Resource Guide for Computer Game Developers This lists various libraries, development systems, and source packages available on the Internet via anonymous FTP to game development designers and programmers. Comments: game-dev@netcom.com Copyright 1993, Tom Czarnik -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTIONS ======== (1) Painting, Sprite Designers (2) Sound Development (3) Development Libraries or Systems (4) Source Code Definitions: archives ===================== funet Finland nic.funet.fi:/pub/msdos/games/programming garbo-tp Finland garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/turbopas USA ftp.wustl.edu:/mirrors/garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/turbopas netcom USA ftp.netcom.com:/pub/profile/game-dev/tools USA ftp.uwp.edu:/pub/msdos/games/game-dev/tools Definitions: system notations ============================= MS MSDOS MC Macintosh WIN MS Windows 3.x UX Unix/X-Windows AM Amiga ST Atari ST ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Painting, Sprite Designers ============================== * VGA256 [MS] A 256 color VGA paint program. Archives: netcom, funet Distribution: 256paint.zip * Sprite Designer v0.8 [MS] A sprte designer for ModeX or VGA256 Archives: funet, netcom Distribtuion: sprdes.zip * Tile256 v1.0 [MS] A VGA256 tile and map editor Archives: netcom Distribibution: tile11.zip (2) Sound Development ===================== * Blast v1.3 [MS] Sound Blaster utility and MOD player. Includes binaries, documentation, and objects for Turbo C/C++. Archives: funet, netcom Distribution: blast13.lzh * FMPlay v1.0 [MS] An Adlib and SoundBlaster FM toolkit with background player. A .rol to .scr convertor is included. Borland C 3.0 source available. Archives: netcom Distribution: fmplay10.zip (3) Game Development Libraries or Systems ========================================= * Animation Contruction Kit 3-D [MS] A package for making Wolf3D style games. Archives: funet, netcom Distribution: ackkit.zip Main development system acksrc.zip Borland C and Microsoft assembly sources pcx2img.zip PCX to IMG conversions for ACK3D * ANIVGA v1.1 [MS] Sprite routines, editor, examples, VGA256 binaries with Turbo Pascal 6.0 source. Archives: funet Distribution: anivga11.zip * DCGames v3.1 [MS] Graphics adventure and RPG building system. Includes example games. Archives: netcom Distribution: dcg301.zip Main system dcg301sb.zip SoundBlaster support dcg301xb.zip Voice and music files dcg301ut.zip Utilities dcg301up.zip Upgrade from v3.0 to v3.1 only * EGOF v1.0 [MS] A Turbo/Borland Pascal 7.0 programming library for VGA256, ModeX, VESA graphics. Documentation included. Archives: garbo-tp Distribution: egof10.zip Main library egof10b.zip Demo PCX files for egof10.zip egof10m.zip Postscript manual for EGOF v1.0 egof10p.zip Protected mode units for EGOF v1.0 * Hobbes Library v3.0 [MS] A modeX library for VGA256. No documentation available. Inlcudes Borland C and assembly. Archives: funet, nectom Distribution: hobbs3.zip Main system hobbspr2.zip Related examples. C++ source/sprite executable * SPX v1.0 [MS] A VGA256 game library for Turbo Pascal 6.0 and 7.0 by Scott Ramsay. Successor to GameTP libray. Archives: funet, netcom Distribution: spx10.zip spxdemo1.zip Demos with binary and source * Unchain v2.1 [MS] A Planar VGA Mode (aka modeX) Enforcer for Borland's IDE by Colin Buckely Archives: netcom Distribution: unchain2.zip * VGA Graphics Library v2.0 [MS] A VGA graphics library by Scott Ramsay. C and assembly source included. Archives: netcom Distribution: vgl20.zip * Wordup Graphics Toolkit v3.5 [MS] A VGA256 sprite library by Barry and Chris Egerter. Shareware Archives: funet, netcom Distribution: wgt35.zip Main system wgtdemo1.zip Demo wgtmap15.zip Map editor v1.5 wgtspr35.zip Sprite editor v3.5 * XLib v4.0c [MS] A VGA256 ModeX sprite library by Themie Gouthas. Includes Turbo C/TASM source. Free. Archives: funet, netcom Distribution: xlib04c.zip Main system xlibtool.zip Bitmap conversion tools for XLib * yakIcons v2.4 [MS] A VGA256 sprite library with higher level routines over xLib, by Victor Putz. Borland C++ 3.1 source, with doumentation. Free shareware. Archives: netcom Distribution: yak24pat.zip Patch to yakIcons v2.3 yakdemo.zip Demo of yakIcons yaktool.zip Converts PCX to .yak and .ypl yicons24.zip Main system (4) Source Code =============== * Michael Abrash's Columns on Graphics Programming from Dr. Dobbs Journal Archives: ftp.uwp.edu:/pub/msdos/demos/source Distribution: grphprg.lzh