I''m working on a game right now, and i''m really interested it developing it simultaniously for Windows and Linux. But, i''ve come up with some questions about this. 1. Is it worth it? The reason i''m doing this is probably more idealogical than practical (damn Microsoft!). I WOULD also try for Mac, but i don''t have a Mac, so thats not really possible. 2. Is it possible to create a single .exe that can run on both Linux and Windows, and do something like if its run from Windows then WinMain() is always called at startup where if its Linux its Main(), and then just use the appropriate code for each platform? 3. Are there any good tutorials or anything like that for game programming for Linux? I''m assuming it allows direct hardware access, like DOS, but i pretty much began game programming in Windows with DirectX, so i don''t have any experience working that closly with the hardware. Am I going to have to use 3rd party sound libraries like in the good ole DOS days or come up with drivers for each piece of hardware? I''m not using much Windows API code, except whats necessary to create the initial window. I''m also planning on using pure DirectX 8 for the graphics (in Windows), so i figure it''d translate OK to OpenGL. Answers? Opinions? Suggestions? Comments? Anything?

1. Although you might get a few different opinions here, I would say yes.

2. No, you can''t create a single .exe which would run in both Linux and Windows. I suppose you could run your Windows .exe with WINE, but that''s not really a viable solution.

3. As far as I know, Linux doesn''t allow direct hardware access.

Just a thought: If you''re going to translate your DX8 code (more specifically, your D3D) code to OpenGL, why not just use OGL in the first place?

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Martee

I thought of coding it in OpenGL to begin, but as little Direct3D as i know, i know absolutly NO OpenGL.