Advice in 2d game dev - Graphics

Am 18 Feb 2007 04:35:57 -0800 schrieb xakee:

> Hi list,
>
> Iv been programming since 6/7 years now mostly in c/c++ and lately in
> C# as well. i havnt been much into graphics programming but lately iv
> found opengl programming really intresting and want to do something
> solid in it. Im taking the CG course at uni as well to back me up with
> the theory and stuff.
>
> I want to make a command and conquer red alert 2 clone kind of game.
> for those who havnt seen it, its a 2d real time strategy game from the
> God-View mode. (like u look down on your soldiers and tanks etc, make
> building. buildings, soldiers and tanks are all animated. and you an
> move ur army men around. i have a solid background with graph theory
> and other algorithms such as a* etc but havnt used em in games yet). i
> dont want to get into the nitty gritty of 3d (like say command and
> conquer generals).
>
> i realize that it would have to be in an orthographic view and 2d
> sprites will be used. but thats about it that i know, can u give me
> some specific advice (technical one, considering im a newbie to
> opengl). btw redalert2 was in directX and it was very good on
> performance even on lowend PCs. advice me on how to make the control
> center (in-game menus etc) and even playing a video inside the control
> center. The main game menu? i have no idea how to make buttons in
> opengl enviornment. :s sorry if im sounding like a total dumbo here.
> ill be very obliged.

Hello,

for the easy way look here:

http://www.stratagus.org/

With this you'll get results for the game you think about in a really
short time.

regards
Andreas

thanx Andreas,
that looks really good, im gonna look into it. I see its been made
using SDL. But then, as you said, its the easy way

I'm not really looking for an easy way, i really do want to get my
hands dirty in OpenGL (probably using GLUT). I would need to create my
own engine + game as a project for my CG course. Besides, I just want
to learn OpenGL so that i can leverage it for my use of numerical
computing, graphing etc (checking out algorithms etc) and also get
hands on with hard-core game development.