work towards DeferredCommandDraw being universal, support for DeferredCommandDepthRange, rework of cirlce mesh (has a bug still), get_quad_element_buffer() now more general, as it should be with gl_any

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ if(NOT EMSCRIPTEN)
 endif()
 
 # CMake actually has no default configuration and it's toolchain file dependent, set debug if not specified
-if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
         set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug)
 endif()
 
-if(NOT TWN_SANITIZE AND CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES Debug)
+if(NOT DEFINED TWN_SANITIZE AND CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES Debug)
         set(TWN_SANITIZE ON)
 endif()
 
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ set(TWN_NONOPT_SOURCE_FILES
 
         src/rendering/twn_draw.c src/rendering/twn_draw_c.h
         src/rendering/twn_sprites.c
+        src/rendering/twn_rects.c
         src/rendering/twn_text.c
         src/rendering/twn_triangles.c
         src/rendering/twn_circles.c
@@ -183,11 +184,11 @@ function(give_options_without_warnings target)
                                       $<$<CONFIG:Release>:${BUILD_FLAGS_RELEASE}>
                                       $<$<CONFIG:Debug>:${BUILD_FLAGS_DEBUG}>
                                       -Bsymbolic-functions
-                                      -Wl,--hash-style=gnu)
+                                      $<$<BOOL:${LINUX}>:-Wl,--hash-style=gnu>)
 
         target_compile_definitions(${target} PRIVATE
                                              $<$<BOOL:${TWN_FEATURE_DYNLIB_GAME}>:TWN_FEATURE_DYNLIB_GAME>
-                                             _GNU_SOURCE)
+                                             $<$<BOOL:${LINUX}>:_GNU_SOURCE>)
 endfunction()
 
 
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ function(use_townengine target sources output_directory)
                 # launcher binary, loads game and engine shared library
                 add_executable(${target} ${TWN_ROOT_DIR}/src/twn_main.c)
 
-                target_compile_options(${target} PRIVATE $<$<BOOL:${LINUX}>:-Wl,-rpath,$ORIGIN/>)
+                target_link_options(${target} PRIVATE $<$<BOOL:${LINUX}>:-Wl,-rpath,$ORIGIN/>)
 
                 # todo: copy instead?
                 # put libtownengine.so alongside the binary

apps/demos/bunnymark/game.c

@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ static void handle_input(void)
                 state->bunnies[state->bunniesCount].speed.x = (float)(rand() % 500 - 250) / 60.0f;
                 state->bunnies[state->bunniesCount].speed.y = (float)(rand() % 500 - 250) / 60.0f;
                 state->bunnies[state->bunniesCount].color =
-                    (Color){(uint8_t)(rand() % 190 + 50), (uint8_t)(rand() % 160 + 80), (uint8_t)(rand() % 140 + 100), 255};
+                    (Color){(uint8_t)(state->bunniesCount % 190 + 50),
+                            (uint8_t)((state->bunniesCount + 120) % 160 + 80),
+                            (uint8_t)((state->bunniesCount + 65) % 140 + 100), 255};
                 state->bunniesCount++;
             }
         }
@@ -46,7 +48,9 @@ static void handle_input(void)
                 state->bunnies[state->bunniesCount].speed.x = (float)(rand() % 500 - 250) / 60.0f;
                 state->bunnies[state->bunniesCount].speed.y = (float)(rand() % 500 - 250) / 60.0f;
                 state->bunnies[state->bunniesCount].color =
-                    (Color){(uint8_t)(rand() % 190 + 50), (uint8_t)(rand() % 160 + 80), (uint8_t)(rand() % 140 + 100), 255};
+                   (Color){(uint8_t)(state->bunniesCount % 190 + 50),
+                            (uint8_t)((state->bunniesCount + 120) % 160 + 80),
+                            (uint8_t)((state->bunniesCount + 65) % 140 + 100), 255};
                 state->bunniesCount++;
             }
         }

apps/demos/bunnymark/state.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "twn_game_api.h"
 
-#define MAX_BUNNIES 100000 // 100K bunnies limit
+#define MAX_BUNNIES 500000 // 100K bunnies limit
 #define BUNNY_W 26
 #define BUNNY_H 37
 #define SPRITE_SCALE 1

apps/demos/scenery/scenes/title.c

@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ static void title_tick(State *state) {
             ((float)ctx.resolution.x / 2) - ((float)320 / 2), 64, 320, 128 }));
 
     /* draw the tick count as an example of dynamic text */
-    size_t text_str_len = snprintf(NULL, 0, "%lu", state->ctx->frame_number) + 1;
+    size_t text_str_len = snprintf(NULL, 0, "%llu", state->ctx->frame_number) + 1;
     char *text_str = cmalloc(text_str_len);
-    snprintf(text_str, text_str_len, "%lu", state->ctx->frame_number);
+    snprintf(text_str, text_str_len, "%llu", state->ctx->frame_number);
 
     const char *font = "/fonts/kenney-pixel.ttf";
     int text_h = 32;
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ static void title_tick(State *state) {
     );
 
     draw_text(text_str, (Vec2){ 0, 0 }, text_h, (Color) { 255, 255, 255, 255 }, font);
-
     free(text_str);
 }
 

bin/twn

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ case "$1" in
                ;;
 
     gdb      ) unset DEBUGINFOD_URLS
-               $0 build && gdb -ex run --args "$(basename $PWD)" "${@:2}"
+               $0 build && gdb --se=libgame.so -ex run --args "$(basename $PWD)" "${@:2}"
                ;;
 
     apitrace ) case "$2" in

include/twn_draw.h

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ TWN_API void draw_sprite(char const *path,
 TWN_API void draw_rectangle(Rect rect, Color color);
 
 /* pushes a filled circle onto the circle render queue */
+/* note that its edges may look jagged with a radius larger than 2048 */
 TWN_API void draw_circle(Vec2 position, float radius, Color color);
 
 /* TODO: have font optional, with something minimal coming embedded */

include/twn_texture_modes.h

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef TWN_TEXTURES_MODES_H
 #define TWN_TEXTURES_MODES_H
 
+/* TODO: rename, as it doesn't have to be about textures only, but blending */
+/* TODO: move from public /include/ tree */
+
 /* alpha channel information */
 typedef enum TextureMode {
     TEXTURE_MODE_OPAQUE,        /* all pixels are solid */

include/twn_types.h

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 /* a point in some space (integer) */
 typedef struct Vec2i {
-_Alignas(8)
     int32_t x;
     int32_t y;
 } Vec2i;
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ _Alignas(8)
 
 /* a point in some space (floating point) */
 typedef struct Vec2 {
-_Alignas(8)
     float x;
     float y;
 } Vec2;
@@ -25,7 +23,6 @@ _Alignas(8)
 /* a point in some three dimension space (floating point) */
 /* y goes up, x goes to the right */
 typedef struct Vec3 {
-_Alignas(16)
     float x;
     float y;
     float z;
@@ -35,7 +32,6 @@ _Alignas(16)
 /* a point in some three dimension space (floating point) */
 /* y goes up, x goes to the right */
 typedef struct Vec4 {
-_Alignas(16)
     float x;
     float y;
     float z;
@@ -45,7 +41,6 @@ _Alignas(16)
 
 /* 32-bit color data */
 typedef struct Color {
-_Alignas(4)
     uint8_t r;
     uint8_t g;
     uint8_t b;
@@ -55,7 +50,6 @@ _Alignas(4)
 
 /* a rectangle with the origin at the upper left (integer) */
 typedef struct Recti {
-_Alignas(16)
     int32_t x;
     int32_t y;
     int32_t w;
@@ -65,7 +59,6 @@ _Alignas(16)
 
 /* a rectangle with the origin at the upper left (floating point) */
 typedef struct Rect {
-_Alignas(16)
     float x;
     float y;
     float w;

src/rendering/twn_circles.c

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#include "twn_util.h"
 #include "twn_engine_context_c.h"
 #include "twn_draw_c.h"
 #include "twn_draw.h"
@@ -22,28 +21,17 @@ void draw_circle(Vec2 position, float radius, Color color) {
     arrput(ctx.render_queue_2d, primitive);
 }
 
-/* TODO: caching and reuse scheme */
-/* vertices_out and indices_out MUST BE FREED */
+
 void create_circle_geometry(Vec2 position,
-                            Color color,
                             float radius,
                             size_t num_vertices,
-                            SDL_Vertex **vertices_out,
-                            int **indices_out)
+                            Vec2 vertices[])
 {
-    SDL_Vertex *vertices = cmalloc(sizeof *vertices * (num_vertices + 1));
-    int *indices = cmalloc(sizeof *indices * (num_vertices * 3));
-
     /* the angle (in radians) to rotate by on each iteration */
     float seg_rotation_angle = (360.0f / (float)num_vertices) * ((float)M_PI / 180);
 
-    vertices[0].position.x = (float)position.x;
-    vertices[0].position.y = (float)position.y;
-    vertices[0].color.r = color.r;
-    vertices[0].color.g = color.g;
-    vertices[0].color.b = color.b;
-    vertices[0].color.a = color.a;
-    vertices[0].tex_coord = (SDL_FPoint){ 0, 0 };
+    vertices[0].x = (float)position.x;
+    vertices[0].y = (float)position.y;
 
     /* this point will rotate around the center */
     float start_x = 0.0f - radius;
@@ -52,37 +40,13 @@ void create_circle_geometry(Vec2 position,
     for (size_t i = 1; i < num_vertices + 1; ++i) {
         float final_seg_rotation_angle = (float)i * seg_rotation_angle;
 
-        vertices[i].position.x =
-            cosf(final_seg_rotation_angle) * start_x -
-            sinf(final_seg_rotation_angle) * start_y;
-        vertices[i].position.y =
-            cosf(final_seg_rotation_angle) * start_y +
-            sinf(final_seg_rotation_angle) * start_x;
+        float c, s;
+        sincosf(final_seg_rotation_angle, &s, &c);
 
-        vertices[i].position.x += position.x;
-        vertices[i].position.y += position.y;
+        vertices[i].x = c * start_x - s * start_y;
+        vertices[i].y = c * start_y + s * start_x;
 
-        vertices[i].color.r = color.r;
-        vertices[i].color.g = color.g;
-        vertices[i].color.b = color.b;
-        vertices[i].color.a = color.a;
-
-        vertices[i].tex_coord = (SDL_FPoint){ 0, 0 };
-
-
-        size_t triangle_offset = 3 * (i - 1);
-
-        /* center point index */
-        indices[triangle_offset] = 0;
-        /* generated point index */
-        indices[triangle_offset + 1] = (int)i;
-
-        size_t index = (i + 1) % num_vertices;
-        if (index == 0)
-            index = num_vertices;
-        indices[triangle_offset + 2] = (int)index;
+        vertices[i].x += position.x;
+        vertices[i].y += position.y;
     }
-
-    *vertices_out = vertices;
-    *indices_out = indices;
 }

src/rendering/twn_draw.c

@@ -35,22 +35,6 @@ void render_queue_clear(void) {
 }
 
 
-/* rectangle */
-void draw_rectangle(Rect rect, Color color) {
-    RectPrimitive rectangle = {
-        .rect = rect,
-        .color = color,
-    };
-
-    Primitive2D primitive = {
-        .type = PRIMITIVE_2D_RECT,
-        .rect = rectangle,
-    };
-
-    arrput(ctx.render_queue_2d, primitive);
-}
-
-
 void draw_9slice(const char *texture_path, int texture_w, int texture_h, int border_thickness, Rect rect, Color color) {
     const float bt = (float)border_thickness; /* i know! */
     const float bt2 = bt * 2; /* combined size of the two borders in an axis */
@@ -197,36 +181,152 @@ static void render_2d(void) {
 
     const size_t render_queue_len = arrlenu(ctx.render_queue_2d);
 
-    size_t batch_count = 0;
+    struct Render2DInvocation {
+        Primitive2D const *primitive;
+        double layer;
+        union {
+            struct QuadBatch quad_batch;
+        };
+    };
+
+    /* first, collect all invocations, while merging into batches where applicable */
+    /* we separate into opaque and transparent ones, as it presents optimization opportunities */
+    struct Render2DInvocation *opaque_invocations = NULL;
+    struct Render2DInvocation *ghostly_invocations = NULL;
+
+    arrsetcap(opaque_invocations, render_queue_len);
+    arrsetcap(ghostly_invocations, render_queue_len);
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < render_queue_len; ++i) {
         const Primitive2D *current = &ctx.render_queue_2d[i];
 
+        // TODO: https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/101136/using-full-resolution-of-depth-buffer-for-2d-rendering
+        double const layer = ((double)((render_queue_len + 1) - i) / (double)(render_queue_len + 1)) * 0.75;
+
         switch (current->type) {
             case PRIMITIVE_2D_SPRITE: {
-                const struct SpriteBatch batch =
+                const struct QuadBatch batch =
                     collect_sprite_batch(current, render_queue_len - i);
 
-                /* TODO: what's even the point? just use OR_EQUAL comparison */
-                set_depth_range((double)batch_count / UINT16_MAX, 1.0);
-                render_sprites(current, batch);
+                struct Render2DInvocation const invocation = {
+                    .primitive = current,
+                    .quad_batch = batch,
+                    .layer = layer,
+                };
 
-                i += batch.size - 1; ++batch_count;
+                if (batch.mode == TEXTURE_MODE_GHOSTLY)
+                    arrput(ghostly_invocations, invocation);
+                else
+                    arrput(opaque_invocations, invocation);
+
+                i += batch.size - 1;
                 break;
             }
-            case PRIMITIVE_2D_RECT:
-                render_rectangle(&current->rect);
+
+            case PRIMITIVE_2D_RECT: {
+                const struct QuadBatch batch =
+                    collect_rect_batch(current, render_queue_len - i);
+
+                struct Render2DInvocation const invocation = {
+                    .primitive = current,
+                    .quad_batch = batch,
+                    .layer = layer,
+                };
+
+                if (batch.mode == TEXTURE_MODE_GHOSTLY)
+                    arrput(ghostly_invocations, invocation);
+                else
+                    arrput(opaque_invocations, invocation);
+
+                i += batch.size - 1;
                 break;
+            }
+
+            case PRIMITIVE_2D_CIRCLE: {
+                struct Render2DInvocation const invocation = {
+                    .primitive = current,
+                    .layer = layer,
+                };
+
+                if (current->circle.color.a != 255)
+                    arrput(ghostly_invocations, invocation);
+                else
+                    arrput(opaque_invocations, invocation);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case PRIMITIVE_2D_TEXT: {
+                struct Render2DInvocation const invocation = {
+                    .primitive = current,
+                    .layer = layer,
+                };
+                arrput(ghostly_invocations, invocation);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            default:
+                SDL_assert(false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* first issue all opaque primitives, front-to-back */
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < arrlenu(opaque_invocations); ++i) {
+        struct Render2DInvocation const invocation = opaque_invocations[arrlenu(opaque_invocations) - 1 - i];
+
+        /* idea here is to set constant z write that moves further and further along */
+        /* with that every batch can early z reject against the previous */
+        /* additionally, it will also apply for future transparent passes, sandwitching in-between */
+        set_depth_range(invocation.layer, 1.0);
+
+        switch (invocation.primitive->type) {
+            case PRIMITIVE_2D_SPRITE: {
+                render_sprite_batch(invocation.primitive, invocation.quad_batch);
+                break;
+            }
+            case PRIMITIVE_2D_RECT: {
+                render_rect_batch(invocation.primitive, invocation.quad_batch);
+                break;
+            }
+            /* TODO: circle batching */
             case PRIMITIVE_2D_CIRCLE:
-                render_circle(&current->circle);
+                render_circle(&invocation.primitive->circle);
                 break;
             case PRIMITIVE_2D_TEXT:
-                render_text(&current->text);
+            default:
+                SDL_assert(false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* then issue all transparent primitives, back-to-front */
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < arrlenu(ghostly_invocations); ++i) {
+        struct Render2DInvocation const invocation = ghostly_invocations[i];
+
+        /* now we use it not for writing layers, but inferring ordering */
+        set_depth_range(invocation.layer, 1.0);
+
+        switch (invocation.primitive->type) {
+            case PRIMITIVE_2D_SPRITE: {
+                render_sprite_batch(invocation.primitive, invocation.quad_batch);
+                break;
+            }
+            case PRIMITIVE_2D_RECT: {
+                render_rect_batch(invocation.primitive, invocation.quad_batch);
+                break;
+            }
+            /* TODO: circle batching */
+            case PRIMITIVE_2D_CIRCLE:
+                render_circle(&invocation.primitive->circle);
+                break;
+            case PRIMITIVE_2D_TEXT:
+                render_text(&invocation.primitive->text);
                 break;
             default:
                 SDL_assert(false);
         }
     }
+
+    arrfree(opaque_invocations);
+    arrfree(ghostly_invocations);
 }
 
 
@@ -274,11 +374,11 @@ void render(void) {
         }
     }
 
-    render_space();
-    render_skybox(); /* after space, as to use depth buffer for early rejection */
-    render_2d();
-    swap_buffers();
-    clear_draw_buffer();
+    start_render_frame(); {
+        render_space();
+        render_skybox(); /* after space, as to use depth buffer for early z rejection */
+        render_2d();
+    } end_render_frame();
 }
 
 

src/rendering/twn_draw_c.h

@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@
 extern Matrix4 camera_projection_matrix;
 extern Matrix4 camera_look_at_matrix;
 
+
 #define QUAD_ELEMENT_BUFFER_LENGTH (65536 / 6)
+#define CIRCLE_VERTICES_MAX 2048
+#define CIRCLE_ELEMENT_BUFFER_LENGTH (CIRCLE_VERTICES_MAX * 3)
 
 
 typedef GLuint VertexBuffer;
@@ -126,22 +129,25 @@ void render(void);
 /* clears all render queues */
 void render_queue_clear(void);
 
+/* fills two existing arrays with the geometry data of a circle */
+/* the size of indices must be at least 3 times the number of vertices */
 void create_circle_geometry(Vec2 position,
-                            Color color,
                             float radius,
                             size_t num_vertices,
-                            SDL_Vertex **vertices_out,
-                            int **indices_out);
+                            Vec2 vertices[]);
 
-struct SpriteBatch {
+struct QuadBatch {
     size_t size;             /* how many primitives are in current batch */
-    TextureMode mode;
+    TextureMode mode;        /* how color should be applied */
     bool constant_colored;   /* whether colored batch is uniformly colored */
     bool repeat;             /* whether repeat is needed */
-} collect_sprite_batch(const Primitive2D primitives[], size_t len);
-
-void render_sprites(const Primitive2D primitives[],
-                    const struct SpriteBatch batch);
+    bool textured;
+} collect_quad_batch(const Primitive2D primitives[], size_t len);
+void render_quad_batch(const Primitive2D primitives[], struct QuadBatch batch);
+struct QuadBatch collect_sprite_batch(const Primitive2D primitives[], size_t len);
+struct QuadBatch collect_rect_batch(const Primitive2D primitives[], size_t len);
+void render_sprite_batch(const Primitive2D primitives[], struct QuadBatch batch);
+void render_rect_batch(const Primitive2D primitives[], struct QuadBatch batch);
 
 void draw_uncolored_space_traingle_batch(MeshBatch *batch,
                                          TextureKey texture_key);
@@ -160,16 +166,18 @@ void text_cache_reset_arena(TextCache *cache);
 
 VertexBuffer create_vertex_buffer(void);
 
+VertexBuffer get_scratch_vertex_array(void);
+
 void delete_vertex_buffer(VertexBuffer buffer);
 
-void specify_vertex_buffer(VertexBuffer buffer, void *data, size_t bytes);
+void specify_vertex_buffer(VertexBuffer buffer, void const *data, size_t bytes);
 
 /* uses present in 1.5 buffer mapping feature */
 VertexBufferBuilder build_vertex_buffer(VertexBuffer buffer, size_t bytes);
 
 /* collects bytes for sending to the gpu until all is pushed, which is when false is returned */
 bool push_to_vertex_buffer_builder(VertexBufferBuilder *builder,
-                                   void *bytes,
+                                   void const *bytes,
                                    size_t size);
 
 /* state */
@@ -182,7 +190,9 @@ void swap_buffers(void);
 
 void set_depth_range(double low, double high);
 
-void bind_quad_element_buffer(void);
+VertexBuffer get_quad_element_buffer(void);
+
+VertexBuffer get_circle_element_buffer(void);
 
 void render_circle(const CirclePrimitive *circle);
 
@@ -194,19 +204,17 @@ void use_2d_pipeline(void);
 
 void use_texture_mode(TextureMode mode);
 
-void upload_quad_vertices(Rect rect);
+void finally_render_quads(Primitive2D const primitives[],
+                          struct QuadBatch batch,
+                          VertexBuffer buffer);
 
-void finally_render_sprites(Primitive2D const primitives[],
-                            struct SpriteBatch batch,
-                            VertexBuffer buffer);
+size_t get_quad_payload_size(struct QuadBatch batch);
 
-size_t get_sprite_payload_size(struct SpriteBatch batch);
-
-bool push_sprite_payload_to_vertex_buffer_builder(struct SpriteBatch batch,
-                                                  VertexBufferBuilder *builder,
-                                                  Vec2 v0, Vec2 v1, Vec2 v2, Vec2 v3,
-                                                  Vec2 uv0, Vec2 uv1, Vec2 uv2, Vec2 uv3,
-                                                  Color color);
+bool push_quad_payload_to_vertex_buffer_builder(struct QuadBatch batch,
+                                                VertexBufferBuilder *builder,
+                                                Vec2 v0, Vec2 v1, Vec2 v2, Vec2 v3,
+                                                Vec2 uv0, Vec2 uv1, Vec2 uv2, Vec2 uv3,
+                                                Color color);
 
 void finally_draw_uncolored_space_traingle_batch(MeshBatch const *batch,
                                                  TextureKey texture_key,
@@ -235,4 +243,8 @@ void pop_fog(void);
 
 void finally_pop_fog(void);
 
+void start_render_frame(void);
+
+void end_render_frame(void);
+
 #endif

src/rendering/twn_gl_15_rendering.c

@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@
 #include "twn_util_c.h"
 #include "twn_engine_context_c.h"
 #include "twn_text_c.h"
+#include "twn_types.h"
 
 #include <glad/glad.h>
 #include <stb_ds.h>
 
 
+/* TODO: try using the fact we utilize edge coloring and step virtual color attributes to bogus points */
+/*       this is only doable is we take out color attribute to separate array or a portion of it */
 /* interleaved vertex array data */
-/* TODO: use int16_t for uvs */
-/* TODO: use packed types? */
-/* TODO: int16_t could be used for positioning, but we would need to have more CPU calcs */
 typedef struct ElementIndexedQuad {
     /* upper-left */
     Vec2 v0;
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ typedef struct ElementIndexedQuad {
     Color c3;
 } ElementIndexedQuad;
 
-
 typedef struct ElementIndexedQuadWithoutColor {
     /* upper-left */
     Vec2 v0;
@@ -48,6 +47,75 @@ typedef struct ElementIndexedQuadWithoutColor {
 } ElementIndexedQuadWithoutColor;
 
 
+typedef struct ElementIndexedQuadWithoutTexture {
+    /* upper-left */
+    Vec2 v0;
+    Color c0;
+    /* bottom-left */
+    Vec2 v1;
+    Color c1;
+    /* bottom-right */
+    Vec2 v2;
+    Color c2;
+    /* upper-right */
+    Vec2 v3;
+    Color c3;
+} ElementIndexedQuadWithoutTexture;
+
+
+typedef struct ElementIndexedQuadWithoutColorWithoutTexture {
+    /* upper-left */
+    Vec2 v0;
+    /* bottom-left */
+    Vec2 v1;
+    /* bottom-right */
+    Vec2 v2;
+    /* upper-right */
+    Vec2 v3;
+} ElementIndexedQuadWithoutColorWithoutTexture;
+
+
+typedef struct {
+    size_t offset;
+    GLenum type;
+    GLsizei stride;
+    GLuint buffer;
+    uint8_t arity; /* leave at 0 to signal pointer as unused */
+} AttributeArrayPointer;
+
+
+/* allows us to have generic way to issue draws as well as */
+/* deferring new draw calls while previous frame is still being drawn */
+typedef struct {
+    AttributeArrayPointer vertices;
+    AttributeArrayPointer texcoords;
+
+    bool constant_colored;
+    union {
+        AttributeArrayPointer colors;        
+        Color color;
+    };
+
+    bool textured, texture_repeat, uses_gpu_key;
+    TextureKey texture_key;
+    GPUTexture gpu_texture;
+
+    GLuint element_buffer;
+    GLsizei element_count;
+    GLsizei range_start, range_end;
+
+    double depth_range_low, depth_range_high;
+} DeferredCommandDraw;
+
+
+typedef struct {
+    Color color;
+    bool clear_color;
+    bool clear_depth;
+    bool clear_stencil;
+} DeferredCommandClear;
+
+
 typedef enum {
     PIPELINE_NO,
     PIPELINE_SPACE,
@@ -55,10 +123,266 @@ typedef enum {
 } Pipeline;
 
 
+typedef struct {
+    Pipeline pipeline;
+} DeferredCommandUsePipeline;
+
+
+typedef struct {
+    TextureMode mode;
+} DeferredCommandUseTextureMode;
+
+
+typedef struct {
+    double low, high;
+} DeferredCommandDepthRange;
+
+
+typedef struct {
+    enum DeferredCommandType {
+        DEFERRED_COMMAND_TYPE_DRAW,
+        DEFERRED_COMMAND_TYPE_CLEAR,
+        DEFERRED_COMMAND_TYPE_USE_PIPIELINE,
+        DEFERRED_COMMAND_TYPE_USE_TEXTURE_MODE,
+        DEFERRED_COMMAND_TYPE_DEPTH_RANGE,
+    } type;
+
+    union {
+        DeferredCommandDraw draw;
+        DeferredCommandClear clear;
+        DeferredCommandUsePipeline use_pipeline;
+        DeferredCommandUseTextureMode use_texture_mode;
+        DeferredCommandDepthRange depth_range;
+    };
+} DeferredCommand;
+
+
+static TextureMode texture_mode_last_used = -1;
 static Pipeline pipeline_last_used = PIPELINE_NO;
 
 
+/* potentially double buffered array of vertex array handles */
+/* we assume they will be refilled fully each frame */
+static size_t scratch_va_front_used, scratch_va_back_used;
+static GLuint *front_scratch_vertex_arrays, *back_scratch_vertex_arrays;
+static GLuint **current_scratch_vertex_array = &front_scratch_vertex_arrays;
+
+static void restart_scratch_vertex_arrays(void) {
+    scratch_va_front_used = 0;
+    scratch_va_back_used = 0;
+
+    if (ctx.render_double_buffered) {
+        current_scratch_vertex_array = current_scratch_vertex_array == &front_scratch_vertex_arrays ?
+                &back_scratch_vertex_arrays : &front_scratch_vertex_arrays;
+    }
+}
+
+
+GLuint get_scratch_vertex_array(void) {
+    size_t *used = current_scratch_vertex_array == &front_scratch_vertex_arrays ?
+            &scratch_va_front_used : &scratch_va_back_used;
+
+    if (arrlenu(*current_scratch_vertex_array) <= *used) {
+        GLuint handle;
+        glGenBuffers(1, &handle);
+        arrpush(*current_scratch_vertex_array, handle);
+    }
+
+    (*used)++;
+    return (*current_scratch_vertex_array)[*used - 1];
+}
+
+
+static void finally_use_2d_pipeline(void);
+static void finally_use_space_pipeline(void);
+static void finally_use_texture_mode(TextureMode mode);
+
+static DeferredCommand *deferred_commands;
+
+static void issue_deferred_draw_commands(void) {
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < arrlenu(deferred_commands); ++i) {
+        switch (deferred_commands[i].type) {
+            case DEFERRED_COMMAND_TYPE_DEPTH_RANGE: {
+                glDepthRange(deferred_commands[i].depth_range.low, deferred_commands[i].depth_range.high);
+                break;   
+            }
+            case DEFERRED_COMMAND_TYPE_CLEAR: {
+                glClearColor((1.0f / 255) * deferred_commands[i].clear.color.r,
+                             (1.0f / 255) * deferred_commands[i].clear.color.g,
+                             (1.0f / 255) * deferred_commands[i].clear.color.b,
+                             (1.0f / 255) * deferred_commands[i].clear.color.a);
+
+                /* needed as we might mess with it */
+                glDepthRange(0.0, 1.0);
+                glDepthMask(GL_TRUE);
+
+                glClear((deferred_commands[i].clear.clear_color   ? GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT   : 0) |
+                        (deferred_commands[i].clear.clear_depth   ? GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT   : 0) |
+                        (deferred_commands[i].clear.clear_stencil ? GL_STENCIL_BUFFER_BIT : 0) );
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case DEFERRED_COMMAND_TYPE_DRAW: {
+                DeferredCommandDraw const command = deferred_commands[i].draw;
+
+                /* TODO: don't assume a single vertex array ? */
+                SDL_assert(command.vertices.arity != 0);
+                SDL_assert(command.vertices.buffer);
+                SDL_assert(command.element_count != 0);
+                SDL_assert(command.element_buffer);
+
+                glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, command.vertices.buffer);
+                glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, command.element_buffer);
+
+                glEnableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
+                glVertexPointer(command.vertices.arity,
+                                command.vertices.type,
+                                command.vertices.stride,
+                                (void *)command.vertices.offset);
+
+                if (command.texcoords.arity != 0) {
+                    SDL_assert(command.texcoords.buffer == command.vertices.buffer);
+
+                    glEnableClientState(GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY);
+                    glClientActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0);
+                    glTexCoordPointer(command.texcoords.arity,
+                                      command.texcoords.type,
+                                      command.texcoords.stride,
+                                      (void *)command.texcoords.offset);
+                }
+
+                if (command.colors.arity != 0) {
+                    SDL_assert(command.colors.buffer == command.vertices.buffer);
+
+                    glEnableClientState(GL_COLOR_ARRAY);
+                    glColorPointer(command.colors.arity,
+                                   command.colors.type,
+                                   command.colors.stride,
+                                   (void *)command.colors.offset);
+                } else if (command.constant_colored)
+                    glColor4ub(command.color.r,
+                               command.color.g,
+                               command.color.b,
+                               command.color.a);
+
+                if (command.textured) {
+                    if (command.uses_gpu_key)
+                        glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, command.gpu_texture);
+                    else if (command.texture_repeat)
+                        textures_bind_repeating(&ctx.texture_cache, command.texture_key);
+                    else
+                        textures_bind(&ctx.texture_cache, command.texture_key);
+                }
+
+                if (command.range_start == command.range_end)
+                    glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES, command.element_count, GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, NULL);
+                else
+                    glDrawRangeElements(GL_TRIANGLES,
+                                        command.range_start,
+                                        command.range_end,
+                                        command.element_count,
+                                        GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT,
+                                        NULL);
+
+                /* state clearing */
+
+                if (command.textured)
+                    glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0);
+
+                if (command.colors.arity != 0)
+                    glDisableClientState(GL_COLOR_ARRAY);
+
+                if (command.texcoords.arity != 0)
+                    glDisableClientState(GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY);
+
+                glDisableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
+
+                glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0);
+                glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0);
+
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case DEFERRED_COMMAND_TYPE_USE_PIPIELINE: {
+                switch (deferred_commands[i].use_pipeline.pipeline) {
+                    case PIPELINE_2D:
+                        finally_use_2d_pipeline();
+                        break;
+                    case PIPELINE_SPACE:
+                        finally_use_space_pipeline();
+                        break;
+                    case PIPELINE_NO:
+                    default:
+                        SDL_assert(false);
+                }
+
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case DEFERRED_COMMAND_TYPE_USE_TEXTURE_MODE: {
+                finally_use_texture_mode(deferred_commands[i].use_texture_mode.mode);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            default:
+                SDL_assert(false);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+void clear_draw_buffer(void) {
+    /* TODO: we can optimize a rectangle drawn over whole window to a clear color call*/
+
+    DeferredCommand command = {
+        .type = DEFERRED_COMMAND_TYPE_CLEAR,
+        .clear = (DeferredCommandClear) {
+            .clear_color = true,
+            .clear_depth = true,
+            .clear_stencil = true,
+            .color = (Color) { 230, 230, 230, 1 }
+        }
+    };
+
+    arrpush(deferred_commands, command);
+}
+
+
+void start_render_frame(void) {
+    clear_draw_buffer();
+}
+
+
+void end_render_frame(void) {
+    if (!ctx.render_double_buffered || ctx.game.frame_number == 0) {
+        issue_deferred_draw_commands();
+        SDL_GL_SwapWindow(ctx.window);
+        arrsetlen(deferred_commands, 0);
+        restart_scratch_vertex_arrays();
+    } else {
+        /* instead of waiting for frame to finish for the swap, we continue */
+        /* while issuing new state for the next call, but deferring any fragment emitting calls for later  */
+        /* actual swap will happen when next frame is fully finished, introducing a delay */
+        SDL_GL_SwapWindow(ctx.window);
+        issue_deferred_draw_commands();
+        restart_scratch_vertex_arrays();
+        glFlush();
+        arrsetlen(deferred_commands, 0);
+    }
+}
+
+
 void use_space_pipeline(void) {
+    DeferredCommand const command = {
+        .type = DEFERRED_COMMAND_TYPE_USE_PIPIELINE,
+        .use_pipeline = { PIPELINE_SPACE }
+    };
+
+    arrpush(deferred_commands, command);
+}
+
+
+static void finally_use_space_pipeline(void) {
     if (pipeline_last_used == PIPELINE_SPACE)
         return;
 
@@ -91,11 +415,22 @@ void use_space_pipeline(void) {
     glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
     glLoadMatrixf(&camera_look_at_matrix.row[0].x);
 
+    texture_mode_last_used = -1;
     pipeline_last_used = PIPELINE_SPACE;
 }
 
 
 void use_2d_pipeline(void) {
+    DeferredCommand const command = {
+        .type = DEFERRED_COMMAND_TYPE_USE_PIPIELINE,
+        .use_pipeline = { PIPELINE_2D }
+    };
+
+    arrpush(deferred_commands, command);
+}
+
+
+static void finally_use_2d_pipeline(void) {
     if (pipeline_last_used == PIPELINE_SPACE) {
         glClear(GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT | GL_STENCIL_BUFFER_BIT);
         glFlush();
@@ -127,80 +462,30 @@ void use_2d_pipeline(void) {
 
     glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
     glLoadIdentity();
-    glOrtho(0, (double)ctx.base_render_width, (double)ctx.base_render_height, 0, -1, 1);
+    glOrtho(0, (double)ctx.base_render_width, (double)ctx.base_render_height, 0, 0, 1);
 
     glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
     glLoadIdentity();
 
+    texture_mode_last_used = -1;
     pipeline_last_used = PIPELINE_2D;
 }
 
 
-void upload_quad_vertices(Rect rect) {
-    /* client memory needs to be reachable on glDraw*, so */
-    static float vertices[6 * 2];
-
-    vertices[0]  = rect.x;          vertices[1]  = rect.y;
-    vertices[2]  = rect.x;          vertices[3]  = rect.y + rect.h;
-    vertices[4]  = rect.x + rect.w; vertices[5]  = rect.y + rect.h;
-    vertices[6]  = rect.x + rect.w; vertices[7]  = rect.y + rect.h;
-    vertices[8]  = rect.x + rect.w; vertices[9]  = rect.y;
-    vertices[10] = rect.x;          vertices[11] = rect.y;
-
-    glVertexPointer(2, GL_FLOAT, 0, (void *)&vertices);
-}
-
-
-void render_rectangle(const RectPrimitive *rectangle) {
-    glColor4ub(rectangle->color.r, rectangle->color.g,
-               rectangle->color.b, rectangle->color.a);
-
-    glEnableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
-    upload_quad_vertices(rectangle->rect);
-
-    glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 6);
-    glDisableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
-}
-
-
-void render_circle(const CirclePrimitive *circle) {
-    SDL_Vertex *vertices = NULL;
-    int *indices = NULL;
-    int num_vertices = (int)circle->radius;
-
-    create_circle_geometry(circle->position,
-                           circle->color,
-                           circle->radius,
-                           num_vertices,
-                           &vertices,
-                           &indices);
-
-    glEnableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
-    glVertexPointer(2,
-                    GL_FLOAT,
-                    sizeof (SDL_Vertex),
-                    &vertices->position);
-
-    glEnableClientState(GL_COLOR_ARRAY);
-    glColorPointer(4,
-                   GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE,
-                   sizeof (SDL_Vertex),
-                   &vertices->color);
-
-    glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES,
-                   num_vertices * 3,
-                   GL_UNSIGNED_INT,
-                   indices);
-
-    glDisableClientState(GL_COLOR_ARRAY);
-    glDisableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
-
-    SDL_free(vertices);
-    SDL_free(indices);
-}
-
-
 void use_texture_mode(TextureMode mode) {
+    DeferredCommand const command = {
+        .type = DEFERRED_COMMAND_TYPE_USE_TEXTURE_MODE,
+        .use_texture_mode = { mode }
+    };
+
+    arrpush(deferred_commands, command);
+}
+
+
+static void finally_use_texture_mode(TextureMode mode) {
+    if (texture_mode_last_used == mode)
+        return;
+
     static GLuint lists = 0;
     if (!lists) {
         lists = glGenLists(3);
@@ -209,7 +494,7 @@ void use_texture_mode(TextureMode mode) {
         glNewList(lists + 0, GL_COMPILE); {
             glEnable(GL_BLEND);
             glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
-            glDepthFunc(GL_ALWAYS);
+            glDepthFunc(GL_LESS);
             glDepthMask(GL_FALSE);
             glDisable(GL_ALPHA_TEST);
         } glEndList();
@@ -217,7 +502,7 @@ void use_texture_mode(TextureMode mode) {
         /* seethrough */
         glNewList(lists + 1, GL_COMPILE); {
             glDisable(GL_BLEND);
-            glDepthFunc(GL_LEQUAL);
+            glDepthFunc(GL_LESS);
             glDepthMask(GL_TRUE);
             glEnable(GL_ALPHA_TEST);
             glAlphaFunc(GL_EQUAL, 1.0f);
@@ -239,6 +524,8 @@ void use_texture_mode(TextureMode mode) {
     } else {
         glCallList(lists + 2);
     }
+
+    texture_mode_last_used = mode;
 }
 
 
@@ -258,11 +545,11 @@ VertexBufferBuilder build_vertex_buffer(VertexBuffer buffer, size_t bytes) {
 
 
 bool push_to_vertex_buffer_builder(VertexBufferBuilder *builder,
-                                   void *bytes, size_t size) {
+                                   void const *bytes, size_t size) {
     if (builder->bytes_left == 0)
         return false;
 
-    SDL_memcpy(builder->mapping, bytes, size);
+    memcpy(builder->mapping, bytes, size);
     builder->bytes_left -= size;
 
     /* trigger data send */
@@ -277,92 +564,107 @@ bool push_to_vertex_buffer_builder(VertexBufferBuilder *builder,
 }
 
 
-void finally_render_sprites(const Primitive2D primitives[],
-                            const struct SpriteBatch batch,
-                            const VertexBuffer buffer)
+void finally_render_quads(const Primitive2D primitives[],
+                          const struct QuadBatch batch,
+                          const VertexBuffer buffer)
 {
-    (void)buffer;
+    DeferredCommandDraw command = {0};
 
-    GLsizei off;
-    GLsizei voff;
-    GLsizei uvoff;
+    GLsizei off = 0, voff = 0, uvoff = 0, coff = 0;
 
-    if (!batch.constant_colored) {
+    if (!batch.constant_colored && batch.textured) {
         off   = offsetof(ElementIndexedQuad, v1);
         voff  = offsetof(ElementIndexedQuad, v0);
         uvoff = offsetof(ElementIndexedQuad, uv0);
-    } else {
+        coff  = offsetof(ElementIndexedQuad, c0);
+    } else if (batch.constant_colored && batch.textured) {
         off   = offsetof(ElementIndexedQuadWithoutColor, v1);
         voff  = offsetof(ElementIndexedQuadWithoutColor, v0);
         uvoff = offsetof(ElementIndexedQuadWithoutColor, uv0);
+    } else if (!batch.constant_colored && !batch.textured) {
+        off   = offsetof(ElementIndexedQuadWithoutTexture, v1);
+        voff  = offsetof(ElementIndexedQuadWithoutTexture, v0);
+        coff  = offsetof(ElementIndexedQuad, c0);
+    } else if (batch.constant_colored && !batch.textured) {
+        off   = offsetof(ElementIndexedQuadWithoutColorWithoutTexture, v1);
+        voff  = offsetof(ElementIndexedQuadWithoutColorWithoutTexture, v0);
     }
 
-    /* vertex specification */
-    glEnableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
-    glVertexPointer(2,
-                    GL_FLOAT,
-                    off,
-                    (void *)(size_t)voff);
+    command.vertices = (AttributeArrayPointer) {
+        .arity = 2,
+        .type = GL_FLOAT,
+        .stride = off,
+        .offset = voff,
+        .buffer = buffer
+    };
 
-    glEnableClientState(GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY);
-    glClientActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0);
-    glTexCoordPointer(2,
-                      GL_FLOAT,
-                      off,
-                      (void *)(size_t)uvoff);
+    if (batch.textured)
+        command.texcoords = (AttributeArrayPointer) {
+            .arity = 2,
+            .type = GL_FLOAT,
+            .stride = off,
+            .offset = uvoff,
+            .buffer = buffer
+        };
 
     if (!batch.constant_colored) {
-        glEnableClientState(GL_COLOR_ARRAY);
-        glColorPointer(4,
-                       GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE,
-                       off,
-                       (void *)offsetof(ElementIndexedQuad, c0));
-    } else
-        glColor4ub(primitives[0].sprite.color.r,
-                   primitives[0].sprite.color.g,
-                   primitives[0].sprite.color.b,
-                   primitives[0].sprite.color.a);
+        command.colors = (AttributeArrayPointer) {
+            .arity = 4,
+            .type = GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE,
+            .stride = off,
+            .offset = coff,
+            .buffer = buffer
+        };
+    } else {
+        command.constant_colored = true;
+        command.color = primitives[0].sprite.color;
+    }
 
-    if (!batch.repeat)
-        textures_bind(&ctx.texture_cache, primitives->sprite.texture_key);
-    else
-        textures_bind_repeating(&ctx.texture_cache, primitives->sprite.texture_key);
+    if (batch.textured) {
+        /* TODO: bad, don't */
+        command.textured = true;
+        command.texture_key = primitives->sprite.texture_key;
+        command.texture_repeat = batch.repeat;
+    }
 
-    bind_quad_element_buffer();
+    command.element_buffer = get_quad_element_buffer();
+    command.element_count = 6 * (GLsizei)batch.size;
+    command.range_end = 6 * (GLsizei)batch.size;
 
-    glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES, 6 * (GLsizei)batch.size, GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, NULL);
+    use_texture_mode(batch.mode);
 
-    /* clear the state */
-    glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0, NULL, GL_STREAM_DRAW);
-    glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0);
+    DeferredCommand final_command = {
+        .type = DEFERRED_COMMAND_TYPE_DRAW,
+        .draw = command
+    };
 
-    glDisableClientState(GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY);
-    glDisableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
-
-    if (!batch.constant_colored)
-        glDisableClientState(GL_COLOR_ARRAY);
-
-    glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0);
-    glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0);
+    arrpush(deferred_commands, final_command);
 }
 
 
-size_t get_sprite_payload_size(struct SpriteBatch batch) {
-    if (batch.constant_colored)
+size_t get_quad_payload_size(struct QuadBatch batch) {
+    if (batch.constant_colored && batch.textured)
         return sizeof (ElementIndexedQuadWithoutColor);
-    else
+    else if (!batch.constant_colored && batch.textured)
         return sizeof (ElementIndexedQuad);
+    else if (batch.constant_colored && !batch.textured)
+        return sizeof (ElementIndexedQuadWithoutTexture);
+    else if (!batch.constant_colored && !batch.textured)
+        return sizeof (ElementIndexedQuadWithoutColorWithoutTexture);
+
+    SDL_assert(false);
+    return 0;
 }
 
 
-bool push_sprite_payload_to_vertex_buffer_builder(struct SpriteBatch batch,
-                                                  VertexBufferBuilder *builder,
-                                                  Vec2 v0, Vec2 v1, Vec2 v2, Vec2 v3,
-                                                  Vec2 uv0, Vec2 uv1, Vec2 uv2, Vec2 uv3,
-                                                  Color color)
+bool push_quad_payload_to_vertex_buffer_builder(struct QuadBatch batch,
+                                                VertexBufferBuilder *builder,
+                                                Vec2 v0, Vec2 v1, Vec2 v2, Vec2 v3,
+                                                Vec2 uv0, Vec2 uv1, Vec2 uv2, Vec2 uv3,
+                                                Color color)
 {
-    if (!batch.constant_colored) {
-        ElementIndexedQuad buffer_element = {
+    if (!batch.constant_colored && batch.textured) {
+        ElementIndexedQuad const buffer_element = {
             .v0 = v0,
             .v1 = v1,
             .v2 = v2,
@@ -375,15 +677,15 @@ bool push_sprite_payload_to_vertex_buffer_builder(struct SpriteBatch batch,
 
             /* equal for all (flat shaded) */
             .c0 = color,
-            .c1 = color,
+            // .c1 = color,
             .c2 = color,
-            .c3 = color,
+            // .c3 = color,
         };
 
         return push_to_vertex_buffer_builder(builder, &buffer_element, sizeof buffer_element);
 
-    } else {
-        ElementIndexedQuadWithoutColor buffer_element = {
+    } else if (batch.constant_colored && batch.textured) {
+        ElementIndexedQuadWithoutColor const buffer_element = {
             .v0 = v0,
             .v1 = v1,
             .v2 = v2,
@@ -395,8 +697,37 @@ bool push_sprite_payload_to_vertex_buffer_builder(struct SpriteBatch batch,
             .uv3 = uv3,
         };
 
+        return push_to_vertex_buffer_builder(builder, &buffer_element, sizeof buffer_element);
+
+    } else if (!batch.constant_colored && !batch.textured) {
+        ElementIndexedQuadWithoutTexture const buffer_element = {
+            .v0 = v0,
+            .v1 = v1,
+            .v2 = v2,
+            .v3 = v3,
+
+            /* equal for all (flat shaded) */
+            .c0 = color,
+            // .c1 = color,
+            .c2 = color,
+            // .c3 = color,
+        };
+
+        return push_to_vertex_buffer_builder(builder, &buffer_element, sizeof buffer_element);
+
+    } else if (batch.constant_colored && !batch.textured) {
+        ElementIndexedQuadWithoutColorWithoutTexture const buffer_element = {
+            .v0 = v0,
+            .v1 = v1,
+            .v2 = v2,
+            .v3 = v3,
+        };
+
         return push_to_vertex_buffer_builder(builder, &buffer_element, sizeof buffer_element);
     }
+
+    SDL_assert(false);
+    return false;
 }
 
 
@@ -465,44 +796,46 @@ void finally_draw_text(FontData const *font_data,
                        Color color,
                        VertexBuffer buffer)
 {
-    (void)buffer;
+    DeferredCommandDraw command = {0};
 
-    /* vertex specification */
-    glEnableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
-    glVertexPointer(2,
-                    GL_FLOAT,
-                    offsetof(ElementIndexedQuadWithoutColor, v1),
-                    (void *)(size_t)offsetof(ElementIndexedQuadWithoutColor, v0));
+    command.vertices = (AttributeArrayPointer) {
+        .arity = 2,
+        .type = GL_FLOAT,
+        .stride = offsetof(ElementIndexedQuadWithoutColor, v1),
+        .offset = offsetof(ElementIndexedQuadWithoutColor, v0),
+        .buffer = buffer
+    };
 
-    glEnableClientState(GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY);
-    glClientActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0);
-    glTexCoordPointer(2,
-                      GL_FLOAT,
-                      offsetof(ElementIndexedQuadWithoutColor, v1),
-                      (void *)(size_t)offsetof(ElementIndexedQuadWithoutColor, uv0));
+    command.texcoords = (AttributeArrayPointer) {
+        .arity = 2,
+        .type = GL_FLOAT,
+        .stride = offsetof(ElementIndexedQuadWithoutColor, v1),
+        .offset = offsetof(ElementIndexedQuadWithoutColor, uv0),
+        .buffer = buffer
+    };
 
-    bind_quad_element_buffer();
+    command.constant_colored = true;
+    command.color = color;
+
+    command.gpu_texture = font_data->texture;
+    command.uses_gpu_key = true;
+    command.textured = true;
+
+    command.element_buffer = get_quad_element_buffer();
+    command.element_count = 6 * (GLsizei)len;
+    command.range_end = 6 * (GLsizei)len;
 
     use_texture_mode(TEXTURE_MODE_GHOSTLY);
 
-    glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, font_data->texture);
+    DeferredCommand final_command = {
+        .type = DEFERRED_COMMAND_TYPE_DRAW,
+        .draw = command
+    };
 
-    glColor4ub(color.r, color.g, color.b, color.a);
-
-    glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES, 6 * (GLsizei)len, GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, NULL);
-
-    /* clear the state */
-    glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0, NULL, GL_STREAM_DRAW);
-    glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0);
-
-    glDisableClientState(GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY);
-    glDisableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
-
-    glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0);
-    glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0);
+    arrpush(deferred_commands, final_command);
 
     /* TODO: why doesn't it get restored if not placed here? */
-    glDepthMask(GL_TRUE);
+    // glDepthMask(GL_TRUE);
 }
 
 
@@ -531,6 +864,47 @@ static void load_cubemap_side(const char *path, GLenum target) {
     SDL_FreeSurface(surface);
 }
 
+
+void render_circle(const CirclePrimitive *circle) {
+    static Vec2 vertices[CIRCLE_VERTICES_MAX];
+    int num_vertices = CIRCLE_VERTICES_MAX - 1;
+
+    create_circle_geometry(circle->position,
+                           circle->radius,
+                           num_vertices,
+                           vertices);
+
+    VertexBuffer buffer = get_scratch_vertex_array();
+    specify_vertex_buffer(buffer, vertices, sizeof (Vec2) * num_vertices);
+
+    DeferredCommandDraw command = {0};
+
+    command.vertices = (AttributeArrayPointer) {
+        .arity = 2,
+        .type = GL_FLOAT,
+        .stride = sizeof (Vec2),
+        .offset = 0,
+        .buffer = buffer
+    };
+
+    command.constant_colored = true;
+    command.color = circle->color;
+
+    command.element_buffer = get_circle_element_buffer();
+    command.element_count = num_vertices * 3;
+    command.range_end = num_vertices * 3;
+
+    use_texture_mode(circle->color.a == 255 ? TEXTURE_MODE_OPAQUE : TEXTURE_MODE_GHOSTLY);
+
+    DeferredCommand final_command = {
+        .type = DEFERRED_COMMAND_TYPE_DRAW,
+        .draw = command
+    };
+
+    arrpush(deferred_commands, final_command);
+}
+
+
 void finally_render_skybox(char *paths) {
     static GLuint cubemap = 0;
     static char *paths_cache = NULL;
@@ -697,3 +1071,16 @@ void finally_apply_fog(float start, float end, float density, Color color) {
 void finally_pop_fog(void) {
     glDisable(GL_FOG);
 }
+
+
+void set_depth_range(double low, double high) {
+    DeferredCommand const command = {
+        .type = DEFERRED_COMMAND_TYPE_DEPTH_RANGE,
+        .depth_range = {
+            .low = low,
+            .high = high
+        }
+    };
+
+    arrpush(deferred_commands, command);
+}

src/rendering/twn_gl_any_rendering.c

@@ -26,65 +26,66 @@ void delete_vertex_buffer(VertexBuffer buffer) {
 }
 
 
-void specify_vertex_buffer(VertexBuffer buffer, void *data, size_t bytes) {
+void specify_vertex_buffer(VertexBuffer buffer, void const *data, size_t bytes) {
     glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, buffer);
     glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, bytes, data, GL_STREAM_DRAW);
 }
 
 
-void bind_quad_element_buffer(void) {
-    static GLuint buffer = 0;
+VertexBuffer get_quad_element_buffer(void) {
+    static VertexBuffer buffer = 0;
 
     /* it's only generated once at runtime */
+    /* TODO: use builder interface, not direct calls (glMapBuffer isn't portable) */
     if (buffer == 0) {
-        glGenBuffers(1, &buffer);
-        glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, buffer);
-        glBufferData(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER,
-                     QUAD_ELEMENT_BUFFER_LENGTH * 6 * sizeof(uint16_t),
-                     NULL,
-                     GL_STATIC_DRAW);
+        buffer = create_vertex_buffer();
+        VertexBufferBuilder builder = build_vertex_buffer(buffer, sizeof (GLshort) * QUAD_ELEMENT_BUFFER_LENGTH * 6 );
 
-        uint16_t *const indices = glMapBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER,
-                                              GL_WRITE_ONLY);
-        if (!indices)
-            CRY("Quad indices generation", "glMapBuffer() failed");
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < QUAD_ELEMENT_BUFFER_LENGTH; ++i) {
+            GLshort indices[6];
+            indices[0] = (GLshort)(i * 4 + 0);
+            indices[1] = (GLshort)(i * 4 + 1);
+            indices[2] = (GLshort)(i * 4 + 2);
+            indices[3] = (GLshort)(i * 4 + 2);
+            indices[4] = (GLshort)(i * 4 + 3);
+            indices[5] = (GLshort)(i * 4 + 0);
 
-        for (uint16_t i = 0; i < QUAD_ELEMENT_BUFFER_LENGTH; ++i) {
-            indices[i * 6 + 0] = (uint16_t)(i * 4 + 0);
-            indices[i * 6 + 1] = (uint16_t)(i * 4 + 1);
-            indices[i * 6 + 2] = (uint16_t)(i * 4 + 2);
-            indices[i * 6 + 3] = (uint16_t)(i * 4 + 2);
-            indices[i * 6 + 4] = (uint16_t)(i * 4 + 3);
-            indices[i * 6 + 5] = (uint16_t)(i * 4 + 0);
+            push_to_vertex_buffer_builder(&builder, indices, sizeof indices);
         }
+    }
 
-        glUnmapBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER);
+    SDL_assert_always(buffer);
 
-    } else
-        glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, buffer);
+    return buffer;
 }
 
 
-void clear_draw_buffer(void) {
-    /* TODO: we can optimize a rectangle drawn over whole window to a clear color call*/
-    glClearColor((1.0f / 255) * 230,
-                 (1.0f / 255) * 230,
-                 (1.0f / 255) * 230, 1);
+VertexBuffer get_circle_element_buffer(void) {
+    static VertexBuffer buffer = 0;
 
-    /* TODO: don't clear color when skybox is applied? */
-    /*       for that window should match framebuffer */
-    /*       also it is driver dependent, from what i can gather */
-    glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT |
-            GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT |
-            GL_STENCIL_BUFFER_BIT);
-}
-
-
-void swap_buffers(void) {
-    SDL_GL_SwapWindow(ctx.window);
-}
-
-
-void set_depth_range(double low, double high) {
-    glDepthRange(low, high);
+    if (buffer == 0) {
+        buffer = create_vertex_buffer();
+        VertexBufferBuilder builder = build_vertex_buffer(buffer, sizeof (GLshort) * CIRCLE_ELEMENT_BUFFER_LENGTH);
+
+        for (size_t i = 1; i < CIRCLE_VERTICES_MAX; ++i) {
+            /* first one is center point index, always zero */
+            GLshort indices[3];
+
+            indices[0] = 0;
+
+            /* generated point index */
+            indices[1] = (GLshort)i;
+
+            size_t index = (i + 1) % (CIRCLE_VERTICES_MAX - 1);
+            if (index == 0) /* don't use center for outer ring */
+                index = (CIRCLE_VERTICES_MAX - 1);
+            indices[2] = (GLshort)index;
+
+            push_to_vertex_buffer_builder(&builder, indices, sizeof indices);
+        }
+    }
+
+    SDL_assert_always(buffer);
+
+    return buffer;
 }

src/rendering/twn_quads.c

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#include "twn_draw_c.h"
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+
+struct QuadBatch collect_quad_batch(const Primitive2D primitives[], size_t len) {
+    if (primitives[0].type == PRIMITIVE_2D_SPRITE)
+        return collect_sprite_batch(primitives, len);
+    else if (primitives[0].type == PRIMITIVE_2D_RECT)
+        return collect_rect_batch(primitives, len);
+    else
+        SDL_assert(false);
+
+    return (struct QuadBatch){0};
+}
+
+
+/* assumes that orthogonal matrix setup is done already */
+void render_quad_batch(const Primitive2D primitives[],
+                       const struct QuadBatch batch)
+{
+    if (primitives[0].type == PRIMITIVE_2D_SPRITE)
+        render_sprite_batch(primitives, batch);
+    else if (primitives[0].type == PRIMITIVE_2D_RECT)
+        render_rect_batch(primitives, batch);
+    else
+        SDL_assert(false);
+
+    return (struct QuadBatch){0};
+}

src/rendering/twn_rects.c

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+#include "twn_draw.h"
+#include "twn_draw_c.h"
+#include "twn_engine_context_c.h"
+#include "twn_util.h"
+#include "twn_util_c.h"
+#include "twn_textures_c.h"
+#include "twn_option.h"
+
+#include <stb_ds.h>
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+
+void draw_rectangle(Rect rect, Color color) {
+    RectPrimitive rectangle = {
+        .rect = rect,
+        .color = color,
+    };
+
+    Primitive2D primitive = {
+        .type = PRIMITIVE_2D_RECT,
+        .rect = rectangle,
+    };
+
+    arrput(ctx.render_queue_2d, primitive);
+}
+
+
+struct QuadBatch collect_rect_batch(const Primitive2D primitives[], size_t len) {
+    SDL_assert(primitives[0].type == PRIMITIVE_2D_RECT);
+    SDL_assert(primitives && len != 0);
+
+    struct QuadBatch batch = {
+        .mode = primitives[0].rect.color.a == 255 ? TEXTURE_MODE_OPAQUE : TEXTURE_MODE_GHOSTLY,
+        .constant_colored = true,
+    };
+
+    const uint32_t uniform_color = *(const uint32_t *)&primitives[0].rect.color;
+
+    /* batch size is clamped so that reallocated short indices could be used */
+    if (len >= QUAD_ELEMENT_BUFFER_LENGTH)
+        len = QUAD_ELEMENT_BUFFER_LENGTH;
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+        const Primitive2D *const current = &primitives[i];
+
+        /* don't touch things other than rectangles */
+        if (current->type != PRIMITIVE_2D_RECT)
+            break;
+
+        /* only collect the same blend modes */
+        if ((current->rect.color.a == 255 ? TEXTURE_MODE_OPAQUE : TEXTURE_MODE_GHOSTLY) != batch.mode)
+            break;
+
+        /* if all are modulated the same we can skip sending the color data */
+        if (*(const uint32_t *)&current->rect.color != uniform_color)
+            batch.constant_colored = false;
+
+        ++batch.size;
+    }
+
+    return batch;
+}
+
+
+/* assumes that orthogonal matrix setup is done already */
+void render_rect_batch(const Primitive2D primitives[],
+                       const struct QuadBatch batch)
+{
+    SDL_assert(primitives && batch.size != 0);
+    SDL_assert(primitives[0].type == PRIMITIVE_2D_RECT);
+
+    /* single vertex array is used for every batch with NULL glBufferData() trick at the end */
+    VertexBuffer const vertex_array = get_scratch_vertex_array();
+
+    use_texture_mode(batch.mode);
+
+    /* vertex population over a vertex buffer builder interface */
+    {
+        VertexBufferBuilder payload = build_vertex_buffer(vertex_array, get_quad_payload_size(batch) * batch.size);
+
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < batch.size; ++i) {
+            /* render opaques front to back, to gain benefit of an early z rejection */
+            const size_t cur = batch.mode == TEXTURE_MODE_GHOSTLY ? i : batch.size - i - 1;
+            const RectPrimitive rect = primitives[cur].rect;
+
+            Vec2 v0 = { rect.rect.x,          rect.rect.y };
+            Vec2 v1 = { rect.rect.x,          rect.rect.y + rect.rect.h };
+            Vec2 v2 = { rect.rect.x + rect.rect.w, rect.rect.y + rect.rect.h };
+            Vec2 v3 = { rect.rect.x + rect.rect.w, rect.rect.y };
+
+            push_quad_payload_to_vertex_buffer_builder(
+                batch, &payload,
+                v0, v1, v2, v3,
+                (Vec2){0}, (Vec2){0}, (Vec2){0}, (Vec2){0},
+                rect.color);
+        }
+    }
+
+    finally_render_quads(primitives, batch, vertex_array);
+}

src/rendering/twn_sprites.c

@@ -60,15 +60,18 @@ void draw_sprite_args(const DrawSpriteArgs args) {
 }
 
 
-struct SpriteBatch collect_sprite_batch(const Primitive2D primitives[], size_t len) {
-    /* assumes that first primitive is already a sprite */
+struct QuadBatch collect_sprite_batch(const Primitive2D primitives[], size_t len) {
+    SDL_assert(primitives[0].type == PRIMITIVE_2D_SPRITE);
+    SDL_assert(primitives && len != 0);
+
     const uint16_t texture_key_id = primitives[0].sprite.texture_key.id;
     const int atlas_id = textures_get_atlas_id(&ctx.texture_cache, primitives[0].sprite.texture_key);
 
-    struct SpriteBatch batch = {
+    struct QuadBatch batch = {
         .mode = textures_get_mode(&ctx.texture_cache, primitives[0].sprite.texture_key),
         .constant_colored = true,
         .repeat = primitives[0].sprite.repeat,
+        .textured = true,
     };
 
     const uint32_t uniform_color = *(const uint32_t *)&primitives[0].sprite.color;
@@ -116,35 +119,40 @@ struct SpriteBatch collect_sprite_batch(const Primitive2D primitives[], size_t l
 
 
 /* assumes that orthogonal matrix setup is done already */
-void render_sprites(const Primitive2D primitives[],
-                    const struct SpriteBatch batch)
+void render_sprite_batch(const Primitive2D primitives[],
+                         const struct QuadBatch batch)
 {
-    /* single vertex array is used for every batch with NULL glBufferData() trick at the end */
-    static VertexBuffer vertex_array = 0;
-    if (vertex_array == 0)
-        vertex_array = create_vertex_buffer();
+    SDL_assert(primitives && batch.size != 0);
+    SDL_assert(primitives[0].type == PRIMITIVE_2D_SPRITE);
 
-    use_texture_mode(batch.mode);
+    VertexBuffer const vertex_array = get_scratch_vertex_array();
 
     const Rect dims =
         textures_get_dims(&ctx.texture_cache, primitives->sprite.texture_key);
 
+    /* cached srcrect */
+    Rect cached_srcrect;
+    TextureKey cached_srcrect_key = TEXTURE_KEY_INVALID;
+
     /* vertex population over a vertex buffer builder interface */
     {
-        VertexBufferBuilder payload = build_vertex_buffer(vertex_array, get_sprite_payload_size(batch) * batch.size);
+        VertexBufferBuilder payload = build_vertex_buffer(vertex_array, get_quad_payload_size(batch) * batch.size);
 
         for (size_t i = 0; i < batch.size; ++i) {
-            /* render opaques front to back */
+            /* render opaques front to back, to gain benefit of an early z rejection */
             const size_t cur = batch.mode == TEXTURE_MODE_GHOSTLY ? i : batch.size - i - 1;
             const SpritePrimitive sprite = primitives[cur].sprite;
 
-            /* TODO: try caching it */
-            const Rect srcrect =
-                textures_get_srcrect(&ctx.texture_cache, primitives[cur].sprite.texture_key);
+            if (primitives[cur].sprite.texture_key.id != cached_srcrect_key.id) {
+                cached_srcrect = textures_get_srcrect(&ctx.texture_cache, primitives[cur].sprite.texture_key);
+                cached_srcrect_key = primitives[cur].sprite.texture_key;
+            }
+
+            Rect const srcrect = cached_srcrect;
 
             Vec2 uv0, uv1, uv2, uv3;
 
-            if (!sprite.repeat) {
+            if (!batch.repeat) {
                 const float wr = srcrect.w / dims.w;
                 const float hr = srcrect.h / dims.h;
                 const float xr = srcrect.x / dims.w;
@@ -233,9 +241,9 @@ void render_sprites(const Primitive2D primitives[],
                 v3 = (Vec2){ c.x + t.x * +h.x - t.y * -h.y, c.y + t.y * +h.x + t.x * -h.y };
             }
 
-            push_sprite_payload_to_vertex_buffer_builder(batch, &payload, v0, v1, v2, v3, uv0, uv1, uv2, uv3, sprite.color);
+            push_quad_payload_to_vertex_buffer_builder(batch, &payload, v0, v1, v2, v3, uv0, uv1, uv2, uv3, sprite.color);
         }
     }
 
-    finally_render_sprites(primitives, batch, vertex_array);
+    finally_render_quads(primitives, batch, vertex_array);
 }

src/rendering/twn_text.c

@@ -31,6 +31,19 @@ typedef struct StringArena {
 static StringArena string_arena;
 
 
+typedef struct FontFileBuffer {
+    size_t len;
+    unsigned char *buffer;
+} FontFileBuffer;
+
+typedef struct FontFileCacheItem {
+    char *key;
+    FontFileBuffer value;
+} FontFileCacheItem;
+
+static FontFileCacheItem *font_file_cache_hash;
+
+
 static void string_arena_init(StringArena *arena) {
     arena->head = cmalloc(sizeof *arena->head);
     arena->current_block = arena->head;
@@ -103,12 +116,22 @@ static FontData *text_load_font_data(const char *path, int height_px) {
 
     {
         unsigned char *buf = NULL;
-        int64_t buf_len = file_to_bytes(path, &buf);
+        int64_t buf_len = 0;
+
+        /* if the file was already loaded just get it */
+        FontFileCacheItem *font_file_ptr = shgetp_null(font_file_cache_hash, path);
+        if (font_file_ptr != NULL) {
+            buf = font_file_ptr->value.buffer;
+            buf_len = font_file_ptr->value.len;
+        } else {
+            buf_len = file_to_bytes(path, &buf);
+            FontFileBuffer buffer = { buf_len, buf };
+            shput(font_file_cache_hash, path, buffer);
+        }
+
         stbtt_InitFont(&font_data->info, buf, stbtt_GetFontOffsetForIndex(buf, 0));
         
         /* might as well get these now, for later */
-        font_data->file_bytes = buf;
-        font_data->file_bytes_len = buf_len;
         font_data->scale_factor = stbtt_ScaleForPixelHeight(&font_data->info, (float)height_px);
         stbtt_GetFontVMetrics(
             &font_data->info,
@@ -142,16 +165,13 @@ static FontData *text_load_font_data(const char *path, int height_px) {
 
 
 static void text_destroy_font_data(FontData *font_data) {
-    SDL_free(font_data->file_bytes);
     delete_gpu_texture(font_data->texture);
     SDL_free(font_data);
 }
 
 
 static void text_draw_with(FontData* font_data, char* text, Vec2 position, Color color) {
-    VertexBuffer vertex_array = 0;
-    if (vertex_array == 0)
-        vertex_array = create_vertex_buffer();
+    VertexBuffer const vertex_array = get_scratch_vertex_array();
 
     const size_t len = SDL_strlen(text);
 
@@ -192,7 +212,7 @@ static void text_draw_with(FontData* font_data, char* text, Vec2 position, Color
 
 
 static void ensure_font_cache(const char *font_path, int height_px) {
-    /* HACK: stupid, bad, don't do this */
+    /* HACK: don't */
     bool is_cached = false;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < arrlenu(ctx.text_cache.data); ++i) {
         FontData *font_data = ctx.text_cache.data[i];
@@ -229,6 +249,8 @@ void render_text(const TextPrimitive *text) {
 void text_cache_init(TextCache *cache) {
     arrsetlen(cache->data, 0);
     string_arena_init(&string_arena);
+
+    sh_new_arena(font_file_cache_hash);
 }
 
 
@@ -237,8 +259,13 @@ void text_cache_deinit(TextCache *cache) {
         text_destroy_font_data(ctx.text_cache.data[i]);
     }
 
-    arrfree(cache->data);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < shlenu(font_file_cache_hash); ++i) {
+        SDL_free(font_file_cache_hash[i].value.buffer);
+    }
+    shfree(font_file_cache_hash);
+
     string_arena_deinit(&string_arena);
+    arrfree(cache->data);
 }
 
 

src/rendering/twn_text_c.h

@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ typedef struct FontData {
     stbtt_fontinfo info;
 
     const char *file_path;
-    unsigned char *file_bytes;
-    size_t file_bytes_len;
 
     GPUTexture texture;
 

src/rendering/twn_triangles.c

@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@ void draw_triangle(const char *path,
 void draw_uncolored_space_traingle_batch(struct MeshBatch *batch,
                                          TextureKey texture_key)
 {
-    static VertexBuffer vertex_array = 0;
-    if (vertex_array == 0)
-        vertex_array = create_vertex_buffer();
+    VertexBuffer const vertex_array = get_scratch_vertex_array();
 
     const size_t primitives_len = arrlenu(batch->primitives);
 

src/twn_amalgam.c

@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@
 #include "rendering/twn_fog.c"
 #include "rendering/twn_skybox.c"
 #include "rendering/twn_sprites.c"
+#include "rendering/twn_rects.c"
 #include "rendering/twn_text.c"
 #include "rendering/twn_triangles.c"

src/twn_engine_context_c.h

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ typedef struct EngineContext {
     bool window_size_has_changed;
     bool resync_flag;
     bool was_successful;
+    bool render_double_buffered;
 } EngineContext;
 
 /* TODO: does it need to be marked with TWN_API? */

src/twn_loop.c

@@ -658,6 +658,8 @@ static bool initialize(void) {
     }
     */
 
+    ctx.render_double_buffered = true;
+
     return true;
 
 fail:

src/twn_textures_c.h

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ typedef struct TextureCache {
 typedef struct TextureKey { uint16_t id; } TextureKey;
 
 /* tests whether given key structure corresponds to any texture */
+#define TEXTURE_KEY_INVALID (TextureKey) { (uint16_t)-1 }
 #define m_texture_key_is_valid(p_key) ((p_key).id != (uint16_t)-1)
 
 void textures_cache_init(struct TextureCache *cache, SDL_Window *window);

src/twn_util_c.h

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static inline float fast_sqrt(float x)
 
 
 static inline Vec2 fast_cossine(float a) {
-    const float s = SDL_sinf(a);
+    const float s = sinf(a);
     return (Vec2){
         .x = fast_sqrt(1.0f - s * s) * (a >= (float)M_PI_2 && a < (float)(M_PI + M_PI_2) ? -1 : 1),
         .y = s