What is VortexGE ?
* It is a full software 3D renderer for the X environment intended for creating games under Linux without needing 3D card acceleration.
Features :
* Full software 3D renderer with :
o Fullscreen display capability.
o Flat and gouroud shading with and without texture.
o 2D sprite in 3D scene.
o Camera control for 1st and 3rd person view.
o Simple fog and transparancy.
o Simple object hierarchy.
* Simple 2D image manipulations.
* Simple dialog capability.
* Audio output supporting :
o PCM playback using OSS and dummy (NULL) audio system.
o MIDI playback using libTiMidity and dummy (NULL) audio system.
* Multithreading and simple IPC support.
* Console message displayer.
Major future and near future plans :
* More C++ conformant API.
* Support for hardware MIDI playback.
* Game entity objects and scripting for easier game board management.
