Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Installing DirectXTK
We will use NuGet, a development package manager that comes with Visual Studio
2012 to install DirectXTK. Before this can happen, we need to ensure it is up-to-
date using the
Extensions and Updates
dialog, found in the
Tools
menu. (Select
Updates
on the left side of the dialog.) Once it is up-to-date, we can use NuGet to
install C++ packages. Right-click on your game project in Visual Studio and choose
Manage NuGet packages
. This will bring up the management dialog, where we can
search for new packages. Search for
DirectXTK
and install the DirectX Tool Kit
when it appears.
Once it finishes downloading, it will integrate with your project, allowing you to in-
clude any of the header files using the
#include <file.h>
directive.
If you want further information about the toolkit, visit
http://directxtk.codeplex.com
,
which will let you access the source code as well as the feature list for the library.
For this project we will only be using the following types:
•
SpriteBatch
•
SpriteFont
Most of the other features relate to 3D games and can be ignored.
