Created Vulkan Instance (VkInstance)

.idea/codeStyles/codeStyleConfig.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<component name="ProjectCodeStyleConfiguration">
+  <state>
+    <option name="PREFERRED_PROJECT_CODE_STYLE" value="Default" />
+  </state>
+</component>

.idea/editor.xml

@@ -244,5 +244,13 @@
     <option name="/Default/CodeInspection/Highlighting/InspectionSeverities/=IfStdIsConstantEvaluatedCanBeReplaced/@EntryIndexedValue" value="SUGGESTION" type="string" />
     <option name="/Default/CodeInspection/Highlighting/InspectionSeverities/=StdIsConstantEvaluatedWillAlwaysEvaluateToConstant/@EntryIndexedValue" value="WARNING" type="string" />
     <option name="/Default/CodeInspection/Highlighting/InspectionSeverities/=StringLiteralTypo/@EntryIndexedValue" value="DO_NOT_SHOW" type="string" />
+    <option name="/Default/CodeStyle/CodeFormatting/CppCodeStyle/BracesInForStatement/@EntryValue" value="Required" type="string" />
+    <option name="/Default/CodeStyle/CodeFormatting/CppCodeStyle/BracesInIfStatement/@EntryValue" value="Required" type="string" />
+    <option name="/Default/CodeStyle/CodeFormatting/CppCodeStyle/BracesInWhileStatement/@EntryValue" value="Required" type="string" />
+    <option name="/Default/CodeStyle/CodeFormatting/CppCodeStyle/BracesRedundant/@EntryValue" value="true" type="bool" />
+    <option name="/Default/CodeStyle/CodeFormatting/CppCodeStyle/OverridingDestructorStyle/@EntryValue" value="VirtualAndOverride" type="string" />
+    <option name="/Default/CodeStyle/CodeFormatting/CppCodeStyle/OverridingFunctionStyle/@EntryValue" value="VirtualAndOverride" type="string" />
+    <option name="/Default/CodeStyle/CodeFormatting/CppCodeStyle/UseAutoCommonCase/@EntryValue" value="Never" type="string" />
+    <option name="/Default/CodeStyle/CppIncludeDirective/SortIncludeDirectives/@EntryValue" value="true" type="bool" />
   </component>
 </project>

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ FetchContent_MakeAvailable(glfw)
 project(VulkanRenderer LANGUAGES CXX)
 add_executable(VulkanRenderer
         main.cpp
-        src/GLFWManager.h
+        src/managers/GLFWManager.h
-        src/GLFWManager.cpp
+        src/managers/GLFWManager.cpp
+        src/managers/VulkanManager.cpp
+        src/managers/VulkanManager.h
 )
 
 # Links the libraries to the binary #

main.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "src/GLFWManager.h"
+#include "src/managers/GLFWManager.h"
+#include "src/managers/VulkanManager.h"
 
 int main()
 {
@@ -12,13 +13,20 @@ int main()
     if (!window)
         return -1;
 
+    /* Creates the Vulkan instance */
+    if (std::optional<VkInstance> instance = VulkanManager::Init(); !instance)
+    {
+        GLFWManager::Cleanup();
+        return -1;
+    }
+
     /* Polls window events whilst it is still open */
     while (!glfwWindowShouldClose(window))
     {
         glfwPollEvents();
     }
 
-    /* Cleans up GLFW */
+    /* Cleans up GLFW and Vulkan */
-    if (!GLFWManager::Cleanup())
+    if (!GLFWManager::Cleanup() || !VulkanManager::Cleanup())
         return -1;
 }

src/managers/GLFWManager.cpp

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ namespace PB::Renderer
 
         /* Stops GLFW from creating openGL contexts */
         glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CLIENT_API, GLFW_NO_API);
-
         return success;
     }
 

src/managers/VulkanManager.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#include "VulkanManager.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include "GLFW/glfw3.h"
+
+namespace PB::Renderer
+{
+    std::optional<VkInstance> VulkanManager::s_Instance = std::nullopt;
+
+    std::optional<VkInstance> VulkanManager::Init()
+    {
+        /* Stops multi initialisation */
+        if (s_Instance != std::nullopt)
+            return s_Instance;
+
+        VkApplicationInfo appInfo;
+        appInfo.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_APPLICATION_INFO;
+        appInfo.pNext = nullptr;
+        appInfo.pApplicationName = "VulkanRenderer";
+        appInfo.applicationVersion = VK_MAKE_VERSION(1, 0, 0);
+        appInfo.pEngineName = "VulkanRendererEngine";
+        appInfo.engineVersion = VK_MAKE_VERSION(1, 0, 0);
+        appInfo.apiVersion = VK_API_VERSION_1_3;
+
+        VkInstanceCreateInfo createInfo;
+        createInfo.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_INSTANCE_CREATE_INFO;
+        createInfo.pNext = nullptr;
+        createInfo.pApplicationInfo = &appInfo;
+        createInfo.enabledLayerCount = 0;
+        createInfo.ppEnabledLayerNames = nullptr;
+
+        /* Imports GLFW extensions */
+        uint32_t glfwExtensionCount = 0;
+        const char** glfwExtensions = glfwGetRequiredInstanceExtensions(&glfwExtensionCount);
+        createInfo.enabledExtensionCount = glfwExtensionCount;
+        createInfo.ppEnabledExtensionNames = glfwExtensions;
+
+        /* Creates the Vulkan instance */
+        VkInstance instance;
+        if (vkCreateInstance(&createInfo, nullptr, &instance) != VK_SUCCESS)
+        {
+            std::cout << "PB::Renderer::VulkanManager::Init(): Could not create Vulkan instance" << std::endl;
+            return std::nullopt;
+        }
+
+        s_Instance = instance;
+        return instance;
+    }
+
+    bool VulkanManager::Cleanup()
+    {
+        if (s_Instance != std::nullopt)
+            vkDestroyInstance(s_Instance.value(), nullptr);
+
+        s_Instance = std::nullopt;
+        return true;
+    }
+}

src/managers/VulkanManager.h

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <optional>
+#include <vulkan/vulkan.h>
+
+namespace PB::Renderer
+{
+    class VulkanManager
+    {
+        private:
+            static std::optional<VkInstance> s_Instance;
+
+        public:
+            static std::optional<VkInstance> Init();
+            static bool Cleanup();
+    };
+}