crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004 |
I have started using Allegro, but today I took a peak at SDL and started doing some tutorials. Frankly, it seems far more promising. What are your thoughts on this? ------------------ |
Lazarus Member Posts: 1668 From: USA Registered: 06-06-2006 |
I've used Allegro somewhat - and SDL a little - personally I think SDL is definitely the way to go. |
TwoBrothersSoftware Member Posts: 141 From: Janesville, Wi USA` Registered: 08-05-2006 |
quote: I used Allegro for a while found it buggy. It does have a slightly smaller learning curve - but SDL seems to work better. Allegro never liked non full screen apps on my system |
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crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004 |
Ok, thanks for the help guys. I think I will go with SDL then. It really does seem to be more up-to-date and promising. ------------------ |
D-SIPL Moderator Posts: 1345 From: Maesteg, Wales Registered: 07-21-2001 |
Allegro all the way. I have found it more well rounded and inclusive. There are some great examples. I'm currently writing a CyberPunk style game in it. I also took both SDL and Allegro into account. ------------------ |
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crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004 |
Hmm, well suckage. Now I've got very trusted sources going both ways, so I suppose I'll have to learn the hard way and use one until something seems wrong for me.  I appreciate your replies.------------------ |
jestermax Member Posts: 1064 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: 06-21-2006 |
well, if you have a lenovo/ibm thinkpad or a macbook then you can use SDL to hack the accelerometers that way you can use your laptop as a steering wheel, etc. ------------------ |
SSquared Member Posts: 654 From: Pacific Northwest Registered: 03-22-2005 |
I took out "Game Programming All In One 3rd Edition" from the local library and it uses Allegro for coding examples. I have yet to really read/look at the book. I did look up Allegro and it appears like it may be adding some 3D-related functionality sometime in the future. I've done some development with SDL so am a bit familiar with it, but am likewise interested in knowing differences between SDL and Allegro. |
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crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004 |
Hmm, I'm going to look around gamedev.net and see if there is any worthwhile information in some old thread. ------------------ [This message has been edited by crazyishone (edited April 16, 2007).] |
steveth45 Member Posts: 536 From: Eugene, OR, USA Registered: 08-10-2005 |
I'll put my two cents in for SDL. They are both written in C, so the functions all pollute the global namespace, but SDL is nice enough to prefix all the functions with "SDL_" which is not likely to collide with anything whereas Allegro doesn't have any standard prefix at all. SDL is the first game engine I used, and I picked it over Allegro just because a quick comparison of example programs showed me how much cleaner the SDL API is. Also, many of the Allegro samples and instructions seemed really out of date, with instructions on how to compile your game for DOS. If you want to support 8-bit palletized video modes and ancient operating systems, Allegro is your best bet. If you want a cleaner API, go with SDL. ------------------ |
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SSquared Member Posts: 654 From: Pacific Northwest Registered: 03-22-2005 |
Hmmm, good description. Thanks. |
