Options Menu
To further showcase the previously implemented new state system, this tutorial will explain how to create an options menu to allow the user to change the fullscreen state, to set the game resolution and to chose his own keybindings.
Enumerations with Strings
Since getting the strings of enum variables is a bit tedious when done using a *switch*, the boost preprocessor can be used to create enums with an *automatic* *toString* function.
Marshalling Game Commands
In this brief tutorial we will learn how to use serialization, or marshalling, to store game objects into files on the hard drive and how to restore those objects, using deserialization, or unmarshalling.