From: Tom Burgess <Tom_Burgess AT bc DOT sympatico DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: Allegro Vivace (tutorial)
Date: Sat, 03 May 1997 01:12:20 -0700
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George Foot wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> Just a short announcement; a lot of people said they would like to have a
> tutorial to teach them the basics of Allegro. I've started writing this,
> and would like those who asked for it to comment on what I have done so
> far - is it in the right style? Is it what you want?
> 

Looks good so far. Focusing on the application seems like a good idea,
e.g. how to do a simple game with various inputs and flicker-free screen
and sound output. Maybe a section describing the examples Shawn supplies
with explanations of the features that each is demonstrating and where
they might be used would be a good start until you get some demo code 
together. I think it could be a big help to Allegro newbies and oldbies
too. The hard part will be keeping application demos small enough to
be understandable but large enough to be realistic. Perhaps someone
(not me) would be willing to do a port of one of those wretched Microsoft
DirectX demos (iclowns, fox&bear), just to show that it can be done,
and how much better a REAL game API can be.

	regards, tom

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