Comments on: One of the reasons why I love making games http://blog.hanfordlemoore.com/2008/01/21/one-of-the-reasons-why-i-love-making-games User Interface , Art, Design, Games Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:04:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on One of the reasons why I love making games by: Eric Smith http://blog.hanfordlemoore.com/2008/01/21/one-of-the-reasons-why-i-love-making-games#comment-263562 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:38:23 +0000 http://blog.hanfordlemoore.com/2008/01/21/one-of-the-reasons-why-i-love-making-games#comment-263562 I should perhaps add that I think the main benefit of using cross-platform development tools and libraries isn't Linux support, though I like that, but that most of the cross-platform tools will support Mac OS. That's undoubtedly more significant than Linux support, though the latter falls out with little additional effort. I should perhaps add that I think the main benefit of using cross-platform development tools and libraries isn’t Linux support, though I like that, but that most of the cross-platform tools will support Mac OS. That’s undoubtedly more significant than Linux support, though the latter falls out with little additional effort.

]]> Comment on One of the reasons why I love making games by: Eric Smith http://blog.hanfordlemoore.com/2008/01/21/one-of-the-reasons-why-i-love-making-games#comment-263556 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:35:03 +0000 http://blog.hanfordlemoore.com/2008/01/21/one-of-the-reasons-why-i-love-making-games#comment-263556 What? No Linux support? I don't really expect games to be available for Linux, though I'm always pleasantly surprised if they do, as I run Windows as little as possible. One of your earlier postings turned me on to Gish, which does support Linux, and I've enjoyed that quite a bit. What development tools/languages/libraries do you use? I haven't developed any real games, but I've done cross-platform development using several different environments and libraries including SDL, GTK+, wxWidgets, and Java. When you negotiate distribution contracts, is there any chance that you can get them to agree to turn over the customer list for your game under specific conditions such as bankruptcy or termination of the distribution contract? What? No Linux support?

I don’t really expect games to be available for Linux, though I’m always pleasantly surprised if they do, as I run Windows as little as possible. One of your earlier postings turned me on to Gish, which does support Linux, and I’ve enjoyed that quite a bit.

What development tools/languages/libraries do you use? I haven’t developed any real games, but I’ve done cross-platform development using several different environments and libraries including SDL, GTK+, wxWidgets, and Java.

When you negotiate distribution contracts, is there any chance that you can get them to agree to turn over the customer list for your game under specific conditions such as bankruptcy or termination of the distribution contract?

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