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i'm learning C++ with aim to going into games. However where should I go from here? I would like something to manage 2D before i move onto 3D. So? openGL? DirectX? were do you doods suggest I go next?
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i'm learning C++ with aim to going into games. However where should I go from here? I would like something to manage 2D before i move onto 3D. So? openGL? DirectX? were do you doods suggest I go next?
DirectX only works in Microsoft Windows, so I definitely wouldn't recommend trying to develop in that for Linux.
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TechieMoe is right. I don't know much about programming, but I do know that DirectX is a member of what I like to call the Windows Only Club.
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I really suggest http://www.libsdl.org/index.php it's quite good.
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