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Is allegro still maintained, I thought it was as of a few years ago. You can develop like its 1997, or 1987.
by pooppaint 8y ago
Is allegro still maintained, I thought it was as of a few years ago. You can develop like its 1997, or 1987.
- mdavidn 8y agoFactorio, a recent relatively popular indie game, was developed on Allegro.
- folkhack 8y agoThey're moving off of it last I heard. Sounds like it's a legacy solution at this point. https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-230 https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-230
- mikepurvis 8y agoHuh, I wonder what that'll mean for cross-platform compatibility. As they say in the post, Allegro supports a lot of platforms, whereas if they end up just targeting DirectX 11, that pretty much locks out everyone other than Windows and Xbox, doesn't it?
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- danielvf 8y agoFYI, Factorio still runs just fine on OS X.
- zakkeg 8y agoThey're getting it working on OpenGL first. "We are using OpenGL 3.2 for now, but DirectX 11 support is definitely coming before we release it."
- folkhack 8y agoI believe they support Linux as a first-class citizen, even with removing Allegro! I've had VERY good luck with Factorio running through Steam, on Debian Linux (both 8 and 9). I have also ran it on Mac OSX and Windows 7 without any issue. That game is so rock-solid as far as stability/system support that I would literally buy it again out of general principal =)
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- bluedino 8y agoThose Megatouch coin operated games you can find at bars and such run Linux, and use Allegro. Not sure how recent they are, though.