Hi…
Im following this list since last week and noted that you guys are very good programmer.
Im not that good. 
So could U give some sites for beginners in X/game programming?
I have very basic questions like:
what is blit, sprite, dga ?
Im mainly interested in SDL because I want do some simple portable games for children.
I think I have a lonnng way to go, but have to start some place.
Sorry for the off-topic and bad english.
Thanks in Advance.–
Oh my God! They killed INIT! You Bastard!
I have very basic questions like:
what is blit, sprite, dga ?
More or less…
To “blit” is to copy image data onto the screen.
The term “sprite” actually comes from the late 1970’s, early 1980’s.
This was back when the memory for the main graphics on the screen
(text, background images, etc.) and the memory for the objects
moving about the screen (player, enemies, bullets, etc.) were in
different places. Sprites were the latter. You could easily move them
about the screen without affecting what was “behind” them (the
background). FYI, in Atari 8-bit terms, the ‘sprites’ were known as
’players’ and ‘missiles,’ and the ‘background’ was known as the ‘playfield.’
“DGA” stands for something like "Direct Graphics Access."
If I understand correctly, it’s a way (under X in Linux)
to access video more memory directly (and therefore more quickly) than
through normal Xlib means.
Enjoy!
-bill!
Marco A. Sousa wrote:
So could U give some sites for beginners in X/game programming?
I have very basic questions like:
what is blit, sprite, dga ?
A blit is a fast copy between two pieces of graphics data.
A sprite is a small graphic image that moves, usually across a
background of some sort. You use a blit to make a sprite appear on the
screen.
DGA is a direct video access feature in XFree86. (you don’t need to work
directly with DGA; don’t worry about it)
Im mainly interested in SDL because I want do some simple portable games for children.
I think I have a lonnng way to go, but have to start some place.
Just get in there and start coding. It’ll all make sense before long 
http://www.lokigames.com/~overcode/lgp/lgp.pdf might help, especially
chapter 4.
-John–
Underfull \account (badness 10000) has occurred while \spend is active
John R. Hall - Student, Georgia Tech - Contractor, Loki Software
Just get in there and start coding. It’ll all make sense before long
http://www.lokigames.com/~overcode/lgp/lgp.pdf might help, especially
chapter 4.
Is there a way we can find the files that the book refers to?–
Yannick Gingras
Network Programer
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YG wrote:
Just get in there and start coding. It’ll all make sense before long
http://www.lokigames.com/~overcode/lgp/lgp.pdf might help, especially
chapter 4.Is there a way we can find the files that the book refers to?
They’re not available yet, but they will be in the future. I’ll try to
put together an archive soon.
-John–
Underfull \account (badness 10000) has occurred while \spend is active
John R. Hall - Student, Georgia Tech - Contractor, Loki Software
John R. Hall wrote:
YG wrote:
Just get in there and start coding. It’ll all make sense before long
http://www.lokigames.com/~overcode/lgp/lgp.pdf might help, especially
chapter 4.Is there a way we can find the files that the book refers to?
They’re not available yet, but they will be in the future. I’ll try to
put together an archive soon.-John
this book is really great, I just hop it will grow a little in content : )–
Yannick Gingras
Network Programer
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/ v \ Linux for the people !
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/( )\
^^ - ^^ This signature is GPL, feel free to improve it.
Hi…
Im following this list since last week and noted that you guys are very good programmer.
Im not that good.
I’m not so good d:)
So could U give some sites for beginners in X/game programming?
I have very basic questions like:
what is blit, sprite, dga ?
Well, you can find this text in site like:
http://www.gamedev.net
http://www.pdj.com.br (para quem fala portugu?s)
http://www.borolandia.org (portugu?s and soon in english too)
and in many others tutorials in libsdl.org site.
Im mainly interested in SDL because I want do some simple portable games for children.
I think I have a lonnng way to go, but have to start some place.Sorry for the off-topic and bad english.
D? nada n?o, meu ingl?s ? ruim tamb?m.
Thanks in Advance.
OsvaldoOn Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 10:17:15AM -0200, Marco A. Sousa wrote:
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