Yes you need mac. I even failed to install it in a VM, if you're not part of the big apple family you lose... I hate em...
As for SFML, alpha blending is free there ;) No more pink=transparent or mega slowdown for alpha. We could make some cool particle effects with thousands of particles.
Chipmunk seems really tempting, I didn't know that one yet.
Boost and C++0x have things in common (shared_ptr, unordered_map, tuples) but of course C++0x also adds language features boost can't: C++0x has auto, decltype, lambdas, initializer lists and explicit overrides.
These are just examples of things I feel speed up game dev. Those things are supported by gcc 4.6 onwards (probably even gcc 4.4 for most) and msvc++2010.
Just wanted to raise the question, as to why not use it if the compilers support it anyways. It's not that using it would rule out team members (unless they use gcc < 4.4 which is weird anyways :-P)
How about deciding on the language? Yes, there is C++, but several of us also are fluent in python (pygame).
Even if C++ is already implicitly chosen, what about C++0x? It has quite some features that speed up C++ development a LOT! (just think "auto", "decltype", tuples, smart pointers, builtin regex, ...) And is widely available by now.
I would just like to say that SFML is very powerful pendant to SDL which is even faster to program with/use. I used both so this is not just a wild claim. Just in case there are several others who already know it, it could be an alternative.
Just for your information, if a poly-count is low or high depends on the type of game. If the weapons are a main-focus thing (think soul calibur), 1k is pretty low. But for games where weapons are of 2nd order (think any rpg or rts games), 1k is pretty high already, though still unuseable.
Yes you need mac. I even failed to install it in a VM, if you're not part of the big apple family you lose... I hate em...
As for SFML, alpha blending is free there ;) No more pink=transparent or mega slowdown for alpha. We could make some cool particle effects with thousands of particles.
Chipmunk seems really tempting, I didn't know that one yet.
Boost and C++0x have things in common (shared_ptr, unordered_map, tuples) but of course C++0x also adds language features boost can't: C++0x has auto, decltype, lambdas, initializer lists and explicit overrides.
These are just examples of things I feel speed up game dev. Those things are supported by gcc 4.6 onwards (probably even gcc 4.4 for most) and msvc++2010.
Just wanted to raise the question, as to why not use it if the compilers support it anyways. It's not that using it would rule out team members (unless they use gcc < 4.4 which is weird anyways :-P)
How about deciding on the language? Yes, there is C++, but several of us also are fluent in python (pygame).
Even if C++ is already implicitly chosen, what about C++0x? It has quite some features that speed up C++ development a LOT! (just think "auto", "decltype", tuples, smart pointers, builtin regex, ...) And is widely available by now.
I would just like to say that SFML is very powerful pendant to SDL which is even faster to program with/use. I used both so this is not just a wild claim. Just in case there are several others who already know it, it could be an alternative.
--^ that was me.
Awesome, this really makes me want to progress my gamedev...
Oh this so much looked like a 3D model in the preview :) It would be awesome if someone redid this in 3D!
I already told you on IRC a while back, I think they weren't used yet, so just for the record:
- Fauna
- Flora
That's pretty awesome, thanks for sharing!
Just for your information, if a poly-count is low or high depends on the type of game. If the weapons are a main-focus thing (think soul calibur), 1k is pretty low. But for games where weapons are of 2nd order (think any rpg or rts games), 1k is pretty high already, though still unuseable.
Anyways, thanks for sharing!
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