In 1991 a Finnish university student named Linus Torvalds began working on a new operating system in his spare time. He didn’t work in isolation, nor did he make a big deal about what he was doing; rather, he modestly invited programmers from all over the world to join his project, which he dubbed \Linux.” This loosely knit team of students, professionals, and hobbyists collaborated through the Internet, with the expectation of learning a bit about programming and having a good time. Linus never thought that his project would spawn an entire industry.
Since then, Linux has grown into a general-purpose operating system for a wide variety of hardware platforms. With more than 10 million users (a number that is constantly growing), the Linux platform o ers a sizable audience for computer games. It is now capable of accelerated 3D graphics, environmental audio, and seamless game controller handling, in addition to the server tasks that UNIX-like operating systems generally carry out. Although Linux is still evolving, it is already a solid environment for serious game development.
This book describes the toolkits and the environments that allow programmers to write 2D and 3D games for Linux. We will learn how to draw animated graphics on the screen, how to play high-quality digital sound through several di erent software libraries, and how to set up OpenGL to create uid 3D graphics. By the end of this book, you will know what makes Linux games tick, and how to create your own games for this platform.
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