ClanLib

ClanLib is a video game <a href="/facts/Software_development_kit/2Hkk6Hbs">SDK</a>, supporting <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a>, <a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a>, and <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a>, with partial support for mobile platforms. It has full hardware accelerated graphics support through <a href="/facts/OpenGL/xQoMWePr">OpenGL</a>, and also a software renderer. ClanLib also helps in playing sound, using the <a href="/facts/Vorbis/rqJDTF0T">Vorbis</a> or <a href="/facts/MikMod/anJd8Wul">MikMod</a> libraries, and has classes for <a href="/facts/Collision_detection/kXkE9WXv">collision detection</a>, <a href="/facts/GUI/wBlQFWDP">GUIs</a>, <a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a>, <a href="/facts/Computer_network/3w5RM99p">networking</a>, and other things that may be helpful to a game programmer.
The earliest known public release is in 1999 (Version 0.1.18). Introduction to C++ Game Programming, published June 2007, dedicates a chapter to "Learn how to use the ClanLib library to make 2D games". Also Game Programming with Python, Lua, and Ruby, published December 2003, has a chapter about using ClanLib together with Ruby.

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