Alan-FGR
commented
7 years ago Very minor update. @JoshEngebretson: do you think it's better to add vertex color to the quad example? I think it's OK to have a less simple example as long as it's clear and simple enough to understand (with the help of comments) without knowing the API. In my opinion we should avoid using a "Sample" base class for these simpler examples, and also try not to use external dependencies like assets. I'm not sure if the CreateQuad function is doing any good or if it's better to not have it. Maybe in the future we can have a progressive 'tutorial' series of examples, maybe with the help of some wiki pages to explain and walk the user through them, maybe very basic examples on rendering, input, audio, UI, and putting all of that together. I don't know however how much that's important compared to a tutorial on the 'normal' way of using the engine with the built-in ECS.
JoshEngebretson
The idea was to have a gradual path showing how to manually display stuff on screen, but that's surely not going to be easy to maintain if the API changes. I was planning to have a HelloTriangle show vertex colors and the HelloQuad texture coords and using indices, but maybe that belongs somewhere else, maybe a tutorial series on my blog.