Allegro Newbie Tutorial

December 1, 2007 at 12:22 am · Filed under Allegro, Tutorial

I was surfing around today trying to find a site about Allegro Game Programming (besides mine) and I came across Loomsoft and there Allegro Newbie Tutorial Website. The website is layed out very nicely, with 9 chapters to teach you Allegro Game Programming.

Each page contains the Lessons Source Code so you can compile the Lesson examples on your own. Great way to learn.

If you are new to the Allegro game programming library and are looking for a place to start, well, you’ve hit the right place. Here, you’ll find tutorials for the total beginner, assuming you have installed Allegro but have no idea how to really use it. Each tutorial will have the code fully explained in webpage format, as well as have the source available for download: so delve in!

So if you looking for a great tutorials to learn Allegro, I would suggest visiting the Allegro Newbie Tutorial Website.

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Allegro Quick Reference

November 19, 2007 at 10:44 pm · Filed under Allegro, Tutorial

This is a great reference page for Allegro.  It basically shows you all the Functions in Allegro in one quick reference page.  I just tried to print it out, and it is approx. 13 pages.  This is an excellent resource when ever you are game programming in Allegro to keep next to your keyboard which will remind you of the available Allegro functions.

Visit the site if you like, but since it is public domain, I also made a PDF of it and am hosting it here.

Here are the chapters:

1. General
2. Graphics
3. Bitmap Commands
4. Video Modes
5. Double-Buffering
6. Colors
7. Timers
8. Text Output
9. Keyboard Input
10. Mouse Input
11. Sound Output
12. Collision Detection
13. Translucency
14. Angles and Math
15. Examples
16. Technical Information

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Allegro Competitions of the Past, and Present

October 19, 2007 at 11:54 pm · Filed under Allegro, Allegro, Source, Tutorial

Allegro has been around for a while and the community has a very long list competitions with some great games that have been made over the years.  A lot of the site still have a section where you can download the games, and also a bunch of them have the source code available as well.

SpeedHack 1999

SpeedHack 2001

The Allegro SizeHack3D 2001

The Allegro Team Competition 2001

The Pixelate Games Competition 2001

IdeaHack 2001

SpeedHack 2002

BlitzHack 2003

Speedhack 2003

TINS 2003

Speedhack 2004

TINS 2005

Speedhack 2005

TINS 2006

Speedhack 2006

TINS 2007

Speedhack 2007

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Allegro Vivace

October 11, 2007 at 11:23 pm · Filed under Allegro, Tutorial

Allegro Vivace is a plain text Tutorial for the game programming library called Allegro.

It was created by George Foot a very long time ago, but it still holds true today, and is still one of the best resources for learning Allegro.   The way he explains everything is very simple to understand and if you looking to learn a game programming library, this is a very good library to start with, and this tutorial is your best bet to learn it.

Check out Allegro Vivace

George also made a tutorial to create the game Pong with Allegro, great help seeing a game get built from scratch.  George wrote that he would create others tutorials (Asteriods, Strategy Game, Platform Game), but I guess he never got around to it, as have checked back periodically over the last couple of years and I haven’t seen any updates.  Too bad, would have like to get a good tutorial on how to make  a Strategy Game with Allegro.

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