Game engines

[Cerburos]

I am starting a new book, "Creating Games in C++", that uses OpenGL and LlamaWorks2D. I have googled for both of these without luck. I was able to find several posts from other beginners looking, without success, for LlamaWorks2D. I was able to find an OpenGL for Windows 95. I am using Vista.

There is no shortage of game engines out there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_game_engines

Can yall suggest a good, open source, game engine for me to use. I will be making 2D games on a Windows Vista platform. I am also confused about which graphic library to use.

I know that what bad form it is but, please hold my hand and walk me straight to some links where I can dl what I need. I wouldnt normally ask this, but right now I am trying to find a school in country where I do not know the language. Please help me get to where I need to be.

Thank you very much.

Here is more info on the book I am using. Maybe it will help give a you a better idea of what I might need. Again thank your help.

Creating Games in C++: A Step-by-Step Guide
By David Conger, Ron Little
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Publisher: New Riders
Pub Date: February 21, 2006
Print ISBN-10: 0-7357-1434-7
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-7357-1434-2
Pages: 464

[Cerburos]

I know how that sounds. But please dont think that I am unwilling to look for one on my own. I have downloaded several programs already. None of them worked. Either they were only source code, that I could not get to compile, or they werent even the right language or tool for to use with my book.

I really could use some insight as to where to go. My way of trying everything and hoping it might do, isnt very smart, safe, or pratical. So please point me in the right direction.

Thank you

[firedraco]

Were the programs/source code you downloaded intended for Vista? If they were, what kind of errors were you getting when you tried to compile the code?

[Cerburos]

Idk. I have never had much luck trying to compile programs. Ive tryed several source codes from PSC, rarely will Dev-C++ compile them.

I will give you a list of the ones I have tryed. They all look so diffent, and I really dont know what I need. I will probly drop this book for now, and try looking at some others.

hge.relishgames.com/

www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/

http://alleg.sourceforge.net/

http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?11000000036261

www.dxstudio.com/

http://libagar.org/

http://spring.clan-sy.com/


When looking at a GE, is there a way too see what language I need to know to use it. Before I DL and install it, I mean.

Thank Firedrako.

[firedraco]

Well, I looked at the allegro engine, and found this link:

http://alleg.sourceforge.net/latestdocs/en/build/mingw32.html

Did you try going through these steps to get it to work?

[Zaita]

Idk. I have never had much luck trying to compile programs. Ive tryed several source codes from PSC, rarely will Dev-C++ compile them.

That's nothing to do with Dev-C++. As Dev-C++ is an IDE, not a compiler.

Most OpenSource code requires a make equal and a linux like command line. Either you can install Cygwin or the MSYS (From www.Mingw.org) and compile it.

I would suggest www.ogre3d.org, but that's more 3D AFAIK.

[Cerburos]

Thank you ZAita.

I will look into them. I will also look into the difference between IDEs and compilers. I thought an IDE was more or less an all-in-one package with the compiler and linker built right in.