How many have tried Allegro with C++ in here?

[mikeyesfan]

I just started learning to program in C++ I have one book on general programming in it.  And two others on Video Game Programming one by Jonathan Harbour using Allegro and the other is Sam's Beginning Game Programming.  I have learned some things on the internet too on OpenGL programming and stuff.

I just wanted to know if you guys have any interesting code done in Allegro with C++ is all.  I have done a lot of programming in the past, but with Visual Basic 6.0 and the other basic languages like Blitz Basic3D along with DarkBasic Pro.  I just downloaded Freebasic about two weeks ago have not messed with it much I need to try it too.

[benny!]

@mikeyesfan:

Some years back I tried several "engines" including Allegro. But I never did any interesting
stuff with it. I simply installed the engines / sdk's and tested the example codes and had a look
at the code / documentation. After reading some tutorials as well I personally decided to use
SDL instead - though I didn't code big things yet.

Why I choose SDL I cannot technically explained. It was just that I found better tutorials with
it. From what I read/heard on forums SDL / Allegro dont differ from each other that much. At least
that's what I heard - cannot proof it.

Hmm ... sorry for my useless post ;-)

[CannibalCat696]

I've been programming games in C++ with Allegro 5 recently, pretty decent library. Much improved over version 4 where you had to have a ton of add-on libs to do anything useful. Only drawback is version 5 killed the 256-color palletized modes.

[Hotshot]

Hello CannibalCat696,

I used do Allegro c++ and freebasic years ago! I also done Freebasic with Allegro tutorials and I dont know if is work on latest freebasic thought!

You can check out the topic of freebasic with Allergo

http://www.dbfinteractive.com/forum/index.php?topic=4727.0

I have not try Allegro 5 yet but one things does put me off when come making new Project on IDE C++ is that I have keep adding game library files to the linker every time!