Flux_Capacitor
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There was an API I used for a while when I was screwing around with mobile development, called MOAI. Its free, open-source, and cross platform (at least Android and IDevices; don't remember if there's anything else). The main source is in C++, but its designed so that developers primarily work in Lua. If you're not familiar with Lua, but have done any sort of programming, you shouldn't have any problems picking it up. Running your programs on the PC is fairly quick and painless, as it simply uses a standard window and OpenGL. In fact, its entirely possible to develop PC apps without ever bothering with mobile devices, if you wanted. Its mostly geared toward 2D, but when I was working with it, there was some basic support for 3D handling. It may have gotten better since.
The community was pretty small, but overall, helpful, and the developers show up fairly regularly. The documentation wasn't particularly good, but there's a considerable number of small demo apps that show off the functionality. As I recall, there's also some tutorials for a very basic shoot em up.
The community was pretty small, but overall, helpful, and the developers show up fairly regularly. The documentation wasn't particularly good, but there's a considerable number of small demo apps that show off the functionality. As I recall, there's also some tutorials for a very basic shoot em up.
