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Anyone that +has worked with OpenGL directly knows that it has a steep learning +curve and a lot of effort is needed to render even a single triangle. +The Chickadee rendering engine attempts to make it easy to do common +tasks like rendering a sprite while also providing all of the building +blocks to implement additional rendering techniques. +</p> +<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0"> +<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Rendering-Engine.html#Rendering-Engine" accesskey="1">Rendering Engine</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Rendering state management. +</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Sprites.html#Sprites" accesskey="2">Sprites</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Draw 2D images. +</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Lines-and-Shapes.html#Lines-and-Shapes" accesskey="3">Lines and Shapes</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Draw line segments and polygons. +</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Textures.html#Textures" accesskey="4">Textures</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">2D images. +</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Blending-and-Depth-Testing.html#Blending-and-Depth-Testing" accesskey="5">Blending and Depth Testing</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Control how pixels are combined. +</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Vertex-Arrays.html#Vertex-Arrays" accesskey="6">Vertex Arrays</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Create 2D/3D models. +</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Shaders.html#Shaders" accesskey="7">Shaders</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Create custom GPU programs. +</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Framebuffers.html#Framebuffers" accesskey="8">Framebuffers</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Render to texture. +</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Viewports.html#Viewports" accesskey="9">Viewports</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Restrict rendering to +</td></tr> +</table> + + + + +</body> +</html> |