SFML
Simple and Fast Multimedia Library (by SFML)
Allegro
The official Allegro 5 git repository. Pull requests welcome! (by liballeg)
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| SFML | Allegro | |
|---|---|---|
| 122 | 24 | |
| 9,611 | 1,759 | |
| 1.5% | 1.5% | |
| 9.5 | 8.3 | |
| 1 day ago | 6 days ago | |
| C++ | C | |
| zlib License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
SFML
Posts with mentions or reviews of SFML.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-08.
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Ask HN: How to create a simple 2D game in C?
Take a look at SFML. Very easy to get started, and quite capable.
https://www.sfml-dev.org/
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rewriting a java project to C++, a bit lost on something.
As for windows, you'd probably be alright looking into SFML, you can see their Getting Started tutorial for how to install it in your IDE of choice.
- Ajutor in privinta incercarii a face un joc
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Not only Unity...
SFML (zlib/C++) https://github.com/SFML/SFML
- Integrate web support in sfml
- SFML 2.6.1
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Make a game engine in C++
SDL or SFML for drawing. They are both gfx libs but are used differently so read about what you thing suits you better.
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C++ Project Ideas?
Make a game with https://www.sfml-dev.org/ (I used SFML Rust to start learning Rust)
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link_libraries in Neat and Efficient way
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16) project(CMakeSFMLProject LANGUAGES CXX) include(FetchContent) FetchContent_Declare(SFML GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/SFML/SFML.git GIT_TAG 2.6.0) FetchContent_MakeAvailable(SFML) add_executable(CMakeSFMLProject src/main.cpp) target_link_libraries(CMakeSFMLProject PRIVATE sfml-graphics) target_compile_features(CMakeSFMLProject PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
- SFML 2.6.0 Released
Allegro
Posts with mentions or reviews of Allegro.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-11.
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Not only Unity...
Allegro (zlib/plain C) https://github.com/liballeg/allegro5
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Allegro library website redirected to anti-Kotaku Nazi-related page
Some nutjob has taken control of https://liballeg.org to redirect it to some anti-Nazi page that mentions Kotaku, comparing them to nazis.
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Self taught developers, what did you know when you started?
C, C++, Allegro, SDL, Some rudimentary SQL, Some basic BSD Sockets. But I also took some time to learn 3D math, trigonometry and linear algebra so I can include some basic 3D examples in my portfolio. I was later told that it was the 3D math that made the difference because if I (barely finished HS) can do that I can probably learn everything they give me.
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Recourses to make games like they did in the 90s?
Wow, DJGPP and Allegro (still going!), that takes me back - that and Bloodshed IDE were my weapons of choice back then!
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What are some of your favourite tools/libraries/frameworks to visualize or prototype something
liballeg.org
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Looking for a very basic 2d graphics library
allegro 5 is quite alright with fonts
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What are some cool modern libraries you enjoy using?
allegro5 is a great rendering library if you want to get something 2D on the screen fast
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Are there other examples of people who made games with their own engines like Minecraft ?
Hell, their website says in the first few sentences it isn't an engine.
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Where to start?
A while ago I was getting started with the Allegro5 game engine (+Rust bindings). It's the same engine used for Factorio. I wrote a simple egui-integration to have nicer UI options. It was mostly for myself and is thus poorly documented but maybe you get some ideas how to make it work.
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Resources for C++
Here's a simple program using Allegro
What are some alternatives?
When comparing SFML and Allegro you can also consider the following projects:
raylib - A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming
SDL - DEPRECATED: Official development moved to GitHub
Cocos2d - Cocos2d-x is a suite of open-source, cross-platform, game-development tools utilized by millions of developers across the globe. Its core has evolved to serve as the foundation for Cocos Creator 1.x & 2.x.
imgui - Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependencies
GLFW - A multi-platform library for OpenGL, OpenGL ES, Vulkan, window and input
OpenFrameworks - openFrameworks is a community-developed cross platform toolkit for creative coding in C++.
Godot - Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine
Spring RTS game engine - A powerful free cross-platform RTS game engine. - Report issues at https://springrts.com/mantis/
GStreamer - GStreamer open-source multimedia framework
Oxygine - Oxygine is C++ engine and framework for 2D games on iOS, Android, Windows, Linux and Mac