Re: Okej, here is GameX idea.

[Marc Hernandez <marc@ias.jb.com>]

On Sat, 10 Feb 2001, Greg Heckenberg wrote:

>    I think this is a great idea for learning.  Somthing simple that just
> forces us to bring together all parts of a program into a finished program.

	I agree with this.  Simplicity is the key.  After one project you
can start planning a little bigger.
	I recommend 2d, and also using something like SDL for
your graphics layer <http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/SDL/>.
	I recommend using different compilers as bugs can be brought to
light in different compilation environments.  SDL is cross platform almost
anyone can use it.

Marc Hernandez
WildTangent.com
I do not speak for WT.


By Someone Else:
> So i  am gonna ask you real programmers out there. A simpel code that put up
> a graphic screen, ready for multithreading and all that. we also need some
> simpel
> graphics to start with, and we shall agree on the size on them. I would say
> 32x32
> with 16 or 256 colors. start without any animation on them. Straight and
> simpel, that
> is what we want. when we have a beta working, we could advance the code and
> make the ships animate, different types of ammo, stunning soundeffects and a
> bedazzling music.But all that in due time. First a simpel spaceinvader.
> 
> And the compiler should be other than Microsoft compiler. I don't like
> microsoft
> very much, they have tied us to a singel OS with their DX. They could
> atleast help
> the linux community with a port so they also can game with our exellent game
> =)
> -----------------------
> 
> 
> 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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