixer::SDL3_mixer-static
     SDL3_ttf::SDL3_ttf-static
     tmxlite
+    nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json
 )
 
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "Debug")

config.json

@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "fullscreen": false,
-  "title": "VGG (Very Good Game)",
-  "height": 100,
-  "width": 100,
-  "icon": "./engine/internalAssets/iconImage.bmp"
+  "fullscreen": false
 }

include/Constants.h

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ constexpr std::size_t MAX_GROUPS = 32;
 constexpr std::size_t MAX_STATS = 8;
 constexpr std::size_t MAX_TEAMS = 8;
 
+constexpr int SCREEN_SIZE_HEIGHT = 640;
+constexpr int SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH = 800;
+
 constexpr int FPS = 60;
 
 constexpr int TILE_SIZE = 32;

include/GameInternal.h

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public:
 	GameInternal();
 	~GameInternal();
 
-	SDL_AppResult init();
+	SDL_AppResult init(const char* title, int xpos, int ypos, int width, int height, bool fullscreen);
 
 	void handleEvents();
 	void update(Uint64 frameTime);

src/ConfigLoader.cpp

@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 #include <fstream>
 
 ConfigLoader::ConfigLoader() {
-    //TODO: look into adaptive paths for better handling as this requires the implemented game
-    // to have ./engine in the root folder
-    baseConfig = loadConfigFromJSON("./engine/config.json");
+    baseConfig = loadConfigFromJSON("config.json");
 }
 
 ConfigLoader::~ConfigLoader() {}
@@ -32,9 +30,7 @@ json ConfigLoader::loadConfigFromJSON(const std::string& path) {
 
 
 void ConfigLoader::setCustomConfig(const std::optional<std::string>& path) {
-    if (path.has_value()) {
-        customConfig = loadConfigFromJSON(path.value());
-    }
+    customConfig = path;
 }
 
 json ConfigLoader::mergeConfigs(json baseConfig, json customConfig) {

src/GameInternal.cpp

@@ -29,15 +29,13 @@ GameInternal::GameInternal() :
 
 GameInternal::~GameInternal() = default;
 
-SDL_AppResult GameInternal::init()
+SDL_AppResult GameInternal::init(const char* title, int xpos, int ypos, int width, int height, bool fullscreen)
 {
-	ConfigLoader* loader = new ConfigLoader();
-
 	this->gameInstance = GameFactory::instance().create(this);
-	loader->setCustomConfig(this->gameInstance->getConfigFilePath());
-	loader->init();
+	ConfigLoader().setCustomConfig(this->gameInstance->getConfigFilePath());
+	ConfigLoader().init();
 
-	json config = loader->getFinalConfig();
+	json config = ConfigLoader().getFinalConfig();
 
 	GameInternal::assets = new AssetManager(&manager);
 	GameInternal::textureManager = new TextureManager(&manager);
@@ -62,7 +60,7 @@ SDL_AppResult GameInternal::init()
 		return SDL_APP_FAILURE;
 	}
 
-	window = SDL_CreateWindow(config.at("title").get<std::string>().c_str(), config.at("width"), config.at("height"), flags);
+	window = SDL_CreateWindow(title, width, height, flags);
 	if (!window)
 	{
 		std::cout << "ERROR: Window couldnt be created! " << SDL_GetError() << std::endl;
@@ -72,7 +70,7 @@ SDL_AppResult GameInternal::init()
 
     // bad
     SDL_Surface* icon;
-    if((icon = SDL_LoadBMP(config.at("icon").get<std::string>().c_str())))
+    if((icon = SDL_LoadBMP("assets/iconImage.bmp")))
     {
     	SDL_SetWindowIcon(window, icon);
     }

src/_Init.cpp

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ SDL_AppResult SDL_AppInit(void **appstate, int argc, char **argv) {
 
     *appstate = vego::game = new GameInternal();
 
-    return vego::game->init();
+    return vego::game->init("No_Name_Chicken_Game", SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED, SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH, SCREEN_SIZE_HEIGHT, false);
 }
 
 SDL_AppResult SDL_AppIterate(void *appstate) {