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Websites in Libraries

1. 3Impact
   Impact, modelling and car library for games. Includes screenshots and downloads of demos. [Commercial]
   http://www.3impact.com/
   
   
2. Betatron
   For the creation of 2D-platform and action-arcade games in C++ for the DJGPP v2.0 compiler. [Open Source]
   http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/8630/
   
   
3. Blade's PSX Programming Libraries
   A free C compiler and libraries for Sony PlayStation game programming.
   http://www.blade.ip3.com/
   
   
4. ClanLib
   A multi-platform game development library. Currently is works on Linux and Win32. [Open source, LGPL]
   http://www.clanlib.org/
   
   
5. Clean Game Library
   A complete development system for 2D games (arcade, side scrollers, platform games), using the functional language Clean.
   http://cleangl.sourceforge.net/
   
   
6. DRP Automotive Dynamics
   Vehicles dynamics and damage modelling SDKs. Vehicle sample packs.
   http://www.drpdynamics.com/
   
   
7. DimensioneX Multiplayer Adventure Development Kit
   Offers a freeware Java software capable of building and running multiplayer adventure games, playable with any browser. Several multiplayer games are available for free as a demo.
   http://www.dimensionex.net/en/
   
   
8. GapiDraw
   A complete toolkit to create games for handheld devices. [Free for non-comercial use]
   http://www.gapidraw.com/
   
   
9. HGE: Haaf's Game Engine
   A C/C++ library for creating hardware accelerated 2D games for Microsoft Windows. It provides minimal yet fully functional and flexible set of routines for handling graphics, sound and input. [Shareware]
   http://hge.relishgames.com/
   
   
10. Hyperion Project
    Set of components which handle the deformation of solids in real time. Special FEM adaptation.
    http://membres.lycos.fr/lagrandeporte/hyperion/
    
    
11. IsoEngine
    A Visual Basic/C++/.NET isometric/2d game engine. [Commercial]
    http://www.firstproductions.com/soft/isoengine/
    
    
12. Jet3D
    A (commercial) free and open source realtime 3D graphics engine and SDK.
    http://jetpp.sourceforge.net/
    
    
13. MIDAS Digital Audio System
    MIDAS is a multichannel digital sound system. It supports DOS, Win32, and Linux platforms and plays Protracker (.mod), Scream Tracker 3 (.s3m), FastTracker 2 (.xm) and Impulse Tracker (.it) modules, as well as samples and audio streams in raw or WAVE . MIDAS is free for non-commercial usage.
    http://www.s2.org/midas/
    
    
14. MoleStudio SpriteCraft
    An easy-to-use 2D game engine. It can be used in any programming language suppoting COM.
    http://www.molestudio.com/tools/spritecraft/
    
    
15. Object oriented Simple Directmedia Layer
    OSDL, a free portable high-level open-source library for multimedia and game programming.
    http://osdl.sourceforge.net
    
    
16. PathLib
    Pathfinding library for games, optimal paths through maps, timing objects and their movements through maps. Sample application available.
    http://pathlib.hildebrand.cz/pathlib.html
    
    
17. RAD Gametools
    Develops game software technologies which are licensed by primarily by video game companies.
    http://www.smacker.com/
    
    
18. RakNet
    A game orientated networking API that is a wrapper for Berkely Sockets on Windows, Linux, and Unix. [Commercial]
    http://www.rakkarsoft.com/
    
    
19. Regimental Command
    A generic armored combat system.
    http://regcom.sourceforge.net/
    
    
20. The Grand Unified Toolkit (GUT)
    A cross-platform C++ API for the development of games and other forms of interactive media. It is available for the BeOS, Linux/X, and Win32 platforms.
    http://gut.sourceforge.net/
    
    
21. The Photon Effect
    libCON DirectX C++ libraries and ColDet collision detection libraries. Documentation, tools, code examples, and game skeletons available.
    http://photoneffect.com/default.html
    
    
22. Titan
    A C++ based library to load/save game-related file formats, such as graphics, sound and 3d meshes.
    http://titan.sourceforge.net/
    
    
23. VgaGames
    A free library for programming vga games (320x200 pixels with 256 colors) for Linux and FreeBSD in C. [Open source, GPL]
    http://www.vgagames.de/index_en.html
    
    
24. iCamPlay
    A library (DLL) for motion, chroma and edge detection for video capture devices (like webcams, video capture cards) using Video For Windows. [Free to use for freeware applications, paid for commercial applications]
    http://www.icamplay.com/
    
    
25. ika
    A Windows based game engine designed to allow one to make a console style RPG with a minimum of code, while allowing one who is willing to code an impressive level of power over the look and feel of one's project, thanks to the embedded Python interpreter. [Open source, GPL]
    http://www.ikagames.com/
    
    

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