[Techtalk] Linux game programming

[Carla Schroder]

hey all,

Does this make sense to you fine brainiacal coders:

>>"The games I come across are crossword puzzles, word games, etc, all written 
for Windows by companies like PopCap and None of the Big names in Gaming even 
get a look in.
   
> Go ahead and code! These things should be pretty easy to build using Python 
+ PyGTK + Glade. I'd say that the biggest challenge would be getting some 
decent SVG art. So spend a few hundred dollars on that (raise it, or pay it 
yourself and consider it your donation to FOSS. That's what I'm going to 
do)."

I want to learn to write a few games my own self. Cool fun games that have no 
guns, cars, drugs, or hos, and that don't need super-duper 3D video. What do 
you think would be some good tools and languages to create some fun games in? 
I think Frozen-Bubble is done in Perl, and Tetris sure didn't need the DOOM 
engine in its original release.

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