Game development on Alpine Linux

Game development is possible on 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

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