[H-GEN] OpenGL and _the_ game.

[Martin Pool]

On Tue, Jul 14, 1998 at 03:26:23PM +1000, Andrae Muys wrote:
> 
> Well inorder that I might actually keep my job when the current term run's
> out, I need to develop some Scientific Visualisation skills.  

/me passes a psychadelic-impregnated CACM article to Andre.  

(Doh!  Don't read this, Rob.) :-)

> So far all I've managed is a simple solar
> system with circular orbits, and lighting  

Isn't that one of the standard Mesa demos? ;-)

> (BTW: does anyone know the best
> way to do a starfield?)

I think I have an article somewhere (waves at bookshelves) about
producing a convincing simulation a la $(xlock -mode starfield).  I
suppose OpenGL programmers scoff at doing it using random numbers in
2D -- I don't know how you do it in OpenGL without creating all of the
points individually.  Particle systems?

Speaking of such things, I think a game based on $(xlock -mode galaxy)
would be cool.

-- 
Martin Pool

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