Section 7 completed. Added background tiles.

JelloStorm/CreateBackground.cpp

+#include <sstream>
+#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
+#include "JelloStorm.h"
+
+int createBackground(VertexArray& rVA, IntRect arena)
+{
+	// Anything we do to rVA we are actually doing to background (in the main function)
+
+	// How big is each tile/texture
+	const int TILE_SIZE = 50;
+	const int TILE_TYPES = 3;
+	const int VERTS_IN_QUAD = 4;
+
+	int worldWidth = arena.width / TILE_SIZE;
+	int worldHeight = arena.height / TILE_SIZE;
+
+	// We are using quads, right?
+	rVA.setPrimitiveType(Quads);
+
+	// Set the size of the vertex array
+	rVA.resize(worldWidth * worldHeight * VERTS_IN_QUAD);
+
+	// Start at the beginning of the vertex array
+	int currentVertex = 0;
+
+	for (int w = 0; w < worldWidth; w++)
+	{
+		for (int h = 0; h < worldHeight; h++)
+		{
+			// Position each vertex in the current quad
+			rVA[currentVertex + 0].position = Vector2f(w * TILE_SIZE, h * TILE_SIZE);
+			rVA[currentVertex + 1].position = Vector2f((w * TILE_SIZE) + TILE_SIZE, h * TILE_SIZE);
+			rVA[currentVertex + 2].position = Vector2f((w * TILE_SIZE) + TILE_SIZE, (h * TILE_SIZE) + TILE_SIZE);
+			rVA[currentVertex + 3].position = Vector2f((w * TILE_SIZE), (h * TILE_SIZE) + TILE_SIZE);
+
+			// Define the position in the Texture to draw for current quad
+			// Either grass, daisy, stick or wall
+			if (h == 0 || h == worldHeight - 1 || w == 0 || w == worldWidth - 1)
+			{
+				// Use the boarder texture
+				rVA[currentVertex + 0].texCoords = Vector2f(0, 0 + TILE_TYPES * TILE_SIZE);
+				rVA[currentVertex + 1].texCoords = Vector2f(TILE_SIZE, 0 + TILE_TYPES * TILE_SIZE);
+				rVA[currentVertex + 2].texCoords = Vector2f(TILE_SIZE, TILE_SIZE + TILE_TYPES * TILE_SIZE);
+				rVA[currentVertex + 3].texCoords = Vector2f(0, TILE_SIZE + TILE_TYPES * TILE_SIZE);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				// Use a random floor texture
+				srand((int)time(0) + h * w - h);
+				int mOrG = (rand() % TILE_TYPES);
+				int verticalOffset = mOrG * TILE_SIZE;
+
+				rVA[currentVertex + 0].texCoords = Vector2f(0, 0 + verticalOffset);
+				rVA[currentVertex + 1].texCoords = Vector2f(TILE_SIZE, 0 + verticalOffset);
+				rVA[currentVertex + 2].texCoords = Vector2f(TILE_SIZE, TILE_SIZE + verticalOffset);
+				rVA[currentVertex + 3].texCoords = Vector2f(0, TILE_SIZE + verticalOffset);
+
+			}
+
+			// Position ready for the next for vertices
+			currentVertex = currentVertex + VERTS_IN_QUAD;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return TILE_SIZE;
+}

JelloStorm/JelloStorm.cpp

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <SFML/Audio.hpp>
 #include <Player.h>
+#include <JelloStorm.h>
 
 // Declare the functions....
 
@@ -32,17 +33,6 @@ int main() {
 		
 	// Create a an SFML View for the main action
 	View mainView(FloatRect(0, 0, resolution.x, resolution.y));
-	
-	// Create a texture for our background and load it.
-    Texture textureBackground;
-    textureBackground.loadFromFile("graphics/background.png");
-    
-    // Now create a sprite and attach our background texture to it.
-    Sprite spriteBackground;
-    spriteBackground.setTexture(textureBackground);
-    
-    // Give the spritebackground a position.
-    spriteBackground.setPosition(0,0);
 
 	// Time control
     Clock clock;
@@ -60,6 +50,11 @@ int main() {
 	
 	// Create an arena, or game area.
 	IntRect arena;
+	
+	// Create our background tiles
+	VertexArray tileBackground;
+	Texture textureBackground;
+	textureBackground.loadFromFile("graphics/background_sheet.png");
 
     while (window.isOpen()) {
 		
@@ -201,7 +196,7 @@ int main() {
 				arena.top = 0;
 
 				// We will modify this line of code later
-				int tileSize = 50;
+				int tileSize = createBackground(tileBackground, arena);
 
 				// Spawn the player in the middle of the arena
 				player.spawn(arena, resolution, tileSize);
@@ -259,6 +254,8 @@ int main() {
 			// set the mainView to be displayed in the window
 			// And draw everything related to it
 			window.setView(mainView);
+			
+			window.draw(tileBackground, &textureBackground);
 
 			// Draw the player
 			window.draw(player.getSprite());
@@ -272,7 +269,6 @@ int main() {
 		if (state == State::PAUSED)
 		{
 			window.clear();
-			window.draw(spriteBackground);
 		}
 
 		if (state == State::GAME_OVER)

JelloStorm/JelloStorm.h

+#pragma once
+using namespace sf;
+
+int createBackground(VertexArray& rVA, IntRect arena);

JelloStorm/build.sh

@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 
 # You need libsfml installed on your system!
 
-g++ -I./ -fpermissive -Wall -Wextra -g -c -std=c++11 Player.cpp -o Player.o
-g++ -I./ -fpermissive -Wall -Wextra -g -c -std=c++11 JelloStorm.cpp -o JelloStorm.o
+g++ -I./  -Wall -Wextra -g -c -std=c++11 Player.cpp -o Player.o
+g++ -I./  -Wall -Wextra -g -c -std=c++11 CreateBackground.cpp -o CreateBackground.o
+g++ -I./  -Wall -Wextra -g -c -std=c++11 JelloStorm.cpp -o JelloStorm.o
 
-g++ JelloStorm.o Player.o -o JelloStorm-app -lsfml-graphics -lsfml-window -lsfml-system -lsfml-audio
+g++ JelloStorm.o Player.o CreateBackground.o -o JelloStorm-app -lsfml-graphics -lsfml-window -lsfml-system -lsfml-audio
 
 ./JelloStorm-app