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Started by 3dmodelerguy Apr 2, 2004 at 5:17 PM 0 replies 300+ views

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Apr 2, 2004 at 5:17 PM

I was wondering if it would be possible (Graphically speaking, and not gameplay wise) to do a Galactic Civilizations type game in SDL? Remeber I am only talking about Graphics. plus would learning SDL help me move into OpenGL easier?

leiavoia

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leiavoia

Apr 2, 2004 at 5:51 PM

yes and yes.

GalCiv is graphically not a complicated game to make. I''m sure you could recreate the entire game in SDL if you wanted without any major problems (not that the game quality would compare of course ;-)

SDL can be used as a windowing and event handling lib if you move to OpenGL, however, the OGL way of making graphics has nothing to do with the SDL way of blitting images. But if you learn the SDL basics and event handling, that will all come in handy if you decide to use SDL+OpenGL programs.

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