PTK Toolkit
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PTK is a 2D rendering engine and SDK developed by Phelios, Inc., that allows computer programmers create downloadable games in C++ that are portable to Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It is currently used by about 60 downloadable games [1] It is mainly known for powering breakaway casual hits from funpause and Big Fish Games, such as Azada, Atlantis, Atlantis Sky Patrol, Mystic Inn and Fairies.
Design philosophy
[edit]PTK was designed for programmers to enjoy basic-like ease of programming using the C++. It abstracts rendering, input and I/O and removes the need for directly setting up complex renderers such as DirectX or OpenGL.[jargon]
PTK uses a "2D in 3D" paradigm. While it is a 2D engine, it uses 3D acceleration for rendering, enabling very good, bicubic filtered rendering of scaled, rotated sprites and per-pixel alpha blending at no expense of computing time. A game such as Mystic Inn make extensive use of PTK's rendering capabilities.[jargon]
References
[edit]- ^ "PTK 2D Game Engine for Mac os X and Win32". Phelios.com. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
External links
[edit]- PTK homepage at Phelios Inc
- Showcase of over 60 games using PTK
- Article on apple.com about game development environments, including PTK
- Icee.usm.edu
- Krysztofiak Patrice
Notes
[edit]- Network: Trognon Patrice
- Linux: Jean-Yves Lamoureux
- Mac OS X HID programming: Matt Gray
- TrueType, Resource packing, optimization, bug fixes: Emmanuel Marty