C++ Game Libraries ?

[tajendra]

Need information about C++ game libraries.
What are the C++ libraries available for it, want to start by creating simple games first.

[Computergeek01]

SDL: http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/docwiki.cgi/SDL_Guide
SFML: http://www.sfml-dev.org/tutorials/
Ogre: http://www.ogre3d.org/
Allegro: http://alleg.sourceforge.net/

EDIT: Did you have any specific questions?

[kong288]

1+ for Allegro :)

[tajendra]

I tried to start with GDK, but it require Visual Studio Express edition.
So looking for some other libraries.

[firedraco]

+1 to SFML.

[Moschops]

I tried to start with GDK, but it require Visual Studio Express edition.

That's simply not true, although getting started using GDK on Win32 is not nearly so easy as on a modern *nix.

[tajendra]

That's simply not true, although getting started using GDK on Win32 is not nearly so easy as on a modern *nix

check this page, it clearly mentions the requirement set for GDK.
http://www.thegamecreators.com/?m=view_product&id=2128&page=download

[Moschops]

GDK is the Gimp Drawing Kit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GDK

That said, DarkGDK does not require Visual Studio. DarkGDK is a set of headers and libraries. There's nothing magic about Visual Studio. DarkGDK uses a number of libraries that come with Visual Studio, but can also be installed using the Visual C++ Redist package.

I suspect the makers push everyone towards using it with Visual Studio to ease their support burden and to lower the entry requirement for people starting to use it.

[tolga gerekci]

Irrlicht : irrlicht.sourceforge.net/