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Written by Yuriy Kotsarenko
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Wednesday, 07 November 2007 |
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Introduction
Asphyre Casual Framework is a powerful open-source framework primarily aimed at casual game developers. It provides a high-level layer over underlying 3D hardware to enable hardware acceleration for 2D rendering.
The framework currently implements DirectX 7.0 service provider, which uses Direct3D for 2D rendering. Additional providers will be implemented in the future targetting DirectX 9.0 and OpenGL.
This is the first framework in Asphyre series to support FreePascal/Lazarus in addition to CodeGear/Borland Delphi. In addition, the framework can be used with KOL.
Features
- Extended 2D graphics primitives
- Advanced Bitmap Fonts with efficient letter packing
- Major compatibility with all existing hardware
- Dynamic textures and easy to use render targets
- Alpha-channel support with alpha-blending
- High performance rendering using multiple cache techniques
- High-definition timer supporting VCL, KOL and Lazarus
- Input controls for Keyboard, Mouse and Multiple Joysticks
Download
Latest Snapshot (07-Nov-2007)
Asphyre Casual 1.0.5 (7z) (5.86 MiB)
Asphyre Casual 1.0.5 (RAR) (6.01 MiB)
This package contains latest Asphyre Casual Framework source code, examples, and tools.
Additional Material
The above package contains a ported version of Hasteroids game that was written for older Asphyre versions.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 07 November 2007 )
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