What is VgaGames?

 

VgaGames (version 3) is a library for creating computer games. Written in C and based on SDL2 it can be used for Linux and *BSD. The intended purpose of VgaGames is to develop simple games of old fashion with a resolution of 320x200x256, or 320x200 resp. 640x480 with 32bit colors.

Example (multiplayer)-game panzer

Basic functions:

• Create a window
  
• Handle events with keyboard, mouse and gamecontroller
  
• Draw images, text and simple figures
  
• Play audio-files and set volume
  

 

Optional functions:

• Create animated images
  
• Check collisions based on a quadtree
  
• Group items into objects and their relations
  
• Use a network-framework for multiplayer games, just based on sending events to keep it simple
  
• Compose a simple system-menu (changing volume, redefining keys and other)
  
• Other useful functions, e.g. hash, multilanguage, brightness
  

 

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