RE: Okej, here is GameX idea.

["Jason Brunson" <jason@teamair.com>]

I would suggest using Allegro WIP(3.9.3x) or SDL as both are low level
game/graphic libraries, and are cross-platform capable.  I have used both,
and it is as easy as compiling the source on the platform that you want to
run it on.  No code changes neccessary.

Jason Brunson

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gameprogrammer-owner@gameprogrammer.com
> [mailto:gameprogrammer-owner@gameprogrammer.com]On Behalf Of Greg
> Heckenberg
> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 11:47 AM
> To: gameprogrammer@gameprogrammer.com
> Subject: Re: Okej, here is GameX idea.
>
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions on what to use to keep from using system
> dependant libraries/code?
> I agree that compatibility is important, but we could probably
> just abstract
> the system dependant code into a few classes/functions
> and rewrite the actual implementation for other systems later if
> need be.  I
> haven't ever done anything but DOS or Windows graphics, So I don't have
> any experience with other OSs.
>
> I guess all I am asking is for a list of libraries and the
> platform on which
> we are going to develop.  I'm not too familiar with anything
> Windows except
> DX, which would contain ways to get our sound and input going,
> too.   There
> are wrappers for DX that also make it fairly easy for the beginning
> programmer to
> do some of the basic tasks they need to, such as loading bitmaps
> to surfaces
> and initilizing the interfaces.  I'm familiar with CDX (who's
> website seems
> to have gone
> down recently but I didn't know that till I checked it now), and it feels
> quite easy to use. (If anyone wants these, I can get them to them
> via FTP if
> they E-mail me.)
> Of course this would mean that MSVC++ would be a popular
> solution, but if we
> are avoiding it, we would have to find another.  Most code would compile
> across
> compilers, also.
>
> I just wanted to stimulate discussion.   We need to konw what we are
> developing for before we can start, which is something I would like to do
> :).
>
> ~Greg
>
>

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