Summary

A lot of ground has been covered in this chapter. Some of it may be a little bit difficult to grasp at first if you're just starting, but don't be discouraged just yet. Applying this knowledge practically is the key to understanding it better. It's important that you are competent with everything that has been introduced so far before proceeding onto the next chapter.

If you can truly look throughout this chapter and say with utmost confidence that you're ready to move forward, we would like to congratulate you on taking your first major step towards becoming a successful SFML game developer! Why stop there? In the next chapter, we will be covering a better way to structure code for our first game project. On top of that, time management will be introduced and we'll practically apply everything covered so far by building a major chunk of your first, fully functional game. There's a lot of work ahead of us, so get the lead out! Your software isn't going to write itself.