Retro Game Making

[Cybermonkey]

May I introduce http://Pulsar2d.org which is a game framework suitable for retro style games. It also depends on the SDL2 libraries but is easy to use:

• All rendering is based on SDL2 which gives you on most platforms hardware accelerated graphics.
• Programming can be done with Lua 5.2 or Free Pascal 2.6.4/3.0.0 or FreeBASIC 1.0.4 and newer.
• Simple animation system.
• Simple particles system.
• Simple usage of bitmap (pixel) fonts.
• Multiple windows support.
• A lot of built-in functions gives you access to graphics, sound and input.
• Several helper functions for use with Lua.
• Crossplatform development for Windows and Linux (MacOS in the near future, eventually in the far future RaspberryPi, Android and iOS).
• It is 100% free and licensed under the zLib license, so you can use it for any purposes even for commercial ones.

[boyscout]

May I introduce http://Pulsar2d.org which is a game framework suitable for retro style games. It also depends on the SDL2 libraries but is easy to use:

• All rendering is based on SDL2 which gives you on most platforms hardware accelerated graphics.
• Programming can be done with Lua 5.2 or Free Pascal 2.6.4/3.0.0 or FreeBASIC 1.0.4 and newer.
• Simple animation system.
• Simple particles system.
• Simple usage of bitmap (pixel) fonts.
• Multiple windows support.
• A lot of built-in functions gives you access to graphics, sound and input.
• Several helper functions for use with Lua.
• Crossplatform development for Windows and Linux (MacOS in the near future, eventually in the far future RaspberryPi, Android and iOS).
• It is 100% free and licensed under the zLib license, so you can use it for any purposes even for commercial ones.

Thanks I'll check this out

[Ñuño Martínez]

Allegro 4 is also suitable for retro-style games, as it uses a classic API style. It isn't a game engine, so may be you'll need a bit more work than others, but I'm planning to port Action Arcade Adventure Set to it.

Allegro 5 has a more modern API, and Allegro.pas doesn't support it fully yet (it has a few issues).