al_draw_polygon(3alleg5)

💖 al_draw_polygon — Allegro 5 API 💖

okay bestie, pull up a chair, we're talking about al_draw_polygon from the Allegro 5 API (manual page al_draw_polygon(3alleg5), section 3alleg5, Allegro reference manual energy). it's giving shapes. it's giving outlines. let's go 🦋

---

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro_primitives.h>

void al_draw_polygon(const float *vertices, int vertex_count,
   int join_style, ALLEGRO_COLOR color, float thickness, float miter_limit)

like yes, six whole arguments, she's high maintenance but she serves 💅

---

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so basically: this draws an unfilled polygon. outline only. no filling, no shading, just the vibes of a shape. and here's the tea — it's literally the same thing as passing ALLEGRO_LINE_CAP_CLOSED to al_draw_polyline(3alleg5). same girl, different name. periodt. 👑

here's the rundown of what you're handing her:

• vertex — an interleaved array of (x, y) vertex coordinates. interleaved!! so it's like x, y, x, y, x, y all cozy next to each other, not two separate arrays. don't do that to her. 🙈
• vertex_count — how many vertices are actually in that array, bestie. count them. accurately. 👀
• join_style — a member of ALLEGRO_LINE_JOIN(3alleg5), and it tells her how to render the joins between line segments. this is the corner-shape department. 🎀
• color — the color of the line. make it cute. or make it menacing. your call, main character. 🌈
• thickness — thickness of the line. and listen: pass <= 0 to draw hairline lines. zero or negative, that's the hairline zone, skinny legend behaviour. ✨
• miter_limit — the parameter for the miter join style. it exists because miter joins are dramatic and need boundaries. ⭐

---

🕰️ SINCE 🕰️

5.1.0 — she's been here since 5.1.0, an icon from the start 🫶

---

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• al_draw_filled_polygon(3alleg5) — for when you want the polygon filled, the extroverted sibling 🍓
• al_draw_polyline(3alleg5) — the cousin she's literally identical to (with ALLEGRO_LINE_CAP_CLOSED, iykyk) 💜
• ALLEGRO_LINE_JOIN(3alleg5) — go read this before you pick a join_style, fr fr, it's where the join lore lives 🧚

---

and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 this came straight out of the Allegro reference manual, page al_draw_polygon(3alleg5) — no date on the tag, just vibes and a version line. go draw something iconic. mwah. 😭💅