Documentation

Welcome to our Functional Game Programming documentation wiki.

Here you will find information regarding:

• Graphics and multimedia, including low-level libraries like SDL and OpenGL.
• Gaming hardware: Wiimote, Kinect.
• Physics, including bindings to external work like Chipmunk.
• Game programming abstractions and common patterns, including asset handling, preferences, menus, data structures.
• Functional Reactive Programming.

If this is your first time doing game programming in Haskell, I would recommend the follow this sequence:

• [SDL 1.2](SDL » SDL1)
• [Input hardware: wiimotes](Hardware » Wiimote)
• Game Programming Concepts

After that, or if you are an experienced game programmer, or just a rebel spirit dressed like a mere mortal, feel free to jump directly to any section you want.

Low-level Game Programming in Haskell

Low-level game programming in Haskell is done via bindings (Haskell libraries that provide access to other libraries, often written in C or C++). Libraries commonly used in games implement abstractions for graphics and interactive multimedia, provide access to specific hardware and simulate physics.

• Multimedia
  • [SDL 1.2](SDL » SDL1)
  • SDL2
  • OpenGL
• Hardware
  • [Input hardware: wiimotes](Hardware » Wiimote)
  • Input hardware: kinect
• Physics engines
  • (to be completed)

Game Programming concepts

Main article: Game Programming Concepts

• Architectural patterns: game loops, state machines, timelines.

• Connecting external systems: views, video and audio, cameras, etc.

• Physics

• Robustness: testing and debugging, profiling.

• Usability features: saving games, preferences.

• Data Structures

• Menus

Functional Reactive Programming

Haskell specifics