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[MekanikDestructiwKommando]

It sounds reasonably straightforward to create a 2D game with?
No need for fancy 3D or anything.. just something capable of drawing sprites fast without flickering the screen and able to animate the sprites well.
Any horror stories? Downloading some of freelunch's games now (it was suggested in the Allegro write-up in the sticky)

[siiseli]

I use allegro. You better get allegpng too, cos' allegro alone only supports bmps, and you kids all know how evil that is. So if your making a simple game, allegro is your choice.

[postlogic]

Using Allegro is fairly straightforward, and there's a pretty decent wiki available over at allegro.cc, with articles describing how to do double and triple buffering and the likes.

Free Lunch did create Icy Tower, which has been a quite large hit. Created in Allegro

[Terry]

I've used Allegro for a while now. It's ace!

Things should get very exciting within the next year or so for Allegro users, since the new version is nearly out.

[Hideous]

I've installed Allegro and Dev-C++ a few days ago here, but I have no idea how to use it, and I'm still waiting for TERRY TO GET ON MSN so he can tell me how to.

[Terry]

Dude, I'm unemployed - I'm like, always on.

[joshg]

I'm just starting out with the Allegro goodness too.  Thanks for the tip on the png library, I almost resorted to bmps. (!!!!) 

[Wilson Saunders]

I used Allegro for Toadzilla and Papal Shotgun Gladiator. Installation was a bit tricky but the Wiki had a good step by step walk through. Be sure to check out the examples. They will give you a better idea of how to use the library.

[Hideous]

I can't find that damn allegro png library.

[Terry]

Don't worry about it; I just use pcxs - they're lossless, fairly small, and don't require any add ons

[Terry]

Also: shawing, level 9

[MekanikDestructiwKommando]

0_0 new version.
I think I'm going to delay my Indiness.. and wait longer before I buy a(new) home computer.. let the Indie fester.. until it must explode. Plus give my head a rest..
 . New version this year yah?

[Hideous]

Don't worry about it; I just use pcxs - they're lossless, fairly small, and don't require any add ons

But using BMP's is just so annoying, and I have no idea how to use PCX's

[Zaphos]

You could always write a quick program to convert bmps to pcx
You know, like

Code:

int main(int argc, char**argv)
{
  if (argc < 3) {/*handle error*/}
  BITMAP *bmp = load_bitmap(argv[1], NULL);
  save_pcx(argv[2], bmp, NULL);
}

[Hideous]

... But I'm a C++ newb :D

I really need to look into these things more.

[MekanikDestructiwKommando]

Halp
I downloaded Bloodshed, and I downloaded Allegro. What do I do with the Allegro files? The lib folder seems to be full of "tmpfile".txt in its subfolders.
There seems to be some files related to a starfield and a starship 0_0.
All I really want is to write my logic in the compiler.. and draw 2d graphics to the screen without nasty flickerness, and control the fps. The filecount is overwhelming  . Can someone direct me to the libraries I need // where to put Allegro files?
((I have programming experience, just very little with C++, *sigh*))

[Hideous]

What IDE/compiler are you using?

[ColossusEntertainment]

All I really want is to write my logic in the compiler.. and draw 2d graphics to the screen without nasty flickerness, and control the fps.

As an alternative (I'm not that familiar with Allegro), I thought I'd suggest downloading Visual Studio Express (free) and my own Pixie game engine, which I think is quite straightforward to get started with, and which comes with Visual Studio project setting all ready to go. Should be just a matter of download and build (you need the DirectX SDK installed, but that's it).

A "Hello World" tutorial for the Pixie game engine is available, and I'm almost done with a second one which is about using bitmaps and files in Pixie.

Pixie is public domain, so can be used for whatever.

[Hideous]

... You just pimp your engine everywhere, don't you :D

[ColossusEntertainment]

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