• Complete guide to developing Linux games, written by the Linux gaming experts.

Discusses important multimedia toolkits (including a very thorough discussion of the Simple DirectMedia Layer) and teaches the basics of Linux game programming. Readers learn about the state of the Linux gaming world, and how to write and distribute Linux games to the Linux gaming community.

• Download the code listings archive for Programming Linux Games.


• Download the updated source listings (August 2004). Our thanks to Paul Johnson for updating the code.


• Read Chapter 3: Linux Gaming APIs.

John R. Hall studied computer science at the Georgia Institute of Technology and worked as a contractor with Loki Software. Loki Software, Inc. ports best-selling PC games to Linux. Loki supports several Open Source development projects, including OpenAL(tm), a cross-platform 3D-Audio Library, and SDL MPEG Player Library (SMPEG), a general-purpose MPEG video/audio player for Linux.