C++ library

Lariumentiko · 01-16-2003

Hey everybody. I've been working with c++ for a while and im looking for a gamedevelopment library. Got any?

**Travis Dane** · 01-16-2003

Doh! Another GFX lib topic, sich....

Oke whe have:

Allegro Easy, Portable, written in C
ClanLib Supporting many languages,written in C++,supporting OpenGL
SDL Supporting OpenGL, used in cormercial games, Portable, Written in C++
AllegroGL To be used along with Allegro to support OpenGL, Written in C,Easy,Portable, In it's very early stages and thus a little unstable and buggy

**napkin111** · 01-16-2003

Left out DX and OpenGL.

I would suggest SDL for 2D graphics. I'm currently making a zelda-ish game with it and its going well thus far.

//napKIN

**Travis Dane** · 01-16-2003

Originally posted by napkin111
Left out DX and OpenGL.

Ya, but i assumed he wanted an easy way to create gfx for
games

**DOlson** · 01-16-2003

I thought that SDL was done in C? Either way, it works just fine in C++ (that's what I use).

It also has some sort of support for OpenGL, and it sure makes it look easier... I don't know 3D programming at all yet, but it sure looks simpler.

Anyhow, yeah.

**SilentStrike** · 01-16-2003

SDL is in C

**jdinger** · 01-16-2003

Originally posted by Travis Dane
Ya, but i assumed he wanted an easy way to create gfx for
games

DX and OpenGL are easy.

**Travis Dane** · 01-17-2003

Originally posted by SilentStrike
SDL is in C

oh? hmm, im sure i saw some classes in SDL

DX and OpenGL are easy.

Everything is relative - Travis Dane (and einstein)

**tegwin** · 01-17-2003

I am confused about all these game development things.. can someone help me out? I went to SDL website and read some stuff on it but I am not really sure what it is... I currently program OpenGL using Win32 i guess?!?!?.. is this not a good way to do game programming? is it slow.. or is it good but just harder than things such as SDL..? anyone clear this up for me I would appreciate it thnx... GLUT? GLU? SDL? ALLEGRO? whats going on..

**Travis Dane** · 01-17-2003

Those are all library's that make things easyer, like creating
a window setting the resolution and size all in 1 command,
basicly its just for people who dont feel like having to write
hundreds of lines of code to accomplish a simple bitmap blit

**tegwin** · 01-17-2003

Thanx.. that clears things up.. thought thats what these were but wasn't sure... wouldn't that mean that SDL and such would be slower?? since you weren't writing all the code yourself wouldn't there be alotta code implemented into your program that you would never be using? trying to decide if its worth switchin' over to one of these or not...

**Travis Dane** · 01-17-2003

Well thats one reason why theyre slower then genuine code,
but lots of librarys (allegro,sdl) where developed to work
for cross-platforms and programming-languages, so are not
specificly optimized for your compiler,platform and language.
If your keeping programming to a hobby its okay to use lib's,
if you want to make a proffesion out of it, you're bound to
have to learn Win32 or OpenGL one day, so take your pick.

**fuh** · 01-17-2003

I'm learning SDL, and it won't compile for me. It looks easy, but is hard to compile( for me). But that doesn't mean you shouldn't try it.

**Travis Dane** · 01-17-2003

Originally posted by fuh
I'm learning SDL, and it won't compile for me. It looks easy, but is hard to compile( for me).

Try allegro, its even more easyer (<- that spelled wrong?)
then SDL

**fuh** · 01-17-2003

Originally posted by Travis Dane
easyer (<- that spelled wrong?)

Yes. Its easier. And its 'than', not 'then' SDL.

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