Is there a faster and object orientated alternative to SDL for C++?

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aviraldg picture aviraldg · Sep 30, 2009 · Viewed 12.1k times · Source

The current version of libsdl (1.2.x branch) is very, very slow with blending and per pixel alpha (as it uses software blending). Is there any other good alternative to it?

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Bastien Léonard picture Bastien Léonard · Sep 30, 2009

SFML is exactly what you need: http://sfml-dev.org/.

Skim through the tutorials, you'll see that it's way easier and more powerful than SDL.

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