Notification Overlay Project

Tech

• OpenGL
• C++
• SDL2
• other Windows stuff (WinRT)

Primary Goals

• Attach listener to Windows notification system
• Listener spins up a background worker thread to start overlay
• Worker profiles the notification and selects matching animation
  • Could just profile off of app name
• Worker starts transparent, no-captured-input SDL2 window
  • Clickable option on visible elements
• Window plays loaded textures / animation sequence

Non-MVP (Possible if time)

• Different on-notification responses - e.g. play a video, a shader
• Mac build

Necessary Concepts

Thread locking and mutex

What does {} do when you just scope an area like that within a class or function?

Is it best to use Mutex when accessing but also when changing?

Plan

Windows Listener and Worker Start

Profiling

SDL2 Window