http://spritecraft.teggo-molestudio.qarchive.org SpriteCraft is a sprite game engine for quick and easy development of qualitative 2D games. With SpriteCraft even a beginner programmer can quickly create a game in any suitable programming language. If you want to: - create great games without writing tons of code; - program games quickly and easily; - develop games with your favorite programming language and in your favorite programming style, then SpriteCraft is definitely what you need! Features: - High-level objects management SpriteCraft provides high-level, easy and clear management for all the game objects. Besides of that, it allows you to efficiently automate some operations and assign specific reactions on a variety of events. - "2D via 3D" approach Although SpriteCraft provides author with a sprite-level interface, the engine itself works with 3D objects and intensively uses the extended capabilities of 3D-accelerators. This allows to perform a lot of calculating operations directly on the video card and lower CPU usage. - Basic particles system Particle systems are required to show various explosions, trails, fire, fog, smoke and other similar effects. - Creating tile maps Tile maps allow you to create scrolling background which can also be cycled and/or multi-layered. Tile maps are really indispensable in creating scroll-shooters and other scrolling arcade games. - Collision detection SpriteCraft gives you convenient mechanisms both for automatic and explicit collision detection. During collision check, the sprite may be considered as a circle, a rect, or a bitmask, which grants you with a range of comparing types, from faster "circle-to-circle" upto slower "pixel-to-pixel". Other features: - OpenGL and Direct3D/DirectSound/DirectInput support - You can write you games in any language supporting COM: Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft Visual Basic, Borland Delphi, VBScript or JavaScript. - Powerful scripting language QArchive.org RSS Generator http://spritecraft.teggo-molestudio.qarchive.org/#1 Hey Folks, I had very little time to spend on this and the first place I usually go is to the samples. I tried executing the samples straightaway and they wouldn't run. Have not had a chance to go any further than that at this point, but I can tell you that without executing samples it will be difficult for all but the very motivated to get going. Cheers, Ron 14 Mon 2008