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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. Allegro by frankjr · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Also don't forget about Allegro (alleg.sf.net), which is pretty easy to use, and can be used on many platforms, even the lowly MSDOS.

  2. Re:Gotta ask by Tyreth · · Score: 0, Redundant

    However, people don't use Linux for games because Linux doesn't have games.

    Therefore, by that reasoning, putting viagra in the hands of slashdotters would result in them living 'active' lives.