Getting Go setup with SDL for game development video - https://youtu.be/yxK_dwJ3Bbc

README.md

Watch the video to learn how to setup Go for game programming with SDL.

Websites in video:

• Go https://go.dev/
• 7-zip https://www.7-zip.org/
• SDL https://www.libsdl.org/
• VSCode https://code.visualstudio.com/
• Go-SDL https://github.com/veandco/go-sdl2
• Twitter community https://twitter.com/i/communities/1670173363501686784

launch.json

{
	"version": "0.2.0",
	"configurations": [
		{
			"name": "Launch Package",
			"type": "go",
			"request": "launch",
			"mode": "auto",
			"program": "${workspaceFolder}",
			"buildFlags": "-tags=DESKTOP",
		}
	]
}

main.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"

	sdl "github.com/veandco/go-sdl2/sdl"
)

func main() {
	if err := sdl.Init(sdl.INIT_EVERYTHING); err != nil {
		panic("Failed to initialize a window")
	}
	win, err := sdl.CreateWindow("GO SDL Window",
		sdl.WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, sdl.WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED,
		1280, 720, sdl.WINDOW_SHOWN|sdl.WINDOW_RESIZABLE)
	if err != nil {
		panic("Failed to create the SDL window")
	}
	quit := false
	for !quit {
		for e := sdl.PollEvent(); e != nil; e = sdl.PollEvent() {
			if e.GetType() == sdl.QUIT {
				quit = true
			}
			switch e := e.(type) {
			case *sdl.KeyboardEvent:
				fmt.Printf("%d", e.Keysym)
			}
		}
	}
	win.Destroy()
}