ClanLib is a cross-platform

Cross-platform

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 C++

C++

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 game SDK, currently supporting Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows

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, Linux

Linux

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 and Mac OS X

Mac OS X

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. It has full hardware accelerated graphics support through OpenGL

OpenGL

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, and also a software renderer. ClanLib also helps in playing sound, using the Vorbis

Vorbis

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 or MikMod libraries, and has classes for collision detection

Collision detection

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, GUI

Gui

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s, XML

XML

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, networking

Computer network

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, and other things that may be helpful to a game programmer.

History

The earliest known public release is in 1999 (Version 0.1.18) .

The book "Introduction to C++ Game Programming", published June 2007, dedicates a chapter to "Learn how to use the ClanLib library to make 2D games".

The book "Game Programming with Python, Lua, and Ruby", published December 2003, has a chapter about using ClanLib together with Ruby.

External links

• ClanLib website
• ClanLib forum
• ClanLib tutorials