Elysian Shadows

What should I use a graphics class - sdk for a C# 2d top view game?
Sorry for such a simpleton question.

SDL, Allegro, SFML, OpenGL, DirectX, XNA, Ogre. The list goes on.

N64vSNES wrote:SDL, Allegro, SFML, OpenGL, DirectX, XNA, Ogre. The list goes on.

I know its horrible! Which one would suit a 2d graphics game though D:

What language are you using?
If you are using C++, I would choose between SDL and SFML. SFML is generally nicer to use, however I prefer SDL.

For this game C#.
Ill keep your suggestions in mind for when I'll use C++;

For C# XNA seems to me to be the best option. I haven't really seen anyone use anything else for it and to my knowledge it is quite a good SDK.

dnxviral wrote:

N64vSNES wrote:SDL, Allegro, SFML, OpenGL, DirectX, XNA, Ogre. The list goes on.

I know its horrible! Which one would suit a 2d graphics game though D:

All of them would be fine, some would be easier, some would be harder, some would run better but they would all still be fine for a 2D graphics

dnxviral wrote:For this game C#.
Ill keep your suggestions in mind for when I'll use C++;

I'm still learning C# but from what I can tell XNA seems pretty popular.

N64vSNES wrote:

dnxviral wrote:

N64vSNES wrote:SDL, Allegro, SFML, OpenGL, DirectX, XNA, Ogre. The list goes on.

I know its horrible! Which one would suit a 2d graphics game though D:

All of them would be fine, some would be easier, some would be harder, some would run better but they would all still be fine for a 2D graphics

dnxviral wrote:For this game C#.
Ill keep your suggestions in mind for when I'll use C++;

I'm still learning C# but from what I can tell XNA seems pretty popular.

I've also heard of slimdx. Not as many platforms windows to be specific, and Xna is for a multitude of systems including the xbox. I'm not entirely interested in creating a game for xbox or zune but rather a light weight graphics sdk.

dnxviral wrote:

N64vSNES wrote:

dnxviral wrote:

N64vSNES wrote:SDL, Allegro, SFML, OpenGL, DirectX, XNA, Ogre. The list goes on.

I know its horrible! Which one would suit a 2d graphics game though D:

All of them would be fine, some would be easier, some would be harder, some would run better but they would all still be fine for a 2D graphics

dnxviral wrote:For this game C#.
Ill keep your suggestions in mind for when I'll use C++;

I'm still learning C# but from what I can tell XNA seems pretty popular.

I've also heard of slimdx. Not as many platforms windows to be specific, and Xna is for a multitude of systems including the xbox. I'm not entirely interested in creating a game for xbox or zune but rather a light weight graphics sdk.

Ok, Can I ask why you don't want to use XNA? Its pretty high level and not too complicated. Plus all of that cross platform Xbox/Zune stuff is on a completely diffrent level of abstraction so you could build it on the PC and just forget all about Xbox. Also I read up on that SlimDX and it uses DirectX ( the same thing as XNA )

EDIT: My posts = 197, thajahooli's Posts = 197!!!! XD

dnxviral wrote:I've also heard of slimdx. Not as many platforms windows to be specific, and Xna is for a multitude of systems including the xbox. I'm not entirely interested in creating a game for xbox or zune but rather a light weight graphics sdk.

You could go with slimdx, however if this is your first graphics SDK I think XNA would be a better choice. It has a lot of documentation and tutorials, more than most, and in my experiance is relatively easy to use.

N64vSNES wrote:EDIT: My posts = 197, thajahooli's Posts = 197!!!! XD

Who's a Chaos Rift Junior now.
P.S. Who knows how many posts I need for the next upgrade?

I'd recommend XNA as well, it's extremely easy to pick up and there are boatloads of tutorials to help your along the way.

thejahooli wrote: Who's a Chaos Rift Junior now.
P.S. Who knows how many posts I need for the next upgrade?

Irrelevant. Worry about quality not quantity.

Haha ok.
Just want to make sure. Currently im sticking with system graphics. Which seem to be doing fine... I might even make my own. I just played around with a couple XNA examples. Very straight forward and I do like their sprite class. Thanks for answering my question ;D

dandymcgee wrote:

thejahooli wrote: Who's a Chaos Rift Junior now.
P.S. Who knows how many posts I need for the next upgrade?

Irrelevant. Worry about quality not quantity.

Someone should have told eatcomics.

thejahooli wrote:

dandymcgee wrote:

thejahooli wrote: Who's a Chaos Rift Junior now.
P.S. Who knows how many posts I need for the next upgrade?

Irrelevant. Worry about quality not quantity.

Someone should have told eatcomics.

XD Nice one. eatcomics does have a lot.

thejahooli wrote:

dandymcgee wrote:

thejahooli wrote: Who's a Chaos Rift Junior now.
P.S. Who knows how many posts I need for the next upgrade?

Irrelevant. Worry about quality not quantity.

Someone should have told eatcomics.

I was thinking the same thing as I read that xD

Edit: I've also been here for over 4 years xD