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Is There Life Beyond DirectX?

Posted by Cliff on from the dispelling-the-penguins/games-myth dept.

Zangief asks: "Almost any gamer has, at some point, the idea of making their own game. I am no exception, so I've been playing around with SDL, which appears to be the logical decision over the craziness of DirectX. However I have also noticed that other alternatives, such as ClanLib. There is something else? Are there any other libraries, dev-kits, or tools that would be good for indie developers?"

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  1. Re:Gotta ask by *xpenguin* · · Score: 3, Funny

    OMG IT DOESNT RUN ON LINUX1@#!@#$ HOW DARE YOU RECOMMEND IT, NOOB

    Wine X post in 3.. 2.. 1..

  2. Re:Gotta ask by NanoGator · · Score: 3, Funny

    "OMG IT DOESNT RUN ON LINUX1@#!@#$ HOW DARE YOU RECOMMEND IT, NOOB"/I.

    I know you're joking, but Linux isn't the platform I'd develop an indie game on. It'd be kind of like advertising viagra on Slashdot. You have to think about how big your audience would be here...

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    "Derp de derp."