[casual_games] DirectDraw or Direct3D

[Lennard Feddersen]

If you are going that route then I would recommend DDraw with possibly 
an abstraction layer for fast sprites if hardware acceleration is 
available.  Personally I use VC++ 6.0 and DDraw with a simple 32-bit 
framebuffer so I can roll my own blit effects as needed.  If I was 
starting from scratch I would look into the PopCap framework for both 
the development efficiency of not re-inventing the wheel and the 
potential biz. dev. help you would get if PopCap picks up your title.

Lennard Feddersen
CEO, Rusty Axe Games, Inc.
www.RustyAxe.com

Lennard at RustyAxe.com
P. 250-635-7623 F. 1-309-422-2466
3521 Dogwood, Terrace, BC, Canada, V8G-4Y7



Cristián Ramírez wrote:

> Hi there!
>  
> So far, I have seen that the preferred tool for developing games is 
> Flash. So, what do you thing of making casual games using C++ and 
> DirectX? And if DirectX and C++ are good choices too, what is better? 
> To use the old DirectDraw API or just forget that there are still 
> people who don't own a 3D card, and use Direct3D instead (I'm thinking 
> of developing 2D games only, anyway)?
>  
> Thanks in advance!
>  
> PD: I'm glad to hear that there are people outside the US making games 
> too. I live in Chile! ;)
>  
>  
> Cristián Ramírez
> cristianhramirez at hotmail.com <mailto:cristianhramirez at hotmail.com>
>
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