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This is the Win32 engine created by Kevin, with a strong emphasis on its Win32 backend. There are multiple ways to use this engine. There is a student-maintained version of this framework that has a switchable backend, meaning you can seamlessly switch between...

This US-based program is required to take certain exams, notably: Semester 1: Algorithms Visual Language Graphics Fundamentals Semester 2: Game Tech Semester 3: Programming 3 Graphics Programming (only the quiz) Respondus has taken (some) measures to pre...

2D for Games is the only course with a hard requirement on Adobe Photoshop. This is because .psd files are required for submission. Solutions Photopea You can use the excellent (but non-FOSS) web app Photopea as a nearly full-featured replacement for Photoshop...

Visual Studio by default uses Microsoft's proprietary compiler MSVC, which often does not compile programs that work fine on Linux compilers such as g++ or clang++. Therefore, assignments that require submitting source code should either find a way to make Vis...

For spam and moderation issues (public wikis need a lot of time and energy!), this wiki has anonymous editing disabled. This means that, to be able to edit a page, you must be signed into an account. At the time of writing, public registration is DISABLED. To ...

If you spot something that could be improved in a page, please feel free to edit it! This wiki is built upon the collaboration of DAE students using Linux, but courses are ever-changing and experiences from newer students are needed to keep this knowledge base...

Solution-Runner is an open source project that allows running projects as Visual Studio "solutions" (.sln and .vcxproj formats) on Linux, via cross-compilation. It has been tested with basic Win32 projects, the SDL-enabled Kevgine version (using its unchanged ...

Documenting IDEs that work well with DAE Linux engines and tools. KDevelop KDevelop is an awesome free and open source IDE for Linux (and Windows + macOS) made in Qt by the KDE team. It provides an experience closest to Visual Studio. Once installed, you can f...

Houdini is a nonfree proprietary program developed by SideFX. It allows defining procedural assets via various nodes, in a workflow akin to Blender's geometry nodes. It is used in DAE's 3D for Games course (fourth semester). Despite being proprietary, Houdini ...