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This page documents the various software development libraries available in Alpine Linux from the perspective of developing games on Alpine Linux. Visit [[Gaming on Alpine]] page, if you are interested in knowing about various ways to play games in Alpine Linux. | |||
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| [https://www.minetest.net/ Minetest] || {{pkg|minetest}} || both a game engine and a game | | [https://www.minetest.net/ Minetest] || {{pkg|minetest}} || both a game engine and a game | ||
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| [https://love2d.org/ LÖVE] || {{pkg|love}} || 2D game engine using Lua and wrapping SDL | |||
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blender_(software) Blender] || {{pkg|blender}} || edit 3D assets or models | | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blender_(software) Blender] || {{pkg|blender}} || edit 3D assets or models | ||
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== See also == | |||
[[Category:Programming]] | [[Category:Programming]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:06, 23 February 2025
This page documents the various software development libraries available in Alpine Linux from the perspective of developing games on Alpine Linux. Visit Gaming on Alpine page, if you are interested in knowing about various ways to play games in Alpine Linux.
Learning curve
For programmers, it's strongly recommended that you use a game engine if you are starting video game programming which will handle most of the low level setup. If you have advanced knowledge in programming, you should see the multimedia section and 3D libraries section.
For artists, see Tools used to work with or create art assets section.
Software libraries used in game development
Game engines
| Name | Package | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PLIB | plib | game engine |
| Blender | blender | a 3D modeler and animator with a game engine |
| Minetest | minetest | both a game engine and a game |
| LÖVE | love | 2D game engine using Lua and wrapping SDL |
Multimedia libraries
| Name | Package(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Simple DirectMedia Layer 2.0 | sdl2-dev | has input, audio, video, opengl, touch screen, game controller support |
| SFML (Simple and Fast Multimedia Library) | sfml-dev csfml-dev | has input, audio, video, networking, opengl support |
| OpenAL Soft[Dead Link] | openal-soft-dev | can be used for 3D sound for 3D games |
| GLFW | glfw-dev | To create OpenGL context quickly with input support |
| FreeGLUT | freeglut-dev | To create OpenGL context quickly with input support |
| PyOpenGL | py3-opengl | OpenGL on Python |
| Simple DirectMedia Layer | sdl-dev (dropped support for sdl 1.x . Use 2.0 instead) |
has input, audio, video, joystick support |
3D libraries
| Name | Package(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL Mathematics | glm-dev | for 3D calculations to transform, rotate, scale stuff |
Rendering and loading assets
| Name | Package(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OpenSceneGraph | openscenegraph-dev | can be used to load 3D models and handle complexities of rendering a 3d scene |
Fonts
| Name | Package(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FTGL | ftgl-dev | to display text in OpenGL |
Tools used to work with or create art assets
| Name | Package(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GIMP | gimp | edit 2D assets |
| Audacity | audacity | edit sound assets |
| Inkscape | inkscape | edit vector 2D assets |
| Blender | blender | edit 3D assets or models |