~ NEO ~

A direct graphics library for Linux which also contains sound, keyboard and joystick interfaces. Kind of a game and demo library in other words.

So far the library uses the frame-buffer for graphics, /dev/dsp for sound and /dev/jsX for joysticks.

News

NEO 0.3 released 2003-04-22:

  • Back to all static library.
  • More built in video modes.
  • VBL configuration now done through /etc/neo.conf.
  • Keyboard map support.
  • Changed abort sequence to Ctrl-Alt-Del.
  • Started on limited text printing routines.
  • DoxyGen documentation.

NEO 0.2.1 released 2001-02-18:

  • Configuration file support, including reading video modes from /etc/fb.modes.
  • Header files now supports C++ and some more improvements of the configure script.

NEO 0.1.0 released 2000-05-19:

  • Added experimental mouse support and fixed some bugs.

Download

neo-0.3.0.tar.gz The library

Links

Software that uses NEO.

Invaders A space invaders game

Bugs

You can send comments or suggestions to johan@nocrew.org.