[H-GEN] Interest in a Linux game

[James Deucker]

Hi guys,

>From seeing this kind of thing before, first on the C-64 and then on 286's,
the biggest problem we always ran into was good graphics, then good music,
and then good sound effects.

>From reading all the messages this morning, I see that we possibly have
volunteer artists and muzo's. This would give us a tremendous start.

Some things to consider:

. Even with the advent of OpenGL, iso [1] click-em-up's are easier to code.
. Platform games are about as easy as it gets, but they've been DTD [2]
. Midi sounds poxy on OPL3... you really need a GUS for this to work.
. MOD's [XM,ST3...] use very little processor to very good effect
. MOD's use very little space for the effect.
. If you really want DumbTerm support, I have only one word for you:
                  AALIB
. GGI is looking _very_ interesting now:   [3]
. PenguinPlay still seems to be a way off. [4]

I suggest we start with a relatively simple game first then extend it or
make a new one. This would basically mean another Warcraft/Starcraft? 

I would really like comment on this.

HTH, [5]

James Deucker

[1] Isometric. Look at warcraft, starcraft, any of those.
[2] Done To Death
[3] http://www.ggi-project.org
[4] http://sunsite.auc.dk/penguinplay
[5] Hope That Helps