Good free 2D engine

rezination · Jan 19th 2006, 2:08pm

Anyone know of a decent 2D engine out there? I just need something suitable for very simple personal projects. SDL seems like a possibility. Has anyone had any experience with it?

If I have to write one more GraphicMgr or Sprite class I think I'm going to explode.

-Rez

garbob · Jan 19th 2006, 3:52pm

Never used it but there's Torque 2D
garagegames.com/products/browse/t2d/

If you've written so many, don't you have one laying around somewhere :))

rezination · Jan 19th 2006, 4:16pm

Indeed I do, but my current engine isn't nearly as robust as other stuff out there. Graphics programming is my least favorite aspect of game programming.

Torque 2D looks pretty sweet. The price is cheap for what you get, but I doubt I'd use most of those features. I'm really just looking for something that will allow me to play with brains and make simple little games. Regardless, I'll check out their demos and see if it's worth spending the money on.

-Rez

DarkPenguin · Jan 19th 2006, 4:48pm

Microsoft put out a SDK in C# mainly under the guise of promoting game developemnt but more so to promote the language. Anyway it contains a pretty good graphics and sound engine so if your just looking to play around then i would look into it.

microsoft.com/events/series/msdnvideodev.mspx

handitan · Feb 3rd 2006, 1:06pm

Try PopCap 2d engine.

Here's the link:
developer.popcap.com/

It's free.

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