Comments on: Game development using FOSS

By: yadurajiv

yadurajiv — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:57:17 +0000

I’m glad you found it helpful :) I was planning on a follow up article that never happened.. drifted off into many other things; I Hope I’ll get to finish it with samples and demos as well :) and all the best with finishing your game :)

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 07:43:04 +0000

Thanks so much for such a comprehensive list.
I’m looking into writing a game using mainly FOSS,
just to prove what it is capable of.

This list has helped me find some really good libraries.
I’m thinking of using OGRE with C++, Blender for all the modelling and GIMP for the 2D art.
Can’t wait to get started, thanks for helping me find more libraries.

By: yadurajiv

yadurajiv — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:31:49 +0000

@ZedsDead
I did mention OpenAL but not irrKlang.. irrKlang is free for non-commercial use like fmod and bass

@Jordan
There are places that teach you game development like fullsail – http://www.fullsail.edu/ or GuildHall@SMU – http://guildhall.smu.edu/ .. even then it would be nice to start out on your own to get a feel of what you are getting into..

This could be a good place to start – http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=251811

the people there(at gdnet) are really nice and helpful =^_^=

@Blacktiger
yes! :) forgot to mention a lot of actionscript -> c -> c++ 2d physics libs :-S

@Christian
I’ve added captions for the images..

The games are..
Zombie Driver from EXOR Studios – http://www.zombiedriver.com

Torchlight from Runic Games – http://www.torchlightgame.com/

Zero gear from Nimble bit – http://myzerogear.com/

Operation Barbarossa – The Struggle for Russia from Binary Evolution Studios – http://www.binary-evolution-studios.com

Victory: Age of Racing from Vae Victis – http://www.vaevictis.it/

MotorM4x from The Easy Company – http://www.theeasyco.com/

Jack Keane from Deck13 Interactive – http://deck13.com/com/index.html

Torchlight from Runic Games – http://www.torchlightgame.com/

and sorry about all the spelling errors.. :-|

By: Christian

Christian — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:25:19 +0000

nice, what games are those on the screenshots?

By: Blacktiger

Blacktiger — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:05:08 +0000

Don’t forget the excellent chipmunk physics library. http://code.google.com/p/chipmunk-physics/

By: Jordan

Jordan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:40:34 +0000

Very interesting, if you don’t mind me asking what are the two racing games shown, and what is the ogre game shown? They look really cool.

Also i’m a web PHP programmer with some Java skills is there any good beginner places for C++ Game dev training you would recommend?

By: ZedsDead

ZedsDead — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:13:44 +0000

Nice summary. You could add OpenAL and irrKlang the list of Sound libraries, to make it complete.