private void Render()
{
foreach (GameObject gameObject in gameObjects)
{
Vector2Int position = gameObject.Position;
buffer2D[position.X, position.Y] = gameObject.Sprite;
}
buffer2D.Swap();
Console.SetCursorPosition(0, 0);
for (int y = 0; y < YMAX; y++)
{
for (int x = 0; x < XMAX; x++)
{
char sprite = buffer2D[x, y];
if (sprite != default)
{
Console.Write(sprite);
}
else
{
Console.Write(' ');
}
}
Console.WriteLine();
}
// Note for this rendering solution:
// - This approach does not work for colored characters.
// - It does not consider the z-buffer, so it's not possible to
// define when game objects should appear in front or behind
// others.
// - It's very inefficient and will probably not work when there's
// too many game objects.
// See https://github.com/fakenmc/CoreGameEngine/ for possible
// solutions and ideas.
}
// Perform rendering
private void Render()
{
// Swap buffers in the double buffer
buffer2D.Swap();
// Set cursor position to top of the console
Console.SetCursorPosition(0, 0);
// Render information in the double buffer
for (int y = 0; y < buffer2D.YDim; y++)
{
for (int x = 0; x < buffer2D.XDim; x++)
{
if (buffer2D[x, y] == default)
{
Console.Write(' ');
}
else
{
Console.Write(buffer2D[x, y]);
}
}
Console.WriteLine();
}
// Render frame number (just for debugging purposes)
Console.Write($"Frame: {frame++}\n");
// Note:
// This approach does not work for colored characters.
// See https://github.com/fakenmc/CoreGameEngine/ for a
// possible solution.
}
