Hi, I''m trying to write a game in Windows that is not going to be in full screen. I originally attempted to use DirectX/3D to render my 2D bitmaps. I just needed them to be able to scale, rotate, handle transparency, and control the brightness of each individual bitmap. However, I also have this function that I can''t modify since it''s part of a library that only renders to a GDI device context. So I was wondering if anyone knows of a good 2D program that I could use to do this. I''m a poor college student, so I would much prefer that it would be free. Thanks for any help!

do a search for ClanLib and NukeDX. thet are both pretty good 2d libs

-Justin

CDX is another good one.

Mason McCuskey
Spin Studios - home of Quaternion, 2000 GDC Indie Games Fest Finalist!
www.spin-studios.com

I use SDL (simple direct medialayer). It''s used by lokisoft to port stuff to linux. It is a cross platform, 2D library that''s easy to use.

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Original post by Ro

Hi,

I''m trying to write a game in Windows that is not going to be in full screen. I originally attempted to use DirectX/3D to render my 2D bitmaps. I just needed them to be able to scale, rotate, handle transparency, and control the brightness of each individual bitmap. However, I also have this function that I can''t modify since it''s part of a library that only renders to a GDI device context. So I was wondering if anyone knows of a good 2D program that I could use to do this. I''m a poor college student, so I would much prefer that it would be free.

Thanks for any help!

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