FREE - GAME DEVELOPMENT TOOLKIT FOR AN UNLIMITED TIME ONLY
Posted: May 26, 2003 @ 11:00amYes, you too can write top quality games using an easy to use, fully featured C++ toolkit with a strong user base and full source code availability.
PocketFrog is a PocketPC toolkit for all PocketPC devices. It provides one of the easiest learning curves while offering a broad range of functions and great performance. Check out some of these features:-
Fast Blit with scale and rotate functions
Support for surfaces to simplify drawing
Many primitives including line & circle
pixel shaders for great effects
Easy collision detection of overlapping rects
Font and Sound support through free add-ons
Support for Windows GDI functions (inc TTF)
Lots of sample apps available
Develop and run on PC with VC6 & re-compile on PocketPC
or use eVC3 directly with emulator support
Also supports ARM HPC devices ( eg: Jornada 720 )
Useful links:-
PocketFrog's homepage
User support site
My tutorial site
If you've always wanted to write a game but thought that C++ was not for you just bite the bullet, give up a few months free time & before you know it you will be achieving results you never believed possible. PocketFrog does not teach you c++ but it removes many of the complexities leaving you free to learn the art of game programming on handheld devices.