Game development in linux

Hi,

Although I am new to game programming, I am not new to programming in Linux/windows environment. I think Linux has a very good potential for game development. There doesn't seem to be any tutorials for Linux Game development(well on the net anyway). I am doing this for 2 reasons
1) Improving my programming techniques
2) I can easily release this under gpl
3) I don't have to buy any compilers

Can anyone point me to Linux Game development tutorials.


Comments

  • : Hi,
    :
    : Although I am new to game programming, I am not new to programming in Linux/windows environment. I think Linux has a very good potential for game development. There doesn't seem to be any tutorials for Linux Game development(well on the net anyway). I am doing this for 2 reasons
    : 1) Improving my programming techniques
    : 2) I can easily release this under gpl
    : 3) I don't have to buy any compilers
    :
    : Can anyone point me to Linux Game development tutorials.

    You can download the Allegro Game programming library at http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro/ (get the WIP version) and use it to make games using Linux, and/or get the Crystal Space Graphics library at http://sourceforge.net/projects/crystal .

    The Crystal Space library is a very advanced library with support for hardware and other features.

    -Xotor-



  • :Well, I have sdl, but don't know how to compile - its not linking.

    I will get allegro - but I wanted some low level access.- is it possible ?


  • : :Well, I have sdl, but don't know how to compile - its not linking.
    :
    : I will get allegro - but I wanted some low level access.- is it possible ?

    I'd check the Allegro source code. It might also depend on your access on the machine.

    -Xotor-


  • Well, I have root(I am everything admin,user,security breacher on my machine) - desktop machine -
    only user on linux - me.

    Well I am getting allegro as you advised - but I prefer lowlevel access like mode13.



    : : :Well, I have sdl, but don't know how to compile - its not linking.
    : :
    : : I will get allegro - but I wanted some low level access.- is it possible ?
    :
    : I'd check the Allegro source code. It might also depend on your access on the machine.
    :
    : -Xotor-
    :



  • : Well, I have root(I am everything admin,user,security breacher on my machine) - desktop machine -
    : only user on linux - me.
    :
    : Well I am getting allegro as you advised - but I prefer lowlevel access like mode13.

    Mode 13 is dead. Realistically, I'd stick to already made APIs because they support a lot more hardware and some even support hardware acceleration like the Crystal Space API.

    Since I do not program in assembly, I'd just take a look at the source code for Allegro since he's set it up to work with practically everything.

    -Xotor-



Sign In or Register to comment.

Howdy, Stranger!

It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!

Categories