Dear friends,

The Islet Hell game, which I had published for a modest amount last year is now available for free on all supported platforms :

Windows / MacOS / Linux : https://store.steampowered.com/app/2069750/Islet_Hell/​

Android : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dimi309.islethelladroi…

Please don't necro. Thread locked.

Beta version is released for OpenSuse users. Should work on Tumbleweed and Leap users. 

Post your comments, criticisms or requests.

@Alberth 

“did you consider the impact of not disabling the mouse while debugging?”

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Acosix said:

C libraries are old but useful for 2D games.

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[1] mentions that Windows 10 introduced "advanced color" mode to DWM/DXGI/Windows.UI.Composition.
However it lacks detailed information.

[1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct3darticles/high-dynamic-range

I am asking for desktop media (image/video) applications, and would like to kn…

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#!/usr/bin/env sh
set -e -u -x

CCFLAGS="-Wall -g"…

ok ty
If other people want participate you can up this topic or pm me : )

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